Re: Repeated failure of install of Jessie
On Saturday 02 April 2016 05:11:43 David Wright wrote:
> Lisi Reisz wrote:
> >On Tuesday 29 March 2016 23:55:33 Steve McIntyre wrote:
> >> look in the directories on cdimage.debian.org for the
> >> signed checksums alongside the images:
> >
> >I'm very grateful for everything the dds do, honestly. But please, now
> > that you help the blind a little, could you not start to remember the
> > partially sighted?
> >
> > > http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firm
> > >ware
> >>
> >>/archive/8.2.0/amd64/iso-cd/ (8.2.0 in the archive)
> >>
> >> http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmw
> >>are /8.3.0/amd64/iso-cd/ (8.3.0, the current stable release)
> >
> >This information is not available on the website. It is gold-dust. The
> >website has a hyperlink that says "AMD64"
> >https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/debian-installer/
> >
> ><rant>
> >Yes, it says that the check-sums are available. It says that they are in
> > the same directories. It doesn't say where and what those directories
> > are. It just has flipping hyperlinks that don't go to the directories,
> > which would be fine, they just go straight into downloading.
>
> Yes, it does annoy me that the link doesn't warn you of that.
> I don't know how you browse so this might not help you, but here
> is what I do:
>
> After navigating to the page with the ISO link (either from Debian
> home page or directly by googling something like debian installer )
> I take care not to left-click on the link, but instead right-click and
> select Copy Link Location.
That appeared to do nothing, so I tried everything else offered. The
three "Open link <something-or-other>" all produced 404s, "Save link as"
downloaded, "Inspect" opened the relevant section of HTML, with the relevant
line highlighted. Bingo! Success! Thank you, David. That's a big help.
But a hyperlink to the checksums or a clear offering on the website would be
still better. I'm all right now, Jack, but what about everybody else?
Lisi
> Then I type "wget " in an xterm and paste the link after it. That
> downloads the ISO file.
>
> I then open a blank browser page and paste the same link into the
> address bar. Without pressing Return, I then erase the filename back
> as far as the last directory slash. Now pressing Return takes you to
> the directory containing the ISO file and, of course, all the SHA stuff.
> Right-click on the SHA512SUMS and paste that as you did the ISO. Ditto
> the SHA512SUMS.sign.
>
> To validate, I type sha512sum * > /tmp/sums (in the directory I
> wget'd into), then
> diff -u SHA512SUMS /tmp/sums | less -S
> and you should see no lines beginning with +, but only - or blank.
> Then I gpg2 --verify SHA512SUMS.sign which gives a fingerprint
> that occur somewhere on the page https://www.debian.org/CD/verify
>
> So the method all depends on right-clicking giving you that menu,
> which I hope it does.
>
> Cheers,
> David.
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