getting started

[Janina Sajka]

Gregory Nowak writes:
> 
> One thing to note here is that you don't want to download the isos via http, do it via ftp instead.
> 
This is certainly good advice. It may not, however, be familiar to all users, and the point of this excercise is the installation of Linux, not the
vagaries of transport protocol. The HOWTO advises:



"Whether you use an ftp client, or whether you download them using the links provided here is unimportant. Because each of these files is very large it
will take some time to download them, even over a fast network connection--so that achieving a successful download can seem like a major accomplishment
on its own. You are very strongly advised, therefore, to use a download method which will resume from the place it was interrupted should your network
connection be interrupted for any reason."

Our HOWTO then continues to explain ftp, and even points people to a Windows ncftp client. But, I stand by our advice. The getting is more important
than the how.