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Failer to download Wheezy
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2014 12:19 pm
by Clive1974
Not a good start.
I got my Rasberry Pi yesterday. I've tried three times to download the Wheezy OS, as recommended by my Rasberry Pi for Dummies ebook.
On my home PC (windows 8 ACER) I get a corruped image file notification and my PC at work (window XP lenovo) the file fails download completely!
What am I doing wrong? I've followed the instructions. I've tried downloading the Noobs, but that doesn't work either.
Can someone help?
Re: Failer to download Wheezy
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2014 1:05 pm
by fruitoftheloom
Download the Torrent Versions
Re: Failer to download Wheezy
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2014 1:16 pm
by RaTTuS
also get your work to give you a machine you can safely go on the internet with
XP is beyond life now
Re: Failer to download Wheezy
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2014 1:25 pm
by DougieLawson
What web browser are you running on your Acer. Getting the NOOBS ZIP file isn't any different to pulling any other file from any other website.
You just need to click the link and your browser should just download it.
http://downloads.raspberrypi.org/NOOBS_latest
Re: Failer to download Wheezy
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2014 1:26 pm
by Joe Schmoe
Actually, most workplaces frown on people going on the Internet, so it is probably intentional.
Re: Failer to download Wheezy
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2014 1:27 pm
by DougieLawson
fruitoftheloom wrote:Download the Torrent Versions
Probably not a good suggestion. Getting the torrent version requires having a torrent client installed.
Re: Failer to download Wheezy
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 4:25 pm
by Clive1974
Thanks all for the various suggestions.
I've now tried my final option which is my trusty Windows 7 net book. The message I get from this when trying to open the zip is that the file is invalid. I can't believe all three computers I have at my disposal are faulty!
The option of getting a decent computer from work is not going to work. Windows 7 computers are being rolled out as we speak and they have limited access to the outside world, so we can't infect the company with viruses.
Any more ideas, other than buying a pre set up noob card,which is admitting defeat really?
Re: Failer to download Wheezy
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 5:51 pm
by asandford
Clive1974 wrote:
Any more ideas, other than buying a pre set up noob card,which is admitting defeat really?
Ask a mate to download and flash it for you ortry an internet cafe .
Re: Failer to download Wheezy
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 5:54 pm
by B.Goode
asandford wrote:Clive1974 wrote:
Any more ideas, other than buying a pre set up noob card,which is admitting defeat really?
Ask a mate to download and flash it for you ortry an internet cafe .
A variation on what I was typing as this came in - simply ask someone else to download the .zip file and give it to you on a usb flash memory stick. You can do the unzipping and transfer to an SD card yourself later.