I'd just add one of the online sources if you already have an installation. Thanks, On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 4:59 PM, J Cruit <j at packetgod.com> wrote: > So for an upgrade on a system do y'all think it would be better to bittorent > a copy then add a local source to my apt configuration? > > On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 4:49 PM, Mike Miller <mbmiller+l at gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Thu, 29 Oct 2009, Scott Dier wrote: >> >> > If at /all/ possible use bittorrent. Many mirrors seed into it and >> > honestly its your best bet. >> >> >> From Robert Citek on another list: >> >> Here's a script to get most of the isos via the bittorrent client >> rtorrent: >> >> tors=" >> http://releases.ubuntu.com/9.10/ubuntu-9.10-alternate-amd64.iso.torrent >> http://releases.ubuntu.com/9.10/ubuntu-9.10-alternate-i386.iso.torrent >> http://releases.ubuntu.com/9.10/ubuntu-9.10-desktop-amd64.iso.torrent >> http://releases.ubuntu.com/9.10/ubuntu-9.10-desktop-i386.iso.torrent >> http://releases.ubuntu.com/9.10/ubuntu-9.10-server-amd64.iso.torrent >> http://releases.ubuntu.com/9.10/ubuntu-9.10-server-i386.iso.torrent >> " >> wget $tors >> rtorrent *.torrent >> >> Place in a screen session, disconnect, and wait. >> >> Regards, >> - Robert >> >> >> Presumably you would do this from a directory that contained no .torrent >> files when you started. Also, you should delete the lines that correspond >> to files that you don't want. >> >> Mike >> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > -- Scott Dier <scott at dier.name>