Step by step How to Download Fedora 10 using jigdo on Windows XP

   The article below show the step by step procedure to download Linux Fedora 10 iso image using jigdo software.  The process to download the Linux Fedora 10 iso image is done on Windows XP and using jigdo lite software for Windows.

1. Download jigdo software for Windows at official site ( http://atterer.net/jigdo/ ).  The version that use in this step by step is jigdo-lite 0.7.2 for Windows.

2.  Extract jigdo software jigdo-win-0.7.2.zip to folder.  Make sure that you have empty space on hard disk to fit the Linux Fedora 10 iso image.

3.  Download jigdo file that needed to download Fedora 10 using jigdo, click on jigdo and you will redirect to nearest mirror site... Download the required jigdo file... note: usually the jigdo file end with jigdo extension example; Fedora-10-i386-DVD.jigdo

4.  Open Windows XP command interpreter, click on Start menu -> click on run menu and type in 'cmd' on the text box and then hit Enter key.

5.  Change working directory to the jigdo software folder that we extract earlier.

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]

(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Jason>cd /d E:\fedora_10\jigdo-win-0.7.2

6.  Verify that all the files need exist inside the folder., use dir command as example below

E:\fedora_10\jigdo-win-0.7.2>dir

 Volume in drive E is New Volume

 Volume Serial Number is 64AD-2F8B

 Directory of E:\fedora_10\jigdo-win-0.7.2

11/29/2008  02:05 AM    <DIR>          .

11/29/2008  02:05 AM    <DIR>          ..

07/06/2005  06:41 PM            65,010 debian-jigdo-mini-howto.html

11/29/2008  01:45 AM           177,757 Fedora-10-i386-DVD.jigdo

11/29/2008  02:04 AM    <DIR>          jigdo-bin

07/08/2005  04:27 PM               537 jigdo-lite.bat

07/06/2005  06:41 PM             2,666 README.txt

               4 File(s)        245,970 bytes

               3 Dir(s)  11,647,954,944 bytes free

E:\fedora_10\jigdo-win-0.7.2>

7.  Start download Fedora 10 using jigdo, type in jigdo-lite.bat and the name of jigdo file Fedora-10-DVD.jigdo and then hit Enter key as example below.

E:\fedora_10\jigdo-win-0.7.2>jigdo-lite.bat Fedora-10-i386-DVD.jigdo

Jigsaw Download "lite"

Copyright (C) 2001-2005  |  jigdo@

Richard Atterer          |  atterer.net

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Images offered by `Fedora-10-i386-DVD.jigdo':

  1: Fedora-10-i386-DVD.iso

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If you already have a previous version of the CD you are

downloading, jigdo can re-use files on the old CD that are also

present in the new image, and you do not need to download them

again. Enter the path to the old CD ROM's contents (e.g. `d:\').

Alternatively, just press enter if you want to start downloading

the remaining files.

Files to scan:

Downloading .template file

--02:09:00--  http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/10/Fedora/i386/jigdo/Fedora-10-i386-

DVD.template

           => `Fedora-10-i386-DVD.template'

Resolving download.fedoraproject.org... 80.239.156.215, 152.46.7.222, 209.132.176.120, ...

Connecting to download.fedoraproject.org[80.239.156.215]:80... connected.

HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 FOUND

Location: http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/Fedora/releases/10/Fedora/i386/jigdo/Fedora-10-i386-DVD.template [f

ollowing]

--02:09:07--  http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/Fedora/releases/10/Fedora/i386/jigdo/Fedora-10-i386-DVD.templat

e

           => `Fedora-10-i386-DVD.template'

Resolving ftp.jaist.ac.jp... 150.65.7.130

Connecting to ftp.jaist.ac.jp[150.65.7.130]:80... connected.

HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK

Length: 9,920,606 [application/octet-stream]

100%[====================================>] 9,920,606     54.85K/s    ETA 00:00

02:11:53 (59.36 KB/s) - `Fedora-10-i386-DVD.template' saved [9920606/9920606]

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Merging parts from `file:' URIs, if any...

Found 0 of the 2251 files required by the template

Will not create image or temporary file - try again with different input files

--02:12:05--  http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/10/Fedora/i386/os/Packages/koji-1.2.

6-1.fc10.noarch.rpm

           => `Fedora-10-i386-DVD.iso.tmpdir/download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/10/Fedora/i3

86/os/Packages/koji-1.2.6-1.fc10.noarch.rpm'

Resolving download.fedoraproject.org... failed: timed out.

--02:12:35--  http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/10/Fedora/i386/os/Packages/gnome-pyt

hon2-2.22.3-1.fc10.i386.rpm

           => `Fedora-10-i386-DVD.iso.tmpdir/download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/10/Fedora/i3

86/os/Packages/gnome-python2-2.22.3-1.fc10.i386.rpm'

Resolving download.fedoraproject.org... 80.239.156.215, 152.46.7.222, 209.132.176.120, ...

Connecting to download.fedoraproject.org[80.239.156.215]:80... connected.

HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 FOUND

Location: http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/Fedora/releases/10/Fedora/i386/os/Packages/gnome-python2-2.22.3-1.f

c10.i386.rpm [following]

--02:12:45--  http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/Fedora/releases/10/Fedora/i386/os/Packages/gnome-python2-2.22.3

-1.fc10.i386.rpm

           => `Fedora-10-i386-DVD.iso.tmpdir/ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/Fedora/releases/10/Fedora/i386/os/Packa

ges/gnome-python2-2.22.3-1.fc10.i386.rpm'

Resolving ftp.jaist.ac.jp... 150.65.7.130

Connecting to ftp.jaist.ac.jp[150.65.7.130]:80... connected.

HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK

Length: 37,246 [application/octet-stream]

100%[====================================>] 37,246        44.74K/s

02:12:50 (44.74 KB/s) - `Fedora-10-i386-DVD.iso.tmpdir/ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/Fedora/releases/10/Fedora/i38

6/os/Packages/gnome-python2-2.22.3-1.fc10.i386.rpm' saved [37246/37246]

--02:12:50--  http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/10/Fedora/i386/os/Packages/libXScrnS

aver-devel-1.1.3-1.fc10.i386.rpm

           => `Fedora-10-i386-DVD.iso.tmpdir/download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/10/Fedora/i3

86/os/Packages/libXScrnSaver-devel-1.1.3-1.fc10.i386.rpm'

Connecting to download.fedoraproject.org[80.239.156.215]:80... connected.

HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 FOUND

Location: ftp://dispenser.yandex.net/fedora/linux/releases/10/Fedora/i386/os/Packages/libXScrnSaver-devel-1.1.

3-1.fc10.i386.rpm [following]

--02:12:52--  ftp://dispenser.yandex.net/fedora/linux/releases/10/Fedora/i386/os/Packages/libXScrnSaver-devel-

1.1.3-1.fc10.i386.rpm

           => `Fedora-10-i386-DVD.iso.tmpdir/dispenser.yandex.net/fedora/linux/releases/10/Fedora/i386/os/Pack

ages/libXScrnSaver-devel-1.1.3-1.fc10.i386.rpm'

Resolving dispenser.yandex.net... 77.88.19.74

Connecting to dispenser.yandex.net[77.88.19.74]:21... connected.

Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!

==> SYST ... done.    ==> PWD ... done.

==> TYPE I ... done.  ==> CWD /fedora/linux/releases/10/Fedora/i386/os/Packages ... done.

==> PASV ... done.    ==> RETR libXScrnSaver-devel-1.1.3-1.fc10.i386.rpm ... done.

Length: 14,040 (unauthoritative)

90% [================================>    ] 12,690         1.40K/s    ETA 00:00

8. if connection down, you can stop the download by press Ctrl and c key, as on example below

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Aaargh - 1057 files could not be downloaded. This should not

happen! Depending on the problem, it may help to retry downloading

the missing files.

However, if all the files downloaded without errors and you

still get this message, it means that the files changed on the

server, so the image cannot be generated.

Press Return to retry downloading the missing files.

Press Ctrl-C to abort. (If you re-run jigdo-lite later, it will

resume from here, the downloaded data is not lost if you press

Ctrl-C now.)

: Press any key to continue . . . ^C

Terminate batch job (Y/N)? y

E:\fedora_10\jigdo-win-0.7.2>

9.  To continue download fedora 10, execute again the jigdo-lite.bat as show on example below.

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]

(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Jason>cd /d E:\fedora_10\jigdo-win-0.7.2

E:\fedora_10\jigdo-win-0.7.2>jigdo-lite.bat Fedora-10-i386-DVD.jigdo

Jigsaw Download "lite"

Copyright (C) 2001-2005  |  jigdo@

Richard Atterer          |  atterer.net

-----------------------------------------------------------------

Images offered by `Fedora-10-i386-DVD.jigdo':

  1: Fedora-10-i386-DVD.iso

-----------------------------------------------------------------

If you already have a previous version of the CD you are

downloading, jigdo can re-use files on the old CD that are also

present in the new image, and you do not need to download them

again. Enter the path to the old CD ROM's contents (e.g. `d:\').

Alternatively, just press enter if you want to start downloading

the remaining files.

Files to scan:

Not downloading .template file - `Fedora-10-i386-DVD.template' already present

-----------------------------------------------------------------

Merging parts from `file:' URIs, if any...

Found 0 of the 1063 files required by the template

Copied input files to temporary file `Fedora-10-i386-DVD.iso.tmp' - repeat command and supply more files to continue

--12:56:39--  http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/Fedora/releases/10/Fedora/i386/os/Packages/glibc-common-2.9-2.i386.rpm

           => `Fedora-10-i386-DVD.iso.tmpdir/ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/Fedora/releases/10/Fedora/i386/os/Packages/glibc-common-2.9-2.i386.rpm'

Resolving ftp.jaist.ac.jp... 150.65.7.130

Connecting to ftp.jaist.ac.jp[150.65.7.130]:80... connected.

HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK

Length: 22,727,800 [application/octet-stream]

 2% [                                     ] 460,132        3.56K/s  ETA 2:04:24

FINISHED --19:38:48--

Downloaded: 11,493,124 bytes in 5 files

Found 5 of the 5 files required by the template

Successfully created `Fedora-10-i386-DVD.iso'

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Finished!

The fact that you got this far is a strong indication that `Fedora-10-i386-DVD.iso'

was generated correctly. I will perform an additional, final check,

which you can interrupt safely with Ctrl-C if you do not want to wait.

OK: Checksums match, image is good!

Press any key to continue . . .

E:\fedora_10\jigdo-win-0.7.2>

10.  After finish download,  open the download folder... you should see Fedora-10-i386-DVD.iso inside the download folder.

Then you should verify the sha1sum for Fedora image is good for burning or for installation.

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