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</affiliation>
</author>
<pubdate>v0.104, 2002-07-24</pubdate>
<pubdate>2002-07-31 ver 0.108</pubdate>
<copyright>
<year>2001</year>
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about his work, but cares about the people who use it. Sadly, this is something that is becoming less common in this busy
world we live in. Thanks, Richard, and keep up the excellent work.</para>
<para>I would like to thank Conrad Wood <email>cnw@conradwood.net</email> for translating this mini-HOWTO. I feel honored
that Conrad found my words worthy of his time and effort.</para>
</sect2>
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<sect2 id="version"><title>Latest Version And Translations</title>
<para>There are no translations yet. If you would like to translate this HOWTO to another language, please contact me
at <email><ulink url="mailto:p@dirac.org">p@dirac.org</ulink></email>. As of 24 July 2002, there are German and
Portuguese translations in the works, but they're not available yet.</para>
<para>Conrad Wood <email>cnw@conradwood.net</email> has been kind enough to make a German translation of this mini-HOWTO
available. It will be available at linuxdoc.org shortly, but for now you can download it from <ulink
url="http://www.dirac.org/linux/debian/">http://www.dirac.org/linux/debian/</ulink>.</para>
<para>If you would like to translate this HOWTO to another language, please contact me at <email><ulink
url="mailto:p@dirac.org">p@dirac.org</ulink></email>. As of 24 July 2002, there is a Portuguese translation in the works,
but it's not available yet.</para>
<para>The latest stable version can be found at The Linux Documentation Project: <ulink
url="http://linuxdoc.org/docs.html">http://linuxdoc.org/docs.html</ulink> in the mini-HOWTO section. If you want to see
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>http://packages.debian.org/unstable/utils/jigdo-file.html</ulink>. As of 19 July 2002 it's at version 0.6.8. This is
the version used for the examples of this HOWTO.</para>
<para>Note to Woody users: The version of jigdo-lite which comes with Woody (rev 0) is not capable of downloading
Sarge or Sid. See <xref linkend="needtoupgrade">.
</sect2>
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<para>You can use the same loop mounting trick we use when updating an ISO image. The difference is that there's no
finished .iso file to start with, but the .iso.tmp file is an ISO image too and can be used to finish the download without
having to re-download all the data that was downloaded before the broken .jigdo file caused jigdo-file to halt. Simply
loop mount the .tmp.iso file on <filename role="directory">/tmp</filename> and when you re-run jigdo-lite with the fixed
.jigdo file, tell jigdo-lite to scan <filename role="directory">/tmp</filename>. Don't forget to rename or move the
loop mount the .tmp.iso file on <filename role="directory">/mnt</filename> and when you re-run jigdo-lite with the fixed
.jigdo file, tell jigdo-lite to scan <filename role="directory">/mnt</filename>. Don't forget to rename or move the
.tmp.iso file so it doesn't interfere with jigdo-lite which will want to create a new .tmp.iso file.</para>
</sect2>
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<sect2><title>I'm having trouble getting jigdo-easy to work</title>
<sect2 id="troublewithjigdoeasy"><title>I'm having trouble getting jigdo-easy to work.</title>
<para>See <xref linkend="jigdo-easy">.</para>
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<sect2 id="needtoupgrade"><title>I'm having trouble getting jigdo-lite to download Sarge or Sid.</title>
<para>If you're using Potato or Woody, upgrade to jigdo-lite 0.6.8. Because of a change in Jigdo, the version of
jigdo-lite that comes with Woody (rev 0) cannot download Sarge and Sid images. The version that comes with Sarge is
sufficient (<xref linkend="links">).
<para>If you're using Sarge or Sid, then you may need some help. Search the archives of the debian-cd mailing list, and
if that doesn't solve your problem, you should send them a request for help (<xref linkend="links">).</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="wgetoptions"><title>Jigdo-lite is too verbose. How can I supress some or all of its messages?</title>
<para>Jigdo-lite uses wget, and wget's output can be quite verbose. If this is unsettling, you can make wget more quiet
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</sect2>
<sect2><title>Can I have two jigdo-lite sessions at the same time in the same directory?</title>
<para>Not at the moment. The two sessions will clash over the <filename>tmp/</filename> and
<filename>jigdo-file-cache.db</filename> files. This will being worked on. If you want to run concurrent jigdo-lite
sessions, use different working directories.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="otherplatforms"><title>Can I use jigdo on platforms other than Linux?</title>
<para>Certainly. If you're interested in Potato or Woody under Microsoft Windows, old SunOS, HP-UX and IRIX you can use
jigdo-easy. See <xref linkend="jigdo-easy"> and <xref linkend="links">.</para>
<para>If you want to download Potato, Woody, Sarge or Sid under Microsoft Windows, jigdo-lite has been ported to that
platform and can be downloaded from the main jigdo site (<xref linkend="links">).</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
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<sect2 id="jigdo-easy"><title>jigdo-easy</title>
<para>Jigdo-easy, by Anne Bezemer, is a fork-off from jigdo-lite which is portable to a wider range of systems, including
Windows. Unfortunately, it is outdated by now and doesn't work with the latest Debian jigdo files. The author seems to
have become disinterested with jigdo-easy and this project appears to be dead.</para>
<para>You should not use jigdo-easy. However, jigdo-lite has been ported to Windows and can be downloaded from the main
jigdo site (<xref linkend="resources">).</para>
<para>Jigdo-easy, by Anne Bezemer, is a fork from jigdo-lite which is portable to a wider range of systems, including
Microsoft Windows, old SunOS, HP-UX and IRIX). It's also easier to use than jigdo-lite but because of changes made to
Jigdo, will only work with Potato and Woody. Jigdo-easy will not be able to download Sarge and Sid. See <xref
linkend="links"> and <xref linkend="otherplatforms">.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2><title>GUI Interface</title>
<para>A GTK+ interface to jigdo is currently being worked on. It's not fully functional yet, but will be available at
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<sect2 id="resources"><title>Resources</title>
<sect2 id="links"><title>Resources</title>
<para>This HOWTO is winding down to a close, but I thought I'd leave you with a few links and references to learn more
about the jigdo tools and how they work.</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry><term><ulink url="http://atterer.net/jigdo">http://atterer.net/jigdo</ulink></term>
<varlistentry><term><ulink url="http://atterer.net/jigdo"
>http://atterer.net/jigdo</ulink></term>
<listitem><para>This is the jigdo home site. You should definitely browse this site; lots of information about ports,
GUI clients and everything under the sun relating to jigdo.</para></listitem>
<varlistentry><term><ulink url="http://cdimage.debian.org/~costar/jigdo"
>http://cdimage.debian.org/~costar/jigdo</ulink></term>
<listitem><para>The Debian page for jigdo-easy. See <xref linkend="jigdo-easy"></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>The Debian page for jigdo-easy (<xref linkend="jigdo-easy">).</para></listitem>
<varlistentry><term><ulink url="http://www.debian.org/CD/jigdo-cd">http://www.debian.org/CD/jigdo-cd</ulink></term>
<varlistentry><term><ulink url="http://www.debian.org/CD/jigdo-cd"
>http://www.debian.org/CD/jigdo-cd</ulink></term>
<listitem><para>The main Debian page for jigdo.</para></listitem>
<varlistentry><term><ulink url="http://packages.debian.org/testing/utils/jigdo-file.html"
>http://packages.debian.org/testing/utils/jigdo-file.html</ulink></term>
<listitem><para>If you're using Potato or Woody, please upgrade jigdo-file to version <literal>0.6.8</literal>, which
comes with Sarge (<xref linkend="needtoupgrade">).</para></listitem>
<varlistentry><term><ulink url="http://lists.debian.org/search.html"
>http://lists.debian.org/search.html</ulink></term>
<listitem><para>You can use this page to search the debian-cd mailing list archives.</para></listitem>
<varlistentry><term><ulink url="http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/subscribe"
>http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/subscribe</ulink></term>
<listitem><para>The subscription page for the debian-cd mailing list.</para></listitem>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
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