Hi Elmarie, On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 11:11:53AM +0200, Elmarie Bosman - ROS wrote: > I am a windows user who would like to download debian linux to install on > another computer. I've been strugling for a week now to download > the jigdo files for woody r2, without success. I read throught the archive > of the debian mailing list for clues as to what I'm doing wrong. I've even > tried to force proxy addresses into the jigdo-lite-settings.txt file, but it > didn't work either. > At the moment the script looks like this: > > jigdo='http://non-us.cdimage.debian.org/jigdo-area/3.0_r2/jigdo/i386/woody-i > 386-{1_NONUS,2,3,4,5,6,7}.jigdo' > debianMirror='' > nonusMirror=''
These two should contain URLs for your nearest Debian and Non-US mirrors. Since you appear to be from South Africa, you should use the following mirrors. For the Debian mirror: ftp://ftp.sun.ac.za/debian/ For the non-US mirror: ftp://ftp.sun.ac.za/debian/non-US/ (Alternatively, if the above turn out not to work: ftp://ftp.is.co.za/debian/ http://debian-non-us.is.co.za/ ) > tmpDir='.' > jigdoOpts='--cache jigdo-file-cache.db' > wgetOpts='-e ftp_proxy=http://non-us.cdimage.debian.org:80/ -e > http_proxy=http://non-us.cdimage.debian.org:80/' This is wrong - do not use any proxy at all! The rest looks OK. > What am I doing wrong or where did I misunderstand something? I would > realy like to install debian, but I admit I don't have all the computer > skills needed to do software installation. Please help. If this is the first time you install Linux, you should really try to find a knowledgeable person to assist you with it. Unfortunately, in my opinion Debian isn't quite as easy to install as other Linux flavours. > This e-mail and any file attachments transmitted with it are intended > solely for the addressee(s) and may be legally privileged and/or > confidential. If you have received this e-mail in error please destroy > it. If you are not the addressee you may not disclose, copy, distribute > or take any action based on the contents hereof. My email address is not in the "To:" field, so will I be prosecuted for helping you?! Grr, sorry, I just don't like legal blobs like that... Cheers, Richard -- __ _ |_) /| Richard Atterer | GnuPG key: | \/¯| http://atterer.net | 0x888354F7 ¯ '` ¯
