Re: Getting LATEST-Stable

[Bryan Berch <dfbsd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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.
>
> Try to download this ISO image, it is the latest one on my mirror. 
> Also, make sure you download with some kind of resume-capable download 
> software incase your connection is unrelieable.
>
> http://bsdtech.com/DragonFly/snapshots/i386/ISO-IMAGES/2CSNAP-20041213-1130-Stable.iso.gz 
>
>
> (replace http with ftp if you prefer that).
>
> Hope this helps!
> - Erik
Thanks Erik.  A day later, but I have it.

Bryan