Re: CD checksums
On 08/18/13 10:18, Mike McClain wrote:
I downloaded the 7.1.0 net install CD last night but spent over
half an hour trying to find the checksum on Debian's website.
Though I finally found it at
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/7.1.0/i386/iso-cd/MD5SUMS
I'd like to suggest that a link show up on these pages:
http://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/
http://www.debian.org/CD/verify.en.html
http://search.debian.org/cgi-bin/omega?P=cd+checksum
If I open Iceweasel and browse to:
http://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/
I see a web page that offers links to Debian ISO images. If I
ctrl+click the on the non-bittorrent link for the ISO I want (netinst
amd64, for example), my browser opens a new tab with this URL:
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/7.1.0/amd64/iso-cd/debian-7.1.0-amd64-netinst.iso
The key is to ctrl+click so that a new tab with the above URL is opened.
I can then cancel out of the open/save dialog dialog, and the above
browser tab remains open (blank).
Understanding that web servers traditionally map URL's onto file
systems, I can remove the file name portion of the above URL
"debian-7.1.0-amd64-netinst.iso" and browse just the directory:
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/7.1.0/amd64/iso-cd/
The Debian team has helpfully configured their web server to generate an
index of the files in that directory. I can now bookmark that directory
and download the files I want (CD ISO images, checksums, and checksum
signatures).
Taking this idea further, it is interesting to browse upwards in the
document tree:
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/7.1.0/amd64/
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/7.1.0/
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/
http://www.debian.org/
HTH,
David
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