From owner-freebsd-questions Wed May 15 12:22:57 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id MAA15109 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 15 May 1996 12:22:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Root.COM (implode.Root.COM [198.145.90.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id MAA15104 for ; Wed, 15 May 1996 12:22:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Root.COM (8.7.5/8.6.5) with SMTP id MAA00243; Wed, 15 May 1996 12:22:43 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199605151922.MAA00243@Root.COM> X-Authentication-Warning: implode.Root.COM: Host localhost [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: Brandon Gillespie cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Getting 2.1-STABLE In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 15 May 1996 10:39:22 MDT." <199605151639.KAA02924@tombstone.sunrem.com> From: David Greenman Reply-To: davidg@Root.COM Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 12:22:43 -0700 Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >How does one go about doing this? I have been attempting to 'get src.tar' >in /FreeBSD/FreeBSD-stable on ftp.freebsd.org. Problem is, I usually >get: > >src.tar.gz: 341KNcFTP: netin (54): Connection reset by peer >421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection I'm a little surprised to hear this - your route appears to go through AlterNet. I guess AlterNet is having problems these days, too, with high congestion. You might try getting the stuff in pieces rather than the whole thing in one chunk, and you might try starting the transfer after 12am PDT. -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project