how can i get dvd on latest amd 64 ubuntu disk - have slow connection

[Stephen Partington]

I still have some clear memories of Life at 2400 baud.

If you have a linux system up and running with DVD burner you can use
brasero to burn the ISO, or you can grab and use unetbootin to turn it into
a bootable Thumb drive (my personal prefrence)
http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/


On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 7:44 PM, David Lopez <lopezdavid123 at gmail.com> wrote:

> stephen - thanks!
>
> i tried your idea of using a torrent (transmission-gtk) and in 1 hr, the
> iso file for ubuntu 14.04 was transmitted to my download dir.
> i tried to read the logs (debug and error) and found some but maybe it was
> from the sending torrent. i moved the file to another
> dir and the pgm did not like when i started another torrent. so i hand to
> remove the history of the torrent as well. restart the
> pgm (may not have had to this) and started the identical file from
> earlier. it started and finished just like the first one. I use
> cmp to diff the files and they were identical. that is good.
>
> the file size is a little over a gigabyte. the file name is
> ubuntu-14.04-desktop-amd64.iso.
>
> now i need to copy to a dvd. there is a trick to it (don't remember) so i
> must resume battle tomorrow.
>
> thanks a lot!
>
> david
>
> ps
> i remember a time when the external web would just slow down to a few
> bytes a second during the noon hr.
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 2:55 PM, Stephen Partington <cryptworks at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> the other option is if you can leave your connection active use torrrent
>> or django to grab your image. and just let them trickle overnight.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 2:54 PM, Stephen Partington <cryptworks at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I can download and burn a disk for you, i am not likely to be at the
>>> meeting on the 10th, but we can certainly make arrangements to get it to
>>> you.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 2:46 PM, David Lopez <lopezdavid123 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> does anyone have a fast connection to be able to get the the latest
>>>> release
>>>>  for my machine and a blank disk. here is my machine: amd x86_64 bit
>>>>
>>>> i can pick it up during day or maybe at the upcoming meeting on the
>>>> 10th.
>>>>
>>>> i have ubuntu distribution of October 2012 - 12.10. Ubuntu does not send
>>>> updates to it any more. they suggest using updating to 2013.10?. anyway,
>>>> why not update to the latest of 14.04? can anyone explain?
>>>>
>>>> even if i have a slow connection, i have lots of time. what would be
>>>> your
>>>> advice on downloading the iso? format to to disk, then transfer to dvd
>>>> on my crappy set up?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> PS
>>>> david at coco:~$ uname -a
>>>> Linux coco 3.5.0-51-generic #76-Ubuntu SMP Thu May 15 21:19:10 UTC 2014
>>>> x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> David López
>>>> Software Engineer
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>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from
>>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.
>>>
>>> Stephen
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from
>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.
>>
>> Stephen
>>
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A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from
rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.

Stephen
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