Lee, Just start it as you did the first time. It will check the file is there and just serve it.
Tony. -----Original Message----- From: Lee Wiggers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 3:18 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] 9.2 torrent, I was wrong On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 08:56:22 -0500 Tom Brinkman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday October 16 2003 11:10 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: > > > As I started off with, this bittorBS is new to me, never > > > been a fan of p2p anyhow. There's a growin consensus of docs, > > > FAQ's, an smart BT people tho. Use the list archives, cooker, > > > expert, an newbie, Club links, plus Google for people smarter > > > than me. > > > > So I have finally given up, I will wait till the durn thing is > > on the regular mirrors. I never was able to connect to a tracker > > and found nothing to help or even mention my problem on the mail > > lists or forums. Not a big deal, I have 9.2 cooker running on > > another machine, I don't know how to make a set of disks from > > that, or I would to upgrade the other two machines. But they all > > run without a problem so why am I in such a hurry to have the > > latest and greatest? Call me "he who could not track down a > > tracker" : ) -- > > When BT froze (not BT's fault), I rebooted to change some bios > settings for the ram. I've since learned why BT wouldn't start up > again after I rebooted. My connection is dynamic, and my IP had > changed when I reconnected. > > You need to d/l a new mytorrent-<userID>.torrent file every > time > your IP changes. Otherwise you'll get that 'can't connect to > tracker' error. Somehow I missed that instruction, but luckily > d/l'd a new torrent file on a hunch ;) > > AFAIK, to make your own CD's you need to d/l the entire 9.2 > tree > and use 'mkcd' to create CD's from it, specifying size (650, 700 > mb). You'll need to look for and study any docs you can find. > I've never done it. Probly be easier to make a floppy image and > do a ftp install. Tho I've never done that either ;) > > Just another comment: Over 4,400 people have gotten the > complete > iso's, but only 318 are currently still online to upload them to > others. That's not very nice. Seems a lot of people got theirs > and then selfishly disconnected. The torrent idea depends on > people staying online .... specially after they're d/l is > complete. > http://torrent.mandrakesoft.com:6969/ > -- > Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas > > > We stayed up for 24hrs but it was slowing down my office connection to the point where I had to shut it off this morning. How do I turn it back on for uploads over the weekend? Lee -- User #223705 Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Business Computer Projects - Disclaimer -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This message, and any associated attachment is confidential. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system, do not use or disclose the information in any way, and notify either Tony S. Sykes or the postmaster <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> immediately. The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not necessarily the views of Business Computer Projects Ltd., unless specifically stated. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that emails and their attachments are virus free, it is the responsibility of the recipient(s) to verify the integrity of such emails. Business Computer Projects Ltd BCP House 151 Charles Street Stockport Cheshire SK1 3JY Tel: +44 (0)161 355-3000 Fax: +44 (0)161 355-3001 Web: http://www.bcpsoftware.com <http://www.bcpsoftware.com/>
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