Re: checksums for ISOs of early Debian releases
Hi,
Lister wrote:
> The release page for 2.2 Potato lists the MD5SUMS for disc 1 for a few
> architectures, but not for all the discs:
Maybe you find something useful under
https://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/older-contrib
where i see
https://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/older-contrib/1.3/MD5SUMS
https://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/older-contrib/2.0/MD5SUMS
https://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/older-contrib/2.2/MD5SUMS
https://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/older-contrib/2.1/MD5SUMS
It is unclear how much they are verified independently of their
contributors.
The oldest one
debian-1.3.1-binary-i386.iso
is bootable by an El Torito floppy emulation image named
/boot/resc1440.bin
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Volume Id : Debian 1.3.1 Binary
Volume Set Id: Debian GNU/Linux 1.3.1 . A distribution of a free-software Linux system. For information, please see http://www.debian.org/ . Sa
Publisher Id : Software in the Public Interest
App Id : Debian GNU/Linux 1.3.1
System Id : Linux
CopyrightFile: Copyrighted by SPI and others.
Creation Time: 1997070521123100
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
It would be interesting to learn more about the early release formats
of Debian.
Were there floppy sets ? Were there always ISOs for download ?
(The SuSE 1.0 CD hat no El Torito equipment for booting. The initial
stage was done by a floppy disc. This CD image was unearthed last year
by german Linux Magazin. Originally created in march 1994.
I dimly remember that a workmate installed DLD Linux from a pile of
floppies ... probably in 1993.)
Have a nice day :)
Thomas
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