Timothy Litwiller wrote:
>
> Well Ron, just think of it like this, If they make a direct link to the file
> then what is the use of having Mirror sites to reduce the load on the main
> server, a direct link efectivly bypasses the whole mirror system, So they make
> a link to the Mirrors page and with a few clicks you find one that does have
> the file you want. They are not in control of how often the Mirror sites
> update so they have a link at the top of the Mirrors list to the main mirror
> and a secondary mirror.
What mirrors list for cooker & contrib downloads? I have searched over
many web pages in vain for mention of it, many times. Always in vain.
> I setup fmirror to mirror from the a mirror that I have found to be quite
> uptodate and you will probably have the file before you even look at the
> e-mail.
>
> I have fmirror check for new files on the contrib directory every 30 minutes.
I think you would be much better off using rsync than fmirror. Mandrake
often updates RPMs without changing the file name (rsync is not fooled).
> I have been using
> ftp://sunsite.uio.no/pub/unix/Linux/Mandrake-devel/contrib/
Unfortunately, that site will not accept kfm as a browser.
> then the file I want is downloaded before I even need it. Only once in the last
> several months was a file not mirrored correctly - and it had been pulled for a
> fix.
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Regards,
Ron. [AU] - sent by Linux.
