On 27 Aug 2001 15:21:00 -0500 Jeremy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > rsync -avz ftp.debian.org:pub/iso/potato-1.iso potato-1.iso
rsync uses it's own rsync protocol and can't use ftp. Thus you need an rsync server. (Except when you use rsync to a user account over rsh/ssh, which is not the case with the cd images.) See http://cdimage.debian.org/rsync-mirrors.html Read the debian install docu, and/or get the pseudo-image-kit. chj