On 07/12/2012 08:32 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
A few years ago i was investigating various Linux distros. I ran up against "jigdo" and I never saw anything more confusing in my life! If that's the only way to install Debian today, then it's no wonder the op can't do it! Other distros just let you boot the install disk and follow very simple instructions. Since I'm not using Deb anymore, I don't know what the current process is, but there has to be an easier way!Ralf Mardorf wrote:[snip] I guess we should wait for a reply from the OP. I still don't understand why the OP tries to use http://atterer.org/jigdo/ . - RalfTo quote the OP, "I navigated to http://atterer.org/jigdo/ from debian.org, ..."I'll lay odds he had gone to either: http://www.debian.org/CD/ or http://www.debian.org/CD/jigdo-cd/The both promote it as *THE _PREFERRED_ METHOD* for obtaining Debian online.
--doug -- Blessed are the peacekeepers...for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A.M. Greeley