Ubuntu DVD : bittorrent doesn't work ??

[Peter Garrett]

On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 01:39:03 +0200
Vincent Trouilliez <vincent.trouilliez at modulonet.fr> wrote:

> I am trying to download the Ubuntu DVD using bittorrent, but the BT client that pops up, fails to start the download, and tells me that:
> 
> "Rejected by tracker
> Requested download is not authorized for use with this tracker"

Hi Vince,

Are you sure you have the right version? I seem to recall seeing this when
the older 6.06 torrents were stopped in favour of the new 6.06.1 

I just tried with the dapper-dvd-i386.iso.torrent file from 

http://torrent.ubuntu.com/dapper/dvd/20060807/

and I see no tracker errors here.

As I understand it, the "tracker" is the co-ordinating machine/program
 - the *.torrent file contains the information that the tracker uses
to determine the distribution of the pieces etc  [ yeah highly technical
explanation I know ;-) ]

Peter