From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 26 11:34:20 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from cluck.stealthchickens.org (cluck.stealthchickens.org [209.192.217.153]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 412DE37B422 for ; Thu, 26 Apr 2001 11:34:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mij@osdn.com) Received: from guinness.osdn.com (root@cluck.stealthchickens.org [209.192.217.153]) by cluck.stealthchickens.org (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id f3QIYBI18153; Thu, 26 Apr 2001 14:34:12 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mij@osdn.com) Received: by guinness.osdn.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 078F1FF; Thu, 26 Apr 2001 14:34:08 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 14:34:07 -0400 From: Jim Mock To: jms039149@mindspring.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: First time ISO - 4.3 - Performance? Message-ID: <20010426143406.A424@guinness.osdn.com> Reply-To: mij@osdn.com References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.17i In-Reply-To: ; from jms039149@mindspring.com on Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 02:11:24PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 26 Apr 2001 at 14:11:24 -0400, jms039149@mindspring.com wrote: > I have skimmed my current messages, and searched the archives, so if I > have missed the answer to this already, I apologize in advance. > > I have a subscription for FreeBSD, and would normally wait for the > arrival of the CDs. With the recent changes, the subscriptions seem > to be taking longer to ship out (or maybe my perception is skewed due > to increased anticipation of releases). Since 4.3 won't be shipped > for another 4 weeks or more, I thought I would try to download the ISO > image. I could die of boredom faster. > > I completely understand the servers are busy, but it seems really > slow. I have a T1 connection here at the office, and my best attempt > at downloading is occurring now, with 16 hours left. Prior attempts > have been slower, or keep getting the connection closed. I am > attempting to download from ftp.freebsd.org --> usw1.freebsd.org, > usw3, and usw4. When I can finally connect, I run into the speed > problem. > > So, my point, is there something I might be doing wrong? Is this > usual within the few weeks following a release? Will there be any > other servers with a mirrored copy soon, maybe even now, that may not > have as much traffic that someone could point me to? You should use a mirror. Every time a new version is released, people hammer ftp.FreeBSD.org (no matter where it's pointing) and everyone complains about it being slow. This is why we have mirror sites and have them listed in the handbook. Not all of them update as often as others, and not all carry the ISOs due to space restrictions, but you should be able to find it on at least a few of them. - jim -- - jim mock - O|S|D|N - open source development network - - http://www.freebsdzine.org/ - jim@freebsdzine.org - jim@FreeBSD.org - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message