From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Apr 25 19:26:42 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from leviathan.inethouston.net (216-118-21-146.pdq.net [216.118.21.146]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1B7337B42C for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2001 19:26:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwcjr@inethouston.net) Received: from dwcjr (DWCJR.inethouston.net [216.118.21.147]) by leviathan.inethouston.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 197A510F40F; Wed, 25 Apr 2001 21:26:42 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <009501c0cdf8$53b49160$931576d8@inethouston.net> From: "David W. Chapman Jr." To: "Michael VanLoon" , References: <00f701c0cdf6$37314a80$ded695cf@zeus> Subject: Re: Problems getting 4.3 release iso images Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 21:26:40 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0092_01C0CDCE.6A8A9D00" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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
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.
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Michael=20 VanLoon
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 = 9:11=20 PM
Subject: Problems getting 4.3 = release iso=20 images

I don't mean to be too critical of you guys, because I know you = work hard=20 and are busy, but...

4.3R might have gone a bit smoother if you had actually pushed it = out to=20 all your mirrors before announcing it.

Currently, ftp.freebsd.org, = 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).

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.

(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.)

 

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