Re: Problem downloading "Installation Guide for 64-bit PC (amd64)"
On Fri 08 Apr 2022 at 20:43:40 (+0100), Darac Marjal wrote:
> On 08/04/2022 20:27, David Wright wrote:
> > On Fri 08 Apr 2022 at 07:18:28 (+0100), Tixy wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2022-04-07 at 09:40 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> > > > I need a *HTML* copy of "Installation Guide for 64-bit PC (amd64)" for
> > > > *OFFLINE* use.
> > > >
> > > > The HTML links on [https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual]
> > > > lead *ONLY* to Page 1.
> > > You can download all the pages using a recursive wget:
> > >
> > > wget -r -k -np https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/
> > >
> > > That's 774kB of files when I tried it (I know internet data usage is
> > > important to you).
> > And for those on dial-up, a text version in one big page, compressed,
> > comes in at 128723 bytes. (I think it would be necessary to solicit
> > a copy from someone, anyone, by email.)
>
> 20 years ago there were services for this:
> http://www.faqs.org/faqs/internet-services/access-via-email/
>
> One used to be able to access FTP, Gopher, Verionica, Jughead or even
> - if you were so inclined - the World Wide Web just by sending
> commands in the body of an email. I've not used these services in
> about ten years, though, so I don't know how many still exist.
That's right. They were very useful during a short period of time when
our PCs (and Macs) at work were networked (Pathworks and Localtalk IIRC)
but not actually running TCP/IP. (~Early 1990s.)
But AFAICT, while a text version (413294 bytes) is on the Debian site
with a URL, the compressed version is embedded in a 17-language .deb file.
Cheers,
David.
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