To find a list of sites from which you can download the ISOs go to
www.tucows.com
Click on Linux. When the Linux page loads click on the link for ISO image
files. You will find a list of about 40 or more FTP sites. The closer you
are to the site you choose the faster your download speed will be.
Charles
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mandrake Account" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2000 5:46 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] 7.1 -- 2-CD download mystery -- How?
> Which site did you download the iso from. I have been having trouble
> downloading them since it came out. I can't seem to get any of the sites
> on the website to connected and I have a cable modem.
>
> Eric
>
> At 01:37 AM 6/10/2000 -0700, you wrote:
> >I haven't even tried an FTP install of Linux in my life. Of course I
> >had a 56K and didn't want to tie up the phone for days. Now I'm on
> >cable, so I download the .iso images and burn CD-R's of Mandrake.
> >I'd recommend you find a friend with a fast connection and a CD-R (or
> >CD-RW) drive. I don't really want to offer to do this for anyone online
> >since I could get flooded with requests and have to play
> >pick-and-choose.
> >If a person sent me 2 CD-R's, the mailer to mail them with, and the
> >money to cover the postage back to them (or have the stamps put on the
> >return mailer yourself before you send it) then I'd be willing to burn
> >.iso's to CD-R for a few people. I might do 1 or 2 per week like that,
> >but with only a 2x burner, I can't offer to do it a lot.
> >
> >Benjamin Sher wrote:
> > >
> > > Dear friends:
> > >
> > > Well, as it turns out, there seems to be NO WAY to download the new
> > > Mandrake 7.1 by FTP. Since 7.1 is on two CD rather than one CD, there
is
> > > a pause during the download install that has completely stumped me
(and
> > > probably others). I selected Custom, Normal for download and all of
the
> > > categories (except for the extra "Documentation" category) for a total
> > > of 2.2 Gig or 764 packages. Each time (once from rpmfind a few days
ago
> > > and today from metalab.unc.edu), I got precisely the same results: the
> > > download pauses on the file "kpppload", with nearly exactly half of
the
> > > packages still waiting to be downloaded, and suddenly moves on to the
> > > next stage of install, namely, "Installing packages," "select your
time
> > > zone,", "configure your printer," etc. etc. until you get the ironic
> > > message : Mandrake 7.1 successfully installed (which it most certainly
> > > is NOT, as you find out if you try to use it).
> > >
> > > Earlier tonight, a kind list member explained this mystery to us: the
> > > first CD stops precisely here at "kpppload" and asks you to insert the
> > > second CD.
> > >
> > > Well, that's fine and dandy if you have the CD's (I am still waiting
for
> > > mine from LinuxLand). But what do you do if you are trying to download
> > > and install MDK 7.1 by FTP?
> > >
> > > I tried to download a minimal version (700 megs). Same problem.
> > >
> > > I then tried to download an even more minimal version without KDE,
> > > hoping to then return and upgrade and install KDE last. Again, same
> > > problem. In fact, it refused to let me install at all without
installing
> > > KDE (where it once again stopped at precisely kpppload). In
desperation,
> > > I decided to download Mandrake with KDE ONLY (300 Megs) and then build
> > > on that. No dice! Once again, with 3:20 to go and many packages left,
it
> > > once again stopped at kpppload and proceeded to "finish" the rest of
the
> > > installation process as if nothing had happened!
> > >
> > > So, how do the rest of you do it? What' the secret formula, folks?
> > >
> > > Thank you so much.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Benjamin and Anna Sher
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Sher's Russian Web
> > > http://www.websher.net
>
>
