ftp -o - http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/ftplist | some
script, or maybe your eyes and pick one.

On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 4:29 PM, Ville Valkonen <weezeld...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 17 July 2014 00:10, Stuart Henderson <st...@openbsd.org> wrote:
>> On 2014/07/16 16:00, Jean-Philippe Ouellet wrote:
>>> Oh come on... It's not like the URLs are some giant uuid-based madness
>>> or something. All the mirrors have the same simple layout. If you install
>>> lots of boxes regularly, it doesn't take long to memorize the name of
>>> your closest mirror. If you don't install lots of stuff, then just set
>>> installpath in your pkg.conf and forget about it.
>>
>> If you choose your mirror from the list in the installer, this is already
>> set automatically in pkg.conf.
>
> Hello Stuart,
>
> what would you suggest for situations where installXX.iso is burned to
> a CD to avoid downloading sets from the net due a slow Internet
> connection? When sets are installed from the CD it doesn't set
> PKG_PATH. I couldn't find any mirror list from the ISO image by
> grepping.
>
> Previously I've used lynx to navigate on the project's website and
> copy&paste mirror URL with tmux.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Ville
>

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