Re: ftp.kernel.org overloaded :-(

Hans-Joachim Baader (hans@grumbeer.inka.de)
Sat, 29 Aug 98 21:32 MET DST


In article <Pine.LNX.3.96.980828194257.1019A-100000@bogomips.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de> you write:
>I have some problems to pick up the 2.1.118 patch. Downloading directly
>from frp.kernel.org is out of question becauce it takes way to long.

Fortunately, I'm subscribed to the kernel-dist mailing list (whatever
the exact name is) so I don't have to download them...

>Seems even the mirrors have problems to pick up the patches. My favorite
>Mirrors (ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de,ftp.gwdg.de) still hav'nt 2.1.118. 2.1.119
>is already there, probably becauce it is smaller and therfore easier to
>download.

Try ftp.linux.org.uk, it seems to have the patches quicker, and is
usually very fast.

hjb

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