Date: Fri, 26 Feb 99 08:56:48 -0400 From: "A. Ling" <aling@alum.mit.edu> To: "Oliver Fromme" <olli@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de> Cc: "FreeBSD-questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: FTP SNAP site finder (was: 3.1-RELEASE: discrepancies....) Message-ID: <199902261400.JAA07607@min.net>
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On Fri, 26 Feb 1999 01:21:30 +0100 (CET), Oliver Fromme wrote about "Re: 3.1-RELEASE: discrepancies between "sysinstall" and "make world" results": >Jose M. Alcaide wrote in list.freebsd-stable: > > Mike Smith wrote: > > > Unfortunately, these reports are too late. Why didn't you test > > > *before* 3.1 was released? > > > > The answer is simple: I cannot install snapshots because the links > > to the sites that store them is _very_ slow from my University. > >Did you try the "FreeBSD Snap Finder" at the following URL? >It is very useful. >http://www.itworks.com.au/~gavin/FBSDsites.php3 > This seems to be a great resource which I hadn't heard about. But I am curious why it only seems to list non-USA sites. Admittedly, it says "Warning: database is currently being updated." -- perhaps this is the reason. If USA sites are excluded by policy, does anyone know if such a service exists for North American sites? I thought not all (USA) sites carry all available SNAPs, CTM deltas, ports, etc. BTW, is there a recommended way short of trial & error to find out which site has the best performance (highest transfer rate & least traffic)? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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