From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 7 08:20:22 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4681116A41C for ; Thu, 7 Jul 2005 08:20:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bsd@bathnetworks.com) Received: from lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk (mail.bathnetworks.com [84.92.24.252]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 730E743D4C for ; Thu, 7 Jul 2005 08:20:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bsd@bathnetworks.com) Received: (qmail 1598 invoked by uid 510); 7 Jul 2005 08:21:02 +0000 Received: from 84.92.24.252 by lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk (envelope-from , uid 508) with qmail-scanner-1.24-st-qms (clamdscan: 0.86.1/957. spamassassin: 3.0.2. perlscan: 1.24-st-qms. Clear:RC:0(84.92.24.252):SA:0(-2.0/5.0):. Processed in 3.931968 secs); 07 Jul 2005 08:21:02 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.0 required=5.0 X-Antivirus-MYDOMAIN-Mail-From: bsd@bathnetworks.com via lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk X-Antivirus-MYDOMAIN: 1.24-st-qms (Clear:RC:0(84.92.24.252):SA:0(-2.0/5.0):. Processed in 3.931968 secs Process 1591) Received: from mail.bathnetworks.com (HELO ?84.92.24.252?) (bsd@bathnetworks.com@84.92.24.252) by lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk with SMTP; 7 Jul 2005 08:20:58 +0000 From: Robert Slade To: datora tehnika In-Reply-To: <7d6729180507070053147f1ccd@mail.gmail.com> References: <7d6729180507070053147f1ccd@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1120724458.1338.9.camel@lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 08:20:58 +0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: ftp access Q's to ftp.freeBSD & mirrors X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 08:20:22 -0000 On Thu, 2005-07-07 at 07:53, datora tehnika wrote: > Good morning, all ! > > Thanks for the responses & pointers. > > [ DUH! sorry about sending this out wrong the first time to > a1poweruser; misread the headers in the reply-to ] > > I realize the intitial post was long, but I did clearly indicate that > the FTP attempts were numurous using quite a lot of anon vs. anonymous > vs. public vs. email addy username/password combo's at several ftp > sites. > > THE QUESTION : if I go to ftp.freebsd.org, and I attempt to login w/ > ftp software as an anonymous user, PLEASE : what username am I > supposed to use? What password, if any, am I suuposed to use ?? > Thanks for the recommendations on which packages to try, but login > protocol/settings am I supposed to be using? From a Windoze2K machine > ..? If I'm missing that at the site, I'd apprec the URL so I can > figure why I'm missing that info and not have to bother you with > questions this trivial. > Datora Ftp mirrors etc can be found at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors-ftp.html AFAK, logon is anonymous - pwd your e-name address. You can also get the CD's from a number of sources eg ebay. They are quite cheap and may save you some grief. The sellers are not allowed to charge for the Software only for producing the CDs. Another way is to use a download manager there are a number of free ones for W2K. You can leave it running and if the connection is lost, it will restart from where it lost the connection from. Here is an example: http://www.gozilla.com/ Hope this helps Rob