DVD .ISO's How-To
Recently I had some trouble downloading Debian DVD images (ISO's) to burn onto my computer. However, I found the solution to the problem, and wanted to make everyone else aware of it.
First, the images are available from: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/un...amd64/iso-dvd/ Since the DVD images are so freakin' huge, it's difficult to d/l 'em. The first mistake is to use Firefox! Firefox will NOT download more than 2GB in a single download. Neither will (unmodified) wget. Now, since those images are 4GB and 3.4GB each, you're going to be up the proverbial creek, much like I was. You have 2 recourses: Solution 1: Use Konqueror. I'm not a big fan of Konqueror, but it, for some strange reason, can download files up to 10GB. WTG Qt! Solution 2: For those morally opposed to using Konqueror, there is a modification to wget, available at http://software.lpetrov.net/wget-LFS/ Solution 3: Use torrent or jigdo. Cheater. :p Anyway, I hope this helps some poor soul BEFORE they waste 24 hours and 4 DVD's downloading incomplete files. Remember kids, always check your md5sum's! |
Thanks for sharing :)
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Also, FAT32 doesn't allow files larger than 4GB. NTFS, ReiserFS and I think Ext2/3 do. I don't know about any other filesystems, though.
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