Getting LATEST-Stable

Tue Dec 14 23:14:35 PST 2004

On 15.12.2004, at 03:36, Erik P. Skaalerud wrote:
Bryan Berch wrote:
I have been trying to download the LATEST-Stable.iso.gz a couple of 
times from a few of the mirriors and with my slow dial-up the 
download stops due to the mirriors updating the iso.  Takes me 
between 12 to 16 hours to get the file.  I was wondering if this file 
is only updated once a day or how often and if only once a day is 
there a set time when it occurs so I could time start my download?  
Would like to get a newer iso, but will use my  dfly-1.0A_REL.iso if 
all else fails on another machine.
Bryan
Hello Bryan. The LATEST-Stable.iso.gz is just a symlink to the latest 
ISO. This would explain why your download gets halted, since this 
symlink changes every 24 hours to a new image.
after all the file should still exist and get transferred. strange. but 
i got a better advice (hah!): use rsync.

a lot mirrors provide rsync access and this means you can get the 
images piecemeal. but then, of course, you need to use the complete 
path of the iso and not the latest symlink.

cheers
  simon
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