I want to inquire if other people out there had similar difficulties obtaining the hamm images.
First I tried the cdimage.debian.org server and learned people outside of the ukaren't welcome there. Then I checked the mirror site in Germany where I am located. Once there I saw a message like "use rsync". I write CDRs on an NT box and didn't find an rsync port so I couldn't use the mirror as they didn't let you download the image by means of http. Afterwards I checked out the mirror site in NL and they finally let me download the images. Much to my horror I found out they were corrupt when I checked them with MD5SUM the next morning. Now was the time for some help and I used IRC to ask for a working site and people out there told me about ftp.de.debian.org which was good because it resolved to a german university and we universities are connected with relatively high bandwidth. The problem was their ftp daemon refused my connection attempts. After fiddling with some ftp clients and some computers I came to the conclusion that they block your IP address if a connection doesn't get authorized the right way or something. I.E. mistype user name or password and you're out of business. :-( My last resort was SunSITE UK which finally delivered working images. Now, my question is why is it so hard to get these images? If somebody sets up a mirror site am I wrong to assume that I'm allowed to download it in a hassle free way? -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null