Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 21:26:40 -0500 From: "David W. Chapman Jr." <dwcjr@inethouston.net> To: "Michael VanLoon" <MichaelV@EDIFECS.COM>, <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Problems getting 4.3 release iso images Message-ID: <009501c0cdf8$53b49160$931576d8@inethouston.net> References: <00f701c0cdf6$37314a80$ded695cf@zeus>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0092_01C0CDCE.6A8A9D00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable There are alternative download sites, its not too extremely hard to use = an ftp search engine to find it, or actually buy the cd. There are = plenty of other ways to download it that people interested in upgrading = might use so you can't wait until the iso is available before anouncing = it to those who buy the cd or cvsup to it. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Michael VanLoon=20 To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org=20 Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 9:11 PM Subject: Problems getting 4.3 release iso images I don't mean to be too critical of you guys, because I know you work = hard and are busy, but... 4.3R might have gone a bit smoother if you had actually pushed it out = to all your mirrors before announcing it. Currently, ftp.freebsd.org, usw1 and usw2 are totally inaccessible (or = if I do get through, pretty much unresponsive). I tried connecting to = ftp2.freebsd.org through ftp10.freebsd.org. None of them have this = release mirrored, except ftp10, and the image on ftp10 is corrupt = (truncated to only 45MB in size). A little foresight goes a long way, and I assert that the load would = be quite a bit less on ftp.freebsd.org if the mirrors actually had a = copy to distribute. (FWIW I'm speaking specifically of the ISO CD image. It might be = available in other forms (binary or source dist) but I was not = interested in those.) ------=_NextPart_000_0092_01C0CDCE.6A8A9D00 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 http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4611.1300" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ced2ec> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>There are alternative download sites, = its not too=20 extremely hard to use an ftp search engine to find it, or actually buy = the=20 cd. There are plenty of other ways to download it that people = interested=20 in upgrading might use so you can't wait until the iso is available = before=20 anouncing it to those who buy the cd or cvsup to it.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-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 title=3DMichaelV@EDIFECS.COM = href=3D"mailto:MichaelV@EDIFECS.COM">Michael=20 VanLoon</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dfreebsd-stable@freebsd.org=20 = href=3D"mailto:freebsd-stable@freebsd.org">freebsd-stable@freebsd.org</A>= </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 25, 2001 = 9:11=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Problems getting 4.3 = release iso=20 images</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000080 size=3D3> <P>I don't mean to be too critical of you guys, because I know you = work hard=20 and are busy, but...</P> <P>4.3R might have gone a bit smoother if you had actually pushed it = out to=20 all your mirrors before announcing it.</P> <P>Currently, <A href=3D"ftp://ftp.freebsd.org">ftp.freebsd.org</A>, = usw1 and=20 usw2 are totally inaccessible (or if I do get through, pretty much=20 unresponsive). I tried connecting to ftp2.freebsd.org through=20 ftp10.freebsd.org. None of them have this release mirrored, except = ftp10, and=20 the image on ftp10 is corrupt (truncated to only 45MB in size).</P> <P>A little foresight goes a long way, and I assert that the load = would be=20 quite a bit less on ftp.freebsd.org if the mirrors actually had a copy = to=20 distribute.</P> <P>(FWIW I'm speaking specifically of the ISO CD image. It might be = available=20 in other forms (binary or source dist) but I was not interested in = those.)</P> <P> </P></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0092_01C0CDCE.6A8A9D00-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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