Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 11:46:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Rick Duvall <maillist@coastsight.com> To: pstapley <pstapley@rapidnet.com> Cc: Bob Greene <rgreene@tclme.org>, jms039149@mindspring.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: First time ISO - 4.3 - Performance? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104261146070.34157-100000@ns1.coastsight.com> In-Reply-To: <01eb01c0ce80$1fa3d420$f5f055ce@rapidnet.com>
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That one estimated me about 5 hours over my T1. Though, I am getting good throughput from purdue! ftp9.freebsd.org. On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, pstapley wrote: > ftp.uk.freebsd.org > > 2 hours over my cable modem > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rick Duvall" <maillist@coastsight.com> > To: "Bob Greene" <rgreene@tclme.org> > Cc: <jms039149@mindspring.com>; <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 12:38 PM > Subject: Re: First time ISO - 4.3 - Performance? > > > > I am about 46% downloaded right now off of ftp9.freebsd.org from a T1 to > > Qwest. > > > > I am going to keep a copy on my box for my friends to download after I am > > done. > > > > Can't wait to burn it to a CD and try it! > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Rick Duvall > > > > On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Bob Greene wrote: > > > > > 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? > > > > > > > > > > The servers have been extremely busy. I got lucky last night and pulled > > > the 4.3 iso in about 20 minutes, so they're working if your timing is > > > right. I'm seeing the same problem getting RedHat's 7.1 iso's. > > > > > > -- > > > Bob Greene > > > rgreene@TclMe.org > > > Pull my finger for my public key > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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