What's in this directory?

These are files containing the installer and other software for the Debian GNU/Linux operating system. The files in this directory are specifically for the armel architecture.

How do I use these files?

The files here are bittorrent files. Use a bittorrent client program to download the contents of the complete ISO image files in a peer-to-peer manner. You should end up with an exact copy of each ISO image as though you'd downloaded it directly via HTTP or FTP.

Once you have downloaded all the ISO images you want, you will typically need to write them to installation media.

What size and type of media will I need?

The images described here are sized to be written to writeable DVD media at a minimum, but may be written to larger media if needed.

There are lots of files here! Do I need all of them?

In most cases it is not necessary to download and use all of these images to be able to install Debian on your computer. Debian comes with a massive set of software packages, hence why it takes so many disks for a complete set. Most typical users only need a small subset of those software packages.

Initially, you will only need to download and use the first image of a set (labelled as debian-something-1 to be able to start the Debian installer and set up Debian on your computer. If there are more images available here (labelled debian-something-2, debian-something-3, etc.), they contain the extra packages that can be installed on a Debian system (as mentioned previously). They will not be bootable and are entirely optional. If you have a fast Internet connection, you're most likely better off installing any desired extra packages directly from the Debian mirrors on the Internet instead of by using these extra images.

The update files here are extra convenience files for people updating from previous versions of Debian. If you are installing fresh, you may safely ignore them. More details...

How can I verify my download is correct and exactly what has been created by Debian?

There are files here (MD5SUMS, SHA1SUMS, etc.) which contain checksums of the images. These checksum files are also signed - see MD5SUMS.sign, SHA1SUMS.sign, etc. Once you've downloaded an image, you can check:

that its checksum matches that expected from the checksum file; and
that the checksum file has not been tampered with.

For more information about how to do these steps, read the verification guide.

Other questions?

See the Debian CD FAQ for lots more information about Debian CDs and installation.

 Name                                        Last modified      Size  Description
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 SHA512SUMS.sign                             2015-01-12 03:06  836   
 SHA256SUMS.sign                             2015-01-12 03:06  836   
 SHA1SUMS.sign                               2015-01-12 03:06  836   
 MD5SUMS.sign                                2015-01-12 03:06  836   
 SHA512SUMS                                  2015-01-12 03:02  1.4K  
 SHA256SUMS                                  2015-01-12 03:02  855   
 SHA1SUMS                                    2015-01-12 03:02  639   
 MD5SUMS                                     2015-01-12 03:02  567   
 debian-update-7.8.0-armel-DVD-2.iso.torrent 2015-01-12 01:59   25K  
 debian-update-7.8.0-armel-DVD-1.iso.torrent 2015-01-12 01:59   84K  
 debian-7.8.0-armel-DVD-1.iso.torrent        2015-01-10 18:15   88K