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From: Jim Dennis <jimd@mistery.mcafee.com>
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Subject: Re: Complaint
To: kasturi@teil.soft.net (K.V.S. Sankaram)
Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 15:24:14 -0700 (PDT)
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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