Tuesday, October 26, 1999
Hello Ian,
Tuesday, Tuesday, October 26, 1999, you wrote:
Ian> On Mon, 25 Oct 1999, Terp Turtle wrote:
>> On Mon, 25 Oct 1999, you wrote:
>>
>> > Also, could somebody please talk to the folks running some of the other
>> > big mirror sites and see if they could mirror it? I was thinking of
>> > metalab.unc.edu (which carries Mandrake already, but not cooker) and
>> > sunsite.ualberta.ca (which carries some linux distros, but not Mandrake at
>> > all)
>>
>> I've never had luck with Canadian sites. They seem to be slow - both for
>> updating and downloads for some reason.
Ian> You're right, most Canadian sites seem to have a problem with speed (and
Ian> if you look at a traceroute it's no wonder). sunsite.ualberta.ca seems to
Ian> provide good speeds for me both at work and at home, as SunSites are
Ian> funded by Sun and get good machines and lots of bandwidth (160Kbytes/sec
Ian> right now). metalab.unc.edu used to be sunsite.unc.edu (at U of NC) and
Ian> is a very popular mirror site.
Ian> Besides, more mirrors can't hurt, right? All of the non-North American
Ian> sites don't do me much good, but they are useful for some people. These
Ian> mirrors will be useful to some people.
Its publicity, chances to download. Unless you want to be limited to
redhat in future better stimulate mirrors and marketing...
Ian> Ian
Ian> -------------------------------------------
Ian> Ian White
Ian> email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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