RFC: Distros for Hosstraders

Bill Mullen moon at lunarhub.com
Mon Apr 24 01:23:00 EDT 2006


On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 18:56:04 -0400, Dan Jenkins wrote:

> Ben Scott wrote:
> 
> >  Where can I download it from? The website gives me a link to
> >  http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/en/downloads/mirrors/2006iso
> >  but that just yields an empty page for me.
> 
> The joys of a broken website. <sigh>
> 
> Here's a public FTP mirror I have used reliably:
> ftp://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrakelinux/official/iso/2006.0/i586/
> 
> There are 3 CDs in the set.
> They also have a Live CD version, though I have not used it.

If you prefer rsync, this one's quite speedy, when you can get in:

carroll.cac.psu.edu::MandrivaLinux/official/iso/2006.0/i586/

I find I can get access about 80% of the time; it can be hit-or-miss
during "prime time" (early evenings and weekend afternoons), though.

-- 
Bill Mullen
RLU #270075



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