Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:22:55 -0500 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: Lars Eighner <luvbeastie@larseighner.com> Cc: "<akb.moradi@mail.sbu.ac.ir>" <akb.moradi@mail.sbu.ac.ir>, Marwan Sultan <dead_line@hotmail.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, Peter Boosten <peter@boosten.org> Subject: Re: request Message-ID: <19246.13119.383594.625589@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <20091220031754.O62239@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> References: <4AC03A6244C3C34BB52A7EC60B799C4C0152D833@m-pdc.sbu.ac.ir> <SNT103-W44C4C51FB5779BC0592D069A830@phx.gbl> <1704F5CF-491B-489C-9EFE-BA3DD298A8D8@boosten.org> <20091220031754.O62239@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz>
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Lars Eighner writes:
> > Isn't Iran one of the countries US does not export to? That
> > could explain the unability to download...
>
> Shirley, there are mirrors outside the US.
>
> Downloading isos by dial-up can be a pain, but a good ftp client which can
> restart reliably makes it possible.
Does the OP have a friend or co-worker who has broasband
access? Would his ISP be willing to do this (and perhaps burn the
CD) for a small fee?
And yes, ftp is a better choice; while fewer every year, there
are still a lot of mail {user, transfer} agents that will choke on a
600 mb attachment. Also: crude calculations suggest this will
monopolize his phone line for over a day ....
(I'd send him my out-of-date (6.* and early 7.*) CDs, but a)
the postage would be huge and b) they'd probably get mauled by U.S.
postal inspectors.)
Robert Huff
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