Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 15:24:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Jim Dennis <jimd@mistery.mcafee.com> To: kasturi@teil.soft.net (K.V.S. Sankaram) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Complaint Message-ID: <199605222224.PAA10757@mistery.mcafee.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SGI.3.93.960522170740.5493B-100000@teil.soft.net> from "K.V.S. Sankaram" at May 22, 96 05:13:27 pm
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> > Sir, > Whenever I try to download the compiled kernel code(in the compressed > format, bin.tar.gz) from your ftp site, the remote server is closing connection > after sometime. I have tried atleast 10 times in the last two days but could > not download it completely. Is there any other way of getting the kernel code > from the network in a much faster way. We have a dedicated 64kbps line > connecting our office to the Internet. > > Please send a reply/suggestion to this as early as possible. I think you misunderstand what this mailing list is all about. You are addressing a whole bunch of volunteers who read and answer questions about FreeBSD on their own time. *We* are not a single "Sir" (and many of *us* are probably "Ma'am's" "Miss'" and "Ms'"). Now back to your question: There may be a mirror in your area. I presume that you are trying to get this from ftp.cdrom.com (the main site which is in Concord, CA, USA). If you have a web browser (such as lynx) you can find a list of mirrors at http://www.freebsd.org (following the links for "Obtaining" and "Mirrors"). You'll want to read those web pages extensively. However I've included an excerpt below: (Doing a whois on your domain suggests that you are in India -- my geography might a bit week but I guess that the closest mirror to you might be in Israel + ftp://orgchem.weizmann.ac.il/pub/FreeBSD Contact: serg@klara.weizmann.ac.il . + ftp://xray4.weizmann.ac.il/pub/FreeBSD Contact: serg@klara.weizmann.ac.il . or Thailand + ftp://ftp.nectec.or.th/pub/FreeBSD Contact: ftpadmin@ftp.nectec.or.th . You might save yourself a lot of time by ordering the CD's from Walnut Creek (their address and phone information is listed at the FreeBSD web site). Jim Dennis, System Administrator, McAfee Associates
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