confused on downloads

[jack wallen]

Mark Hutchinson wrote:
> There will also be a full DVD release in there as well as the rescue 
> one.  It is probably not fully rsync'd yet.  Choose another mirror to 
> get it from.
> mirrors.kernel.org <http://mirrors.kernel.org> has it
> 
> Mark

thank you...unfortunately i do not have a dvd-capable device on my machine.

> 
> On 6/1/07, *jack wallen* <jlwallen at monkeypantz.net 
> <mailto:jlwallen at monkeypantz.net>> wrote:
> 
>     so i tried to get F7 today but i'm a bit confused. i go to the mirror
>     and navigate to:
> 
>     /pub/fedora.redhat.com/fedora/linux/releases/7
> 
>     then i find:
> 
>     Everything
>     Fedora
>     Live
> 
>     i assume the isos are in Fedora so i go there. i see:
> 
>     i386
>     ppc
>     source
>     x86_64
> 
>     i assume i've found it. so i go to i386 and see:
> 
>     iso
>     os
> 
>     viola! not so fast. inside of the iso folder is:
> 
>     F-7-i386-rescuecd.iso
>     SHA1SUM
> 
>     i obviously don't want the rescue cd. so i back out and go to
>     /pub/fedora.redhat.com/fedora/linux/releases/7 and then to
>     /pub/fedora.redhat.com/fedora/linux/releases/7/Everything/i386/os/Fedora
>     nope not it either. so instead i go to
>     /pub/fedora.redhat.com/fedora/linux/releases/7/Live/i386 which looks
>     promising but still it's a live cd.
> 
>     this has become very confusing. if i want to download the isos for F7
>     where do i go? i don't use torrent so that's no use to me.
> 
>     i'm sorry but if the Fedora project is hoping to get new users with F7
>     this is not the way to do it. a link on the main page to Get Fedora
>     should be very simple to understand. and i'm not a new user...
> 
>     what gives with this?
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