Thanks all. I was able to download them early this AM. I use gFTP, not
sure how that compares to ncftp.
Brian, I wasn't familiar with wget. I checked the man page and it sounds
exciting -- can't wait to find something to try it on.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Tafoya" <
btafoya@briantafoya.com>
To: <
plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 7:12 AM
Subject: Re: RH 8.0 CDs (fwd)
>
> Here is the list of sources I used with wget to pick up the CDs...
>
>
http://mirror.hiwaay.net/redhat/redhat/linux/8.0/en/iso/i386/psyche-i386-dis
c1.iso
>
http://mirror.hiwaay.net/redhat/redhat/linux/8.0/en/iso/i386/psyche-i386-dis
c2.iso
>
http://mirror.hiwaay.net/redhat/redhat/linux/8.0/en/iso/i386/psyche-i386-dis
c3.iso
>
http://mirror.hiwaay.net/redhat/redhat/linux/8.0/en/iso/i386/psyche-i386-dis
c4.iso
>
http://mirror.hiwaay.net/redhat/redhat/linux/8.0/en/iso/i386/psyche-i386-dis
c5.iso
>
> Use the following syntax to get countinous retry, etc...
>
> wget -i links.txt -n0
>
> where links.txt is a text file with the above URLS pasted into it. :)
>
> Always works for me! Good luck! You will like 8... my laptop sure does!
>
> Brian
> http://briantafoya.com
>
>
> On Thu, 10 Oct 2002, foodog wrote:
>
> > Michael, one thing that's helped me a *lot* with downloading RH releases
> > is using ncftp instead of a browser. If/when it gacks in mid-download
> > you can resume where you left off. I've found that the .edu mirrors are
> > usually pretty good after the initial flurry of downloading is over (a
> > week or two).
> >
> > For future reference: When a new release is announced on Linuxtoday.com
> > there are invariably lists of mirrors posted in the talkbacks during the
> > first day of availability, that's where I usually get mine. It might
> > also be worthwhile checking p2p networks such as Gnutella / Limewire.
> > HTH,
> > Steve
> >
> > Michael Knee wrote:
> > >
> > > Are RedHat's servers always this swamped???
> > >
> > > It's been more than a week since RH8.0 was released. I made 5 or 6
attempts
> > > to download, so far the farthest I got was 32MB of the first file
before the
> > > connection dropped, the best speed was 3.8 kB/s. This over a Cox
cable
> > > modem connection that tests at 187 kB/s.
> > >
> > > Is it just a matter of waiting till the release 8.0 rush is over, or
is it
> > > always like this?
> > >
> > > Mike
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: <alandd@mindspring.com>
> > > To: <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 1:01 PM
> > > Subject: Re: RH 8.0 CDs
> > >
> > > > I too would like a set, all five if possible. I will be late to the
> > > meeting
> > > > and will not be able to stay. If someone could have the CD's
burned, I'll
> > > > bring some blanks in trade. I'll stand at the door and wave my
blanks to
> > > whom
> > > > ever could have some burned ones.
> > > >
> > > > Alan
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, 9 Oct 2002 11:34:46 -0700 (MST) "der.hans"
<
PLUGd@lufthans.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > moin, moin,
> > > > >
> > > > > can someone bring me a copy of 8.0 tomorrow? I
> > > > > just need enough to get a
> > > > > base install ( that now includes SSH, right? ).
> > > > >
> > > > > danke,
> > > > >
> > > > > der.hans
> > > > > --
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