Cannot download Slackware DVD ISO

davidguygc · 05-17-2007, 03:14 AM

Hi, I've tried 5x now to download the Slackware DVD ISO, from a few different places. Whenever it gets done, it says that there was an timeout error and cannot download. I've tried firefox on linux and windows, and a ftp program, same results. Any suggestions? It isn't fun 3.4 GB more than once

Alien_Hominid · 05-17-2007, 03:18 AM

Try torrent. Do not know about ftps (they always have worked). Which ftp sites?

davidguygc · 05-17-2007, 04:38 AM

Well, the main ftp that I could find it was ftp://slackware.cs.utah.edu/pub/slackware/ .

I've never done torrents, so I really dunno how to do it.

H_TeXMeX_H · 05-17-2007, 11:35 AM

You install bittorrent or azureus or whatever, and click the torrent ... that's it.

Try different mirrors, there are many. You can try downloading the CDs instead. You need only CD #1 and #2.

Alien_Hominid · 05-17-2007, 12:20 PM

Torrents is far the easiest thing to learn, which I have ever seen. Maybe somebody has an impressive Internet connection to also try this mirror.

davidguygc · 05-17-2007, 12:48 PM

OK, I'll do that. I want the DVD ISO because I have had a DVD writer for a month now and I'm itching to use it lol.

Alien_Hominid · 05-17-2007, 01:41 PM

Oh, I have just checked the sig of your pc.

bassmadrigal · 05-19-2007, 07:11 AM

I have always used that site for ftps and never had a problem. What filesystem are you downloading it to? Some have a limit on file size.

You could possibly try wget.

Code:

wget ftp://slackware.cs.utah.edu/pub/slackware/slackware-11.0-iso/slackware-11.0-install-dvd.iso

davidguygc · 05-20-2007, 06:55 PM

I tried downloading it to NTFS and EXT3, same error. I'm trying that wget right now.

Alien_Hominid · 05-21-2007, 01:13 AM

Don't download from utah.edu Try from any other place.

davidguygc · 05-21-2007, 01:36 AM

the wget from utah worked. Thanks for all the help

bassmadrigal · 05-21-2007, 04:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidguygc

the wget from utah worked. Thanks for all the help

Glad it all worked out.

Quote:

Don't download from utah.edu Try from any other place.

Why not?? This is the mirror I always use, and I haven't had any problems with it.

Alien_Hominid · 05-21-2007, 12:07 PM

If it had been broken somehow, he would never have got a working DVD.

Alien Bob · 05-21-2007, 02:03 PM

Better idea: keep a local mirror of the slackware-current directory tree and create your own DVD ISO image from that package tree.
It will save you a lot of bandwidth especially if you want to have a fresh DVD ISO sometime later...

Eric