Re: Alternatives to ftp.debian.org

2000-09-10 Thread Edward Betts
Matt Taggart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > By hand I run the list of mirrors > (http://www.debian.org/misc/README.mirrors) thru netselect to get the > best one for the machine I'm on, then stick that in sources.list. I tried that, I got a mirror with a low ping, low round trip and good response, bu

Re: Alternatives to ftp.debian.org

2000-09-08 Thread Matt Taggart
Dale Scheetz wrote: > Is there any better way to pick a useful ftp site for upgrading? Automatically or by hand? By hand I run the list of mirrors (http://www.debian.org/misc/README.mirrors) thru netselect to get the best one for the machine I'm on, then stick that in sources.list. HTH, -- Ma

Re: Alternatives to ftp.debian.org

2000-09-07 Thread dwarf
> On Thu, Sept 07, 2000 Christian Surchi wrote: > > Do you need a mirror to upgrade you system? What about using http? > http.us.debian.org point to many mirrors. Funny you should mention this, as this is exactly the one I picked. My question was more about how to pick one. The documentation on t

Alternatives to ftp.debian.org

2000-09-07 Thread Dale Scheetz
With all that is going on with ftp.debian.org, I just tried to check there for alternative mirror sites and it's gone bye-bye. So, I checked the web page, but the only primary site listed is ftp.debian.org. The secondary sites are said to have restrictions, but just what those are for any given se

Re: Alternatives to ftp.debian.org

2000-09-07 Thread Christian Surchi
On Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 05:39:24AM -0400, Dale Scheetz wrote: > Is there any better way to pick a useful ftp site for upgrading? Do you need a mirror to upgrade you system? What about using http? http.us.debian.org points to many mirrors. bye Christian -- Christian Surchi | [EMAIL PROTECTE