NON-torrent download available?

bil_hendrix · #1 21st April 2008, 04:33 PM

Hello,

I'd love to take F9 for a spin, but I do NOT have the ability to download via bittorrent. Searching these forums and googling returned squat. Does anyone know if Fedora has set up any FTP/HTTP links to the Live DVD or other ISOs? Or is there any benevolent soul who is already hosting the Live DVD iso somewhere?

thx,

-b:||

juanfgs · #2 21st April 2008, 04:40 PM

http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora

There is a direct download option, with many mirrors.

Have fun.

forkbomb · #3 21st April 2008, 04:42 PM

Did you miss the direct download links on the Get Fedora page?
http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora

Edit: ahh, beat to the punch.

bbfuller · #4 21st April 2008, 04:47 PM

Hello bil_hendrix

Like you doubtless, I don't see any direct downloads for the Fedora 9 preview release on the Downloads pages.

It was released as a torrent at the very end of last week and I think a mention was made of ordinary downloads early this week.

You'll have to keep checking I'm afraid.

bil_hendrix · #5 21st April 2008, 04:48 PM

juanfgs,

Thanks for responding.

The Live versions there are for 8, not 9.

The page dedicated to the 9 Release:

http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-prerelease

only has bittorrent links. I know I can browse the various Fedoras mirrors (and I have), but none of them have the Live or other ISOs posted - that I can find anyway.

thx,

-b:||

bil_hendrix · #6 21st April 2008, 04:51 PM

bbfuller,

So you think "ordinary downloads" can be expected for 9 Preview, before 9 Final?

thx

bbfuller · #7 21st April 2008, 04:56 PM

Hello bil_hendrix

I wouldn't want to bet anything important on it, but that's what I read in this thread:

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/forum/...fedora+preview

bil_hendrix · #8 21st April 2008, 04:58 PM

Ah...I missed that link in my perusing - thanks bbfuller.

bil_hendrix · #9 21st April 2008, 07:17 PM

AHA!

ftp://ftp.linux.ncsu.edu/pub/fedora/...edora/i386/iso

bbfuller · #10 21st April 2008, 07:26 PM

Careful bil_hendrix, that's the beta version which is a previous version to the preview now in existence.

forkbomb · #11 21st April 2008, 07:26 PM

Ahh, sorry. I thought you were seeking direct download of the stables.

In any event, seems you found what you were looking for, but I have to ask why you "don't have the ability" to download torrents. The most common problem I know of is that ISPs will "block" torrent traffic - but it's a lame attempt because most decent torrent clients support encryption of both inbound and outbound traffic that goes through the client.

bil_hendrix · #12 21st April 2008, 07:36 PM

thx for the warning, bbfuller - but it'll tide me over for now.

tjvanwyk, i assume it has something to do w/my ISP (Cox). i'm not sure why, exactly, but I keep getting booted from my SSH session to my machine doing the torrent d/l. I can reconnect and restart the d/l, but it is a pain. I haven't delved into it yet, i literally just started using torrent today, expressly to get F9preview. i'm using the ncurses client, rtorrent (i have no X access currently). i also tried the torrent-console client, but it immediately barfed and kicked me out of my SSH session.