Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 13:24:10 +1200 From: "Philip Murray" <webmaster@open2view.com> To: "Lonney Harper, IS, Northland Health" <lonneyh@nhl.co.nz> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: New Zealand Mirror Message-ID: <004f01c113df$582d67d0$0300a8c0@sparlak> References: <005001c113d0$cb04f6b0$6c01010a@lonneynt4>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_004C_01C11443.EC4F2A20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Lonney, Please note, this doens't apply to cvsup.nz.freebsd.org (It's on CityLink) or, www.nz.freebsd.org (Hosted at unixathome.org) as neither of those are hosted by ClearNET. So, if you can stand to download FTP via Australia, you can use = cvsup.nz.freebsd.org to keep current. Which I've found to be lightning = fast and pretty reliable in terms of up-to-datedness. Cheers -------------------------------- - -- - - - Philip Murray - webmaster@open2view.com http://www.open2view.com - Open2View.com ------------- - -- - - ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Lonney Harper, IS, Northland Health=20 To: questions@FreeBSD.org=20 Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 11:40 AM Subject: New Zealand Mirror The New Zealand FreeBSD ftp mirror is out of date or parts of it are = missing. you should either remove it from the mirrors list or get it up-to-date = or find someone who can keep it up-to-date. I have asked the New Zealand FreeBSD users group to get it up-to-date = 3 times over the last year, the response I get is 'we have passed your = request onto ClearNet' ClearNet hosts the New Zealand FTP mirror and = happen to be our broadband internet provider so it would be really nice = to have ultra fast access to the FreeBSD stuff. All the other FreeBSD mirrors are quite slow in this part of the = world, not much faster than 56k dial-up at the best of times. =20 Regards Lonney Harper Computer Operations Information Systems Northland Health Whangarei New Zealand +64 9 430 4101 ---------------------------------------------------------------- ------=_NextPart_000_004C_01C11443.EC4F2A20 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.3315.2870" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi Lonney,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Please note, this doens't apply = to</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>cvsup.nz.freebsd.org (It's on CityLink) = or,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"http://www.nz.freebsd.org">www.nz.freebsd.org</A>; (Hosted at=20 unixathome.org)</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>as neither of those are hosted by=20 ClearNET.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>So, if you can stand to download FTP = via Australia,=20 you can use cvsup.nz.freebsd.org to keep current. Which I've found to be = lightning fast and pretty reliable in terms of = up-to-datedness.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Cheers</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>-------------------------------- = - -- - =20 - -<BR>Philip Murray - </FONT><A=20 href=3D"mailto:webmaster@open2view.com"><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2>webmaster@open2view.com</FONT></A><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2><BR></FONT><A=20 href=3D"http://www.open2view.com"><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2>http://www.open2view.com</FONT></A><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2><FONT=20 face=3DArial size=3D2> - Open2View.com</FONT></FONT><BR><FONT = face=3DArial=20 size=3D2>------------- - -- - -</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A href=3D"mailto:lonneyh@nhl.co.nz" title=3Dlonneyh@nhl.co.nz>Lonney = Harper, IS,=20 Northland Health</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20 href=3D"mailto:questions@FreeBSD.org"=20 title=3Dquestions@FreeBSD.org>questions@FreeBSD.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, July 24, 2001 = 11:40=20 AM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> New Zealand = Mirror</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The New Zealand FreeBSD ftp mirror is = out of date=20 or parts of it are missing.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>you should either remove it from the = mirrors list=20 or get it up-to-date or find someone who can keep it = up-to-date.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I have asked the New Zealand FreeBSD = users group=20 to get it up-to-date 3 times over the last year, the response I = get is=20 'we have passed your request onto ClearNet' ClearNet hosts the New = Zealand FTP=20 mirror and happen to be our broadband internet provider so it would be = really=20 nice to have ultra fast access to the FreeBSD stuff.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>All the other FreeBSD mirrors are = quite slow in=20 this part of the world, not much faster than 56k dial-up at the best = of=20 times.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Regards</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Lonney Harper<BR>Computer=20 Operations<BR>Information Systems<BR>Northland = Health<BR>Whangarei<BR>New=20 Zealand</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>+64 9 430 4101</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20 = size=3D2>----------------------------------------------------------------= </FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_004C_01C11443.EC4F2A20-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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