Hi Markus, Please email me off-list ... I'd like to work with you to get a mirror set up in advance.
-jh markus maussner wrote: > Hi > > >> But, as we are already talking about servers for >> FreeDOS 1.0, I would suggest that people who want >> to provide mirror space on their own web servers >> or ftp servers should contact us now :-). When we >> have the final version of FreeDOS 1.0 ready, it >> would be nice if people would have the choice >> between several servers for downloading it. >> > > I can offer u some servers located in North America, Europe and Asia but > i might limit the traffic to maybe 1tb/month (u never know how much > traffic is expected) > > Maybe 2 years ago i used to mirror always the latest versions from > freedos on my freedos mirror in germany, but it got removed regularly > from the list (i needed to email jh to add me again) wich made me just > stop it (i am talking about the file-mirror not the website). > > Another 2 ideas : > > 1) i can provide a script that would send the files via dcc upon request > on our irc network (the one who already hosts the #freedos channel). > 2) when i was living in the phils connection to the "outside world" was > terribly slow (isp's rather used sattelite uplinks with big delays and > small bandwith than verry expensive oversea cables) so i came up with a > little script that would just split a file into some small chunks and > then send it as email attachement. the good thing is that i checked > email with full speed at my local isp there. ok it took sometimes 2-3 > days till all email arrived but the actual download was much faster. > maybe thats still helpfull for some 3rd world countries or places with > poor internet connection. > > i also think that the torrend idea is verry good. > > tassilo > > -- This email message has been encrypted using the ROT-26 cipher. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
