Re: cdimage.debian.org how-to? what gives? [solved]
On 20140320_165204, Brian wrote:
> On Thu 20 Mar 2014 at 16:45:36 +0000, Tom Furie wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 11:32:44AM -0500, John Hasler wrote:
> > > pecondon writes:
> >
> > > > I tried to access cdimages.debian.org on it using FireFox, and could
> > > > not.
> >
> > > There is no such site. Try https://www.debian.org/CD/
> >
> > There is no such site as cdimages.debian.org, but there *is*
> > cdimage.debian.org. However, it is only a redirect to the page linked
> > above.
>
> The OP is also adamant he clicked on a link at www.debian.org.
>
Hello everyone, I'm OP and I'm still adamant about what I did, and
what I saw. The URL, https://www.debian.org/CD/ does lead one to
images of CDs as stated by John H. So, my initial problem is solved.
But what is an explanation of my experience? I don't know, but I
have a hypothesis (not a Theory). I do recall that there once was a
cdimages.debian.org, not cdimage.debian.org up until about a year
ago. The use of the plural in the name is a nice affectation of
someone in Debian like the use of the plural in
debian-user@lists.debian.org. It is one of the things I like about
Debian, an desire for careful use of language. I have no idea when
www.debian.org/CD/ first came into use, but I'm pretty sure it did not
exist, or was not described in Potato, which is the release when I
started using Debian.
Over the years since Potato, I have noticed that while each new
release was bigger and better than its predecessor, the web site
became more and more convoluted and difficult to navigate. I'm not a
web designer, as well as not being a developer. But the new access
path to iso images is something I can live with, now that I know it
exists. I don't remember exactly what screen I was on when clicked on
the hotlink that referred to cdimages.debian.org. I'm pretty sure the
text on the link was 'i386'. There lots of links labeled that. Maybe I
had the bad luck to attempt access just as a change was being made.
All is well, thanks to John,
--
Paul E Condon
pecondon@mesanetworks.net
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