hive.ist.unomaha.edu -- Open Source Software Mirror
Ubuntu
To install using this mirror, grab the appropriate iso (anything but
the Desktop iso, use the mini iso if you're at UNO). When you select what
country (not the timezone), hit "E" to go to the "Enter manually" option.
Enter in "hive.ist.unomaha.edu" (no http://) into the server field,
and the rest as defaults. Eventually I'll get around to building a custom
installer that installs from this mirror.
Ubuntu sources & auto-updates
I got tired of doing the same thing over, so I use a script to set up the
repos, and set up auto-updates on a machine. To run it yourself, execute this:
# wget -O /tmp/cron-apt http://hive.ist.unomaha.edu/cron-apt && bash /tmp/cron-apt
Ubuntu USB Installer
Download the USB installer, then:
# gunzip boot.img.gz
# cat boot.img > /dev/sdd
Replace sdd with your USB drive, and then you should be able to boot off of it.
If you use windows, then you'll need to grab physdiskwrite.exe
from the m0n0wall project to write it to your USB drive. It works with vista,
but you need to run it in elevated privileges.
After you get booted into the installer, you can, and probably should, remove
the USB drive. If you don't, grub can get confused and install to your
current "boot drive", which happens to be your USB drive. It's fixable, but I
really don't feel like explaining how.
Contact
If the mirrors aren't working, or you want another achritecture, version,
or site mirrored, drop me an email. My name is Mohammad Shafiullah. The domain
of my email address is mshafiullah.ne at gmail.com.