From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 20 14:23:18 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F077A1065672 for ; Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:23:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.157.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC0C18FC12 for ; Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:23:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mr02.lnh.mail.rcn.net ([207.172.157.22]) by smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 20 Dec 2009 09:23:17 -0500 Received: from smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.11]) by mr02.lnh.mail.rcn.net (MOS 3.10.7-GA) with ESMTP id QJS60588; Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:22:56 -0500 (EST) Received: from 209-6-91-204.c3-0.smr-ubr1.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com (HELO jerusalem.litteratus.org.litteratus.org) ([209.6.91.204]) by smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 20 Dec 2009 09:22:56 -0500 From: Robert Huff MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <19246.13119.383594.625589@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:22:55 -0500 To: Lars Eighner In-Reply-To: <20091220031754.O62239@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> References: <4AC03A6244C3C34BB52A7EC60B799C4C0152D833@m-pdc.sbu.ac.ir> <1704F5CF-491B-489C-9EFE-BA3DD298A8D8@boosten.org> <20091220031754.O62239@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under 21.5 (beta28) "fuki" XEmacs Lucid X-Junkmail-Whitelist: YES (by domain whitelist at mr02.lnh.mail.rcn.net) Cc: "" , Marwan Sultan , FreeBSD Questions , Peter Boosten Subject: Re: request X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:23:19 -0000 Lars Eighner writes: > > Isn't Iran one of the countries US does not export to? That > > could explain the unability to download... > > Shirley, there are mirrors outside the US. > > Downloading isos by dial-up can be a pain, but a good ftp client which can > restart reliably makes it possible. Does the OP have a friend or co-worker who has broasband access? Would his ISP be willing to do this (and perhaps burn the CD) for a small fee? And yes, ftp is a better choice; while fewer every year, there are still a lot of mail {user, transfer} agents that will choke on a 600 mb attachment. Also: crude calculations suggest this will monopolize his phone line for over a day .... (I'd send him my out-of-date (6.* and early 7.*) CDs, but a) the postage would be huge and b) they'd probably get mauled by U.S. postal inspectors.) Robert Huff