I guess we are better off using Imperial college in london that manchester. I now use src.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/Linux/debian and have had no problems.
David Wright wrote: > > Quoting John Stevenson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > [...] > > I am installing the frozen distribution from ftp.mcc.ac.uk using > > the apt method of dselect. I installed apt via the instructions > > in the updatepackages/Readme file on the ftp site. > > > > I have 95% of the packages installed, however it seems that apt > > wont install the files its fetched untill it has all of them. I > > can understand this. However apt is having problems getting a > > few of the files. See the error message below. > > > > Is there a problem with apt, the ftp site or my installation? > > Any clues ?? > > This is what I sent to mcc.ac.uk back in August last year. > I got no reply. > > --8<-------- > > Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 15:26:13 +0100 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: ftp.mcc.ac.uk oddities > > I've emailed this address because the file ftp://ftp.mcc.ac.uk/.message > says that if I have problems, I should email %E [sic]. > > I use the ftp.mcc.ac.uk server to download from the > /pub/linux/distributions/Debian tree. Over recent weeks, I seem to > have problems with parts of the tree suddenly disappearing. My > client freezes up, and if I kill it and reconnect, chunks of the > tree are missing, but they usually return after a few minutes if > I keep re-listing the directory. Am I alone here? > > For example, just a few minutes ago, I could only see the READMEs > and /hamm in /pub/linux/distributions/Debian, but everything is > back now. > > --8<-------- > > Cheers, > > -- > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 > Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA > Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify > official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
