I can help anyone with a mirror that wants to mirror tomsrtbt, put me in
contact with the mirror administrator... -Tom
On Sat, 16 Jun 2001, Tony Nugent wrote:
> Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 10:54:43 +1000
> From: Tony Nugent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: TomsRootBootDisk Mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [tomsrtbt] headaches obtaining tomsrtbt (mirror woes)
>
> Hi Tom.
>
> ftp access to toms.net is restricted, and I can understand the
> reasons for this. But it has made finding the latest version of
> your rtbt difficult to find.
>
> You can remove the link on your web page that points to the
> Australian ("down under") mirror, it is not at this URL:
>
> ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/linux/metalab/system/recovery/
>
> Nor it is in the ibiblio mirror on that site.
>
> For a long long time, it used to be mirrored here:
>
> ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/tomsrtbt/
>
> but that link disappeared after a site upgrade a few weeks ago.
> However, this remains:
>
> ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/raid/3/tomsrtbt/
>
> which contains versions 1.7.118 and 1.7.185 (dated 18 Oct 1999).
>
> Hmmm.
>
> I know and use mirror.aarnet.edu.au frequently (most of the time)...
> it is very close by, fast (for me, VERY fast), and convenient. And
> usually very current. But not in this case for tomsrtbt.
>
> The problem for most of the rest of the world is that
> mirror.aarnet denies ftp access to anyone coming from an IP that
> does not originate within the Australia-NZ-Asia-Pacific region -
> so you probably wouldn't know about this problem if you wanted to
> check for yourself. (I'm not sure if http access is permitted - I
> suspect not, but I'm not able to check that).
>
> I ended up getting what I needed (1.7.361) from
> ftp.linux.tucows.com, but it is a pity that this *huge* local
> Australasian mirror isn't carrying the latest version of your
> VeryFineTool.
>
> I'm not sure how mirror sites work to organise things like this, but
> if I can help in any way to get things working again at the aarnet
> site, let me know. (The site is in Brisbane, not far from me, and I
> know some local contacts where that server lives through the local
> Humbug user group).
>
> All the best. Hope your efforts with putting a 2.2 kernel into your
> bootdisk is having some success.
>
> Cheers
> Tony
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> Tony Nugent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> LinuxWorks - Gold Coast Qld
> Consultant, GrowZone OnLine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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