Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 29 Aug 1998 08:22:01 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Mike A. Harris" <> | Subject | Re: ftp.kernel.org overloaded :-( |
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On Fri, 28 Aug 1998, Gerd Knorr wrote:
>I have some problems to pick up the 2.1.118 patch. Downloading directly >from frp.kernel.org is out of question becauce it takes way to long. >Seems even the mirrors have problems to pick up the patches. My favorite >Mirrors (ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de,ftp.gwdg.de) still hav'nt 2.1.118. 2.1.119 >is already there, probably becauce it is smaller and therfore easier to >download. > >Can this be fixed somehow? Maybe limit access to ftp.kernel.org for >"normal" users and have extra ftp class for mirrors?
How about only allowing MIRROR's to download FULL kernels, and normal users MUST download patches only? I think this is fair.
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