On 12/07/2014 09:59 PM, Christopher Gregory wrote: > On Mon, 2014-12-08 at 09:37 +1300, Christopher Gregory wrote: >> On Sun, 2014-12-07 at 20:22 +0000, Ken Moffat wrote: >>> On Sun, Dec 07, 2014 at 07:58:33PM +0100, Armin K. wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Does anyone know where I can find >>>> ftp://tug.org/texlive/historic/2014/texlive-20140525-texmf.tar.xz mirror >>>> that's hosted in Europe? With this, I get ~200KB/s, which is >>>> unacceptable for such a large file. >>>> >>>> I have looked @ ctan mirrors listed on texlive page but couldn't find >>>> that file anywhere - just the -source one. Any hints are appreciated. >>>> >>>> Cheers. >>>> >>> >>> The texmf does seem to be not mirrored in many places, probably >>> because if its size. Yesterday and today I've been downloading the >>> source and texmf files for previous years without any problem, but >>> I do not know where I'm getting them from - I just went to >>> ftp://tug.org/texlive/historic/ and kept the browser open there. >>> Certainly, the "local" oxford mirror that mirror.ctan.org directs me >>> to does not have texmf. >>> ĸen >>> Googling around, I think I might have got 2014 at some point from >>> http://mirror.jaredwhiting.net/distfiles/TeX/ - firefox colours the >>> links there as if I've visited them, but that might equally be a slow >>> link where I gave up and had another go later to try to get a faster >>> link. >>> >>> Sorry, it seems to have limited availability. >>> >> >> I have found a faster mirror for it within Asia: >> >> http://ftp.stu.edu.tw/FreeBSD/distfiles/TeX/texlive-20140525-texmf.tar.xz >> >> I am getting speeds of up to 1.45MB/s for downloading it here in New >> Zealand. >> >> Christopher. >> > > Just completed downloading from that mirror: > > texlive-20140525-texmf.tar.xz > 100%[==================================================================>] > 1.62G 1.41MB/s in 23m 35s > > Though I can not say that it will be as fast for others. It does look > like a good mirror though. I suspect it is not one offered by ctan > though. I just searched for the file name and that is what google > showed me. > > Christopher. >
I have managed to get 1.00 MB/s from the ftp.tug.org, so it was downloaded alright. I've tried that mirror before, couldn't get 100 KB/s with it. Case closed. -- Note: My last name is not Krejzi.
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