Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 21 Mar 1996 12:49:11 -0500 | From | "Theodore Ts'o" <> | Subject | Re: FTP for latest patch |
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From: Matti E Aarnio <mea@mea.cc.utu.fi> Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 08:47:08 +0200 (EET)
I believe there is kernel source mirror-site list somewhere out there.
Due to network connectivity issues, ftp.funet.fi is well reachable from USA, and far slower from most of the Europe.. (The only 34/45 Mbps link between Europe and USA comes to NORDUnet, where FUNET is connected to with a 34 Mbps link..)
Note that in the States, tsx-11.mit.edu mirrors ftp.funet.fi on a daily basis, and we have a pretty direct connection to the MCI, NEARnet, and Alternet Backbones. For those people in Massachusetts with dialup connections, TIAC will soon have a T1 line dedicated for MIT traffic.
Also, we have recently upgraded tsx-11 to be a Alpha running OSF/1, thanks to Digital's generosity. (We will eventually upgrade TSX-11 to run Linux instead of OSF/1. However, tsx-11 needs to be running a fully production-ready OS, and be able to handle network traffic very robustly, and with all due respect of all of the people working hard on the Linux port, I don't think it's quite there yet. I'd be very happy to be proven wrong, though.) For this reason, CPU bandwidth isn't a problem, and response should be quite zippy.
So for within the U.S., the kernel sources located at tsx-11.mit.edu, /pub/linux/sources/system/v1.[23] should be a good site to try.
- Ted
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