Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 4 Jan 1999 23:54:53 +0000 (GMT) | From | Riley Williams <> | Subject | Re: us.kernel.org mirroring inconsistency |
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Hi Albert.
>> I'm getting a bit disturbed by an inconsistency between the >> kernel.org mirrors. For example, I have just connected to >> katelyn.optilinkcomm.net, which apparently carries only bz2 >> files and not gz files.
> Ah, a bandwidth waster!
> It is much more disturbing that most sites don't carry bz2 files. > I've been forced to waste 25% more bandwidth and disk space because > of this problem.
> Maybe this:
> ftp.bus.kernel.org This has bz2 files, as all mirrors should. > ftp.gus.kernel.org This is for bandwidth wasters.
Better still, use the http URL below to track down bz2 versions of ALL known kernels to date - and delete the gz versions from ftp.kernel.org before somebody starts claiming that they're GNU products as they're archived using a GNU archiver...
Best wishes from Riley.
--- * ftp://ps.cus.umist.ac.uk/pub/rhw/Linux * http://ps.cus.umist.ac.uk/~rhw/kernel.versions.html
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