Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 17:47:08 -0500 From: exidor@superior.net (Christopher Masto) To: exidor@superior.net (Christopher Masto) Cc: chat@freebsd.org, bugs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with 2.1.6-RELEASE Message-ID: <199611202247.RAA22028@nimbus.superior.net> In-Reply-To: <199611181631.LAA24415@nimbus.superior.net>; from Christopher Masto on Nov 18, 1996 11:31:02 -0500 References: <199611181631.LAA24415@nimbus.superior.net>
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Two days later: > ftp.freebsd.org > Can't complete download, site is too loaded Can't connect > ftp2.freebsd.org > 2.1.6-RELEASE not present > Mirror looks ancient - recent snapshots of 2.2 missing Nothing has changed - 2.1.6-RELEASE still not present > ftp3.freebsd.org > XFree86 missing from 2.1.6 distribution Same problem > ftp4.freebsd.org > Does not respond to FTP Some problem > ftp5.freebsd.org > XFree86 missing from 2.1.6 distribution Same problem > ftp6.freebsd.org > Many files missing from 2.1.6 distribution Same problem > ftp7.freebsd.org > unknown host. 2.1.6-RELEASE missing from site. Maybe the reason Linux is more popular has something to do with the near-impossibility of obtaining FreeBSD from the net. (And thanks, I've already got it - I'm posting this to point out the problem, not to ask for help) -- Christopher Masto . . . . Superior Net Support: support@superior.net chris@masto.com . . . . . Masto Consulting: info@masto.com On Wives, those who bark: The Faithful watchdog or the good wife standing at the door to welcome the home-coming master with honest bark.. - small town newspaper editor in Wisconsin, mid-1800s.
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