Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 08:54:21 -0400 (EDT) From: "Adrian T. Filipi-Martin" <atf3r@cs.virginia.edu> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: "Todd S. Hansen (Taco)" <tshansen@sdcc10.ucsd.edu>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Only 2 US ftp servers for FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.90.970923085123.19144A-100000@stretch.cs.Virginia.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970922215816.6177T-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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On Mon, 22 Sep 1997, Doug White wrote: > On Mon, 22 Sep 1997, Todd S. Hansen (Taco) wrote: > > > I just (like 1 hour ago) tried to upgrade freebsd on my system. I was > > scared to find out that only two of six the US based ftp servers listed > > in the choices on the floppy actually exist (2 don't exist) and have the > > proper directories in which the config program looks to download > > FreeBSD. I thought I would just make sure you guys know, Because those > > two servers seem to have quite a large load on them, (I got 1.6 Kbps on > > multiple T3's). Thanks. > > Well, that depends on which version you're trying to install. > > If you're trying an old version, the old version files were probably > removed. Well, unless the ftp archive names have changed he is actually onto something. I only see three of the six that there once were. Most distrubingly the DNS entries are not there. > : adrian@briton; for i in $(jot 6); do ping -c 1 ftp$i.freebsd.org ;done > ping: unknown host ftp1.freebsd.org > PING mirror.neosoft.com (206.109.1.17): 56 data bytes > 64 bytes from 206.109.1.17: icmp_seq=0 ttl=244 time=60.505 ms > > --- mirror.neosoft.com ping statistics --- > 1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 0% packet loss > round-trip min/avg/max = 60.505/60.505/60.505 ms > PING ftp.phoenix.net (204.120.255.178): 56 data bytes > 64 bytes from 204.120.255.178: icmp_seq=0 ttl=247 time=54.654 ms > > --- ftp.phoenix.net ping statistics --- > 1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 0% packet loss > round-trip min/avg/max = 54.654/54.654/54.654 ms > PING sybil.cs.vt.edu (128.173.40.200): 56 data bytes > 64 bytes from 128.173.40.200: icmp_seq=0 ttl=252 time=8.194 ms > > --- sybil.cs.vt.edu ping statistics --- > 1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 0% packet loss > round-trip min/avg/max = 8.194/8.194/8.194 ms > ping: unknown host ftp5.freebsd.org > ping: unknown host ftp6.freebsd.org Adrian -- adrian@virginia.edu ---->>>>| If I were stranded on a desert island, and System Administrator --->>>| I could only have one OS for my computer, Neurosurgical Visualzation Lab -->>| it would be FreeBSD. Think about it..... http://www.nvl.virginia.edu/ ->| http://www.freebsd.org/
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