[SOLVED] wget issue trying to upgrade slack 13.37 to 14.0

Sum1 · 10-19-2012, 07:46 AM

I'm embarrassed for having to ask the forums for help on this one, but I've read the wget man page and tried different commands and http mirrors, and all I can pull is an index.html file.

My current server install is 32-bit Slackware 13.37 and trying to download the 14.0 directory to follow UPGRADE.TXT as I did from 13.1 to 13.37.

Nothing works:

Code:

 wget -v -r -np --reject="index.html" http://mirrors3.kernel.org/slackware/slackware-14.0/*.*

 wget -v -r -np http://mirrors3.kernel.org/slackware/slackware-14.0/*.*

 wget -v -r http://mirrors3.kernel.org/slackware/slackware-14.0/*.*

 wget -v -r -np http://mirrors3.kernel.org/slackware/slackware-14.0/

 wget -v -r -np http://mirrors3.kernel.org/slackware/slackware-14.0

 wget -v -r http://mirrors3.kernel.org/slackware/slackware-14.0/

All respond with some slight variation of:

Code:

--2012-10-19 08:44:52--  http://mirrors3.kernel.org/slackware/slackware-14.0/
Resolving mirrors3.kernel.org (mirrors3.kernel.org)... 68.87.91.199
Connecting to mirrors3.kernel.org (mirrors3.kernel.org)|68.87.91.199|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: http://actsvr.comcastonline.com/landing_filter.html [following]
--2012-10-19 08:44:52--  http://actsvr.comcastonline.com/landing_filter.html
Resolving actsvr.comcastonline.com (actsvr.comcastonline.com)... 68.87.91.196
Connecting to actsvr.comcastonline.com (actsvr.comcastonline.com)|68.87.91.196|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 253 [text/html]
Saving to: `mirrors3.kernel.org/slackware/slackware-14.0/index.html'

100%[===========================================================================================================>] 253         --.-K/s   in 0s

2012-10-19 08:44:53 (3.27 MB/s) - `mirrors3.kernel.org/slackware/slackware-14.0/index.html' saved [253/253]

FINISHED --2012-10-19 08:44:53--
Total wall clock time: 0.5s
Downloaded: 1 files, 253 in 0s (3.27 MB/s)

Thank you for your help.

Sum1 · 10-19-2012, 08:37 AM

I don't know if this is helpful but I've provided the contents of the index.html file:

Code:

root@box:~/mirrors3.kernel.org/slackware/slackware-14.0# cat index.html
<html>
<head>
<title>Comcast Activation</title>
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; URL=https://activate.comcast.com/RoutingEngine/accountlookup.do">
</head>
<!--<p>Loading <a href="nocache/realactsvr.html">Comcast activation page</a></p>-->
</html>

Sum1 · 10-19-2012, 09:35 AM

SOLVED.

1. Problem unrelated to Slackware or wget: Installed a new docsis 3.0 modem a week ago and my wget attempts were the first time I tried to reach the internet via the router/firewall/server box. Seeing the strange Comcast activation message in the index.html file led me to try reaching any internet address. Tried links http://www.google.com and received another odd http error message from Comcast. At this point, I figured a reboot might help. Upon reboot, the device was recognized and/or "activated" by Comcast --- have no idea what that's about, but that's another issue.

2. Tried the following wget command: wget -v -r -np http://mirrors3.kernel.org/slackware/slackware-14.0/
This also failed, but I received a file titled "robots.txt"
Googled wget robots.txt and added -e robots=off to the above-stated command and it seems to have solved everything.
Entire slackware-14.0 directory is downloading as I write.

Thanks for your patience.

Alien Bob · 10-19-2012, 10:18 AM

Try this command alternatively, if you keep getting issues with wget:

Code:

lftp -c "open http://mirrors3.kernel.org/slackware/ ; mirror slackware-14.0"

Eric

Sum1 · 10-19-2012, 10:30 AM

Thank you, A_B!
I will try this on another Slack server under my jurisdiction. :-)