[Cu-wireless] Download page, new member introduction
Stephane Alnet
stephane at shimaore.net
Thu Apr 29 16:29:25 CDT 2004
> I've read the BitTorrent FAQ, and I'm stumped.
> I only get a 1K file.
That's the BitTorrent file itself. The BitTorrent file is only a
"pointer" on how to gather the pieces to get the actual file. You need
to run BitTorrent on that file to get the actual file.
Let's say you've downloaded the first of the ISO links on the CUWin
Downloads page. The file you got should be named
"istaboot-01-Apr-2004.iso.gz.torrent".
Then you would have to run something like the following (this is with
Debian on a terminal window):
btdownloadcurses istaboot-01-Apr-2004.iso.gz.torrent
There may be multiple programs whose names start with "btdownload" (I
have "btdownloadcurses", "btdownloadgui" and "btdownloadheadless").
Curses will give you a text interface, GUI an interface for X11, and
headless will just print out stuff on the screen.
HTH,
S.
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