Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS repo inaccessible

2015-01-16 Thread Jim Hall
You might want to check it again. It seems to be working here. I suspect I ibiblio was having a minor problem or undergoing maintenance. http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.1/repos/ On Thursday, January 15, 2015, Don Flowers donr...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All~

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS repo inaccessible

2015-01-16 Thread Mateusz Viste
Actually, I suspect ibiblio to perform some load balancing on their servers, so when connecting to ibiblio, we don't land on the same server every time. Apparently, they disabled directories indexing on some of their servers, but not others... I do get this forbidden error from time to time

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS repo inaccessible

2015-01-16 Thread Don Flowers
I found another way in via this link: ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/repos/ (paste into your browser address bar) On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 2:07 PM, Mateusz Viste mate...@viste.fr wrote: Actually, I suspect ibiblio to perform some load balancing on their servers, so when

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS repo inaccessible

2015-01-16 Thread Ralf Quint
On 1/16/2015 11:02 AM, Don Flowers wrote: Well, I cleared my history, deleted cookies and have the same result. Oddly, In FreeDOS, FDNPKG works and I just tried DilloDOS and I have access, so it must be a FireFox issue? Negative. Works here just fine,using Firefox 35.0 on Windows 8.1/64...

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS repo inaccessible

2015-01-16 Thread Jim Hall
Interesting that ftp.ibiblio.org works for you, but not www.ibiblio.org. These are both the same server, just different DNS entries. I'm guessing some cache problem is causing this - whether that's at ibiblio's end (load balancer) or your end (Firefox) I'm not sure. $ host www.ibiblio.org

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS repo inaccessible

2015-01-16 Thread Don Flowers
Could this be a linux issue? I installed a couple of different browsers (Chrome and Qupzilla on two different machines and I have the same result On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 4:54 PM, Don Flowers donr...@gmail.com wrote: that is curious On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 3:05 PM, Jim Hall jh...@freedos.org

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS repo inaccessible

2015-01-16 Thread Ralf Quint
On 1/16/2015 5:36 PM, Don Flowers wrote: Could this be a linux issue? I installed a couple of different browsers (Chrome and Qupzilla on two different machines and I have the same result Not per se. Just for the record, I tried Opera 26 and the latest Chrome on my Windows 8.1 laptop as

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS repo inaccessible

2015-01-16 Thread Jim Hall
On 1/16/2015 5:36 PM, Don Flowers wrote: Could this be a linux issue? I installed a couple of different browsers (Chrome and Qupzilla on two different machines and I have the same result Unlikely to be a Linux issue, as I run Linux on my laptop and didn't have access issues.

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS repo inaccessible

2015-01-16 Thread Christopher Evans
wondering if I should mirror that on my servers? -- -Chris Evans Computer Consultant, Systems Administrator, Programmer, PC technician Digitalatoll Solutions Group (Tawhaki Software) Cell. : 916-612-6904 | http://www.tawhakisoft.slyip.net/ http://www.tawhakisoft.com/ Office: 916-382-9395 |

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS repo inaccessible

2015-01-16 Thread Jim Hall
I wonder if this is a home network problem, since the issue was Every computer in the house (non networked) gives the .. error. I'd take a laptop to a coffeeshop and test if you can access ibiblio from there. -- New Year.