Which file to download exactly

**tech291083** · August 5th, 2011

Hi,

I would like to download the latest version of Gentoo which is version 11.0, but I am a bit confused as to which file to download from the official web site here. I want a normal 32 bit DVD version, not 64 bit or not amd architecture etc. So I followed the following processes step by step.

http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/mirrors2.xml

Once opening this page, I click on a link/mirror called Michigan Tech University (http)*

and went to this page...

http://lug.mtu.edu/gentoo/

there are many folders on this page, so I clicked on a folder named "releases" and then opened this page...

http://lug.mtu.edu/gentoo/releases/

On this page I clicked on the last folder called "x86" and opened this page..

http://lug.mtu.edu/gentoo/releases/x86

which has a folder called 11.0 and I clicked on it to open this page..

http://lug.mtu.edu/gentoo/releases/x86/11.0/

Here on this page I think I should download the very first file called livedvd-x86-amd64-32ul-11.0.iso

worth 2.3 GB.

Am I correct here? Please guide me as this link livedvd-x86-amd64-32ul-11.0.iso
has the word amd64 in it and I am not sure whether it is meant for a normal 32 bit pc. Sorry for the long post, but I need help. Thanks

**haqking** · August 5th, 2011

Originally Posted by tech291083

Hi,

I would like to download the latest version of Gentoo which is version 11.0, but I am a bit confused as to which file to download from the official web site here. I want a normal 32 bit DVD version, not 64 bit or not amd architecture etc. So I followed the following processes step by step.

http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/mirrors2.xml

Once opening this page, I click on a link/mirror called Michigan Tech University (http)*

and went to this page...

http://lug.mtu.edu/gentoo/

there are many folders on this page, so I clicked on a folder named "releases" and then opened this page...

http://lug.mtu.edu/gentoo/releases/

On this page I clicked on the last folder called "x86" and opened this page..

http://lug.mtu.edu/gentoo/releases/x86

which has a folder called 11.0 and I clicked on it to open this page..

http://lug.mtu.edu/gentoo/releases/x86/11.0/

Here on this page I think I should download the very first file called livedvd-x86-amd64-32ul-11.0.iso

worth 2.3 GB.

Am I correct here? Please guide me as this link livedvd-x86-amd64-32ul-11.0.iso
has the word amd64 in it and I am not sure whether it is meant for a normal 32 bit pc. Sorry for the long post, but I need help. Thanks

http://mirrors.us.kernel.org/gentoo//releases/x86/11.0/

top one.

if you look here http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/where.xml

at the bottom it says live DVD and it ios the same file as you stated at end livedvd-x86-amd64-32ul-11.0.iso

so yes your last link was fine

**tech291083** · August 5th, 2011

Originally Posted by haqking

if you look here http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/where.xml

at the bottom it says live DVD and it ios the same file as you stated at end livedvd-x86-amd64-32ul-11.0.iso

so yes your last link was fine

Ok, thanks a lot. The word amd64 confused me a bit, so I had to ask a long question. Thanks indeed.

**tech291083** · August 5th, 2011

Hi haqking,

I have another query for you, please guide me again with this one. I would like to download the latest Debian 6.0.2.1 32 bit DVD standard pc version and here I am at a page that has many files to choose from. But I understand that I can download any of the following 8 files, right?

http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/...1/i386/bt-dvd/

Code:

debian-6.0.2.1-i386-DVD-1.iso.torrent        26-Jun-2011 18:19   87K  
 debian-6.0.2.1-i386-DVD-2.iso.torrent        26-Jun-2011 18:21   84K  
 debian-6.0.2.1-i386-DVD-3.iso.torrent        26-Jun-2011 18:24   88K  
 debian-6.0.2.1-i386-DVD-4.iso.torrent        26-Jun-2011 18:25   88K  
 debian-6.0.2.1-i386-DVD-5.iso.torrent        26-Jun-2011 18:27   88K  
 debian-6.0.2.1-i386-DVD-6.iso.torrent        26-Jun-2011 18:29   88K  
 debian-6.0.2.1-i386-DVD-7.iso.torrent        26-Jun-2011 18:30   87K  
 debian-6.0.2.1-i386-DVD-8.iso.torrent        26-Jun-2011 18:31   29K

thanks a lot, sir.

**haqking** · August 5th, 2011

Originally Posted by tech291083

Hi haqking,

I have another query for you, please guide me again with this one. I would like to download the latest Gentoo 6.0.2.1 32 bit DVD standard pc version and here I am at a page that has many files to choose from. But I understand that I can download any of the following 8 files, right?

http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/...1/i386/bt-dvd/

Code:

debian-6.0.2.1-i386-DVD-1.iso.torrent        26-Jun-2011 18:19   87K  
 debian-6.0.2.1-i386-DVD-2.iso.torrent        26-Jun-2011 18:21   84K  
 debian-6.0.2.1-i386-DVD-3.iso.torrent        26-Jun-2011 18:24   88K  
 debian-6.0.2.1-i386-DVD-4.iso.torrent        26-Jun-2011 18:25   88K  
 debian-6.0.2.1-i386-DVD-5.iso.torrent        26-Jun-2011 18:27   88K  
 debian-6.0.2.1-i386-DVD-6.iso.torrent        26-Jun-2011 18:29   88K  
 debian-6.0.2.1-i386-DVD-7.iso.torrent        26-Jun-2011 18:30   87K  
 debian-6.0.2.1-i386-DVD-8.iso.torrent        26-Jun-2011 18:31   29K

thanks a lot, sir.

Well that Debian, not gentoo.

And the files are torrent files so yoe need a torrent manager to download the file. There are 8 files for the 8 dvds, however you dont need all of them.

however you said you wanted gentoo

**tech291083** · August 5th, 2011

Originally Posted by haqking

Well that Debian, not gentoo.

And the files are torrent files so yoe need a torrent manager to download the file. There are 8 files for the 8 dvds, however you dont need all of them.

however you said you wanted gentoo

sorry, my mistake yes, it is Debian indeed. I want both Debian and Gentoo to try out. I have BitTorrent installed so it is not a worry. Yes, I know that I do not need all of the 8 DVDs. But my question is whether downloading one of them will be ok. thanks

**haqking** · August 5th, 2011

Originally Posted by tech291083

sorry, my mistake yes, it is Debian indeed. I want both Debian and Gentoo to try out. I have BitTorrent installed so it is not a worry. Yes, I know that I do not need all of the 8 DVDs. But my question is whether downloading one of them will be ok. thanks

well i would download the net install which is small http://www.debian.org/distrib/netinst choose the small cd version which is about 180 mb.

then download whats needed based on your choices during install.