[nycbug-talk] obsd mirrors

[G. Rosamond]

On Nov 5, 2004, at 9:46 PM, Pete Wright wrote:

> G. Rosamond wrote:
>
>>
>> On Nov 5, 2004, at 8:42 PM, Sunny Dubey wrote:
>>
>>> On Friday 05 November 2004 19:31, G. Rosamond wrote:
>>>
>>>> Anyone else notice a problem with the OBSD ftp mirrors?
>>>>
>>>> Still waiting for my cd for 3.6 to get here. . .
>>>>
>>>> I can get to the master site, but none of the east coast ones,
>>>> including Brandon's ftp.crimelabs.net.
>>>>
>>>> I'm on the Purdue mirror finally, but something like ten others 
>>>> didn't
>>>> work, couldn't ping, nothing.
>>>
>>>
>>> you tried ftp://openbsd.mirrors.pair.com ??
>>>
>>> *.mirrors.pair.com rocks
>>
>>
>>
>> Yup. . .for some reason *every* mirror is complete crap tonight, 
>> including Pair's mirror. . . Only the master site is giving me 
>> anything. . .I usually use CrimeLabs.net, but they're no better.
>>
>> I don't know how, but after I built my Soekris kernel, my kernel 
>> went, even though I didn't overwrite my boxes kernel.  I think it 
>> might have been the hdd flaking out. . .it may not have been seated 
>> right.
>>
>> So now I need to rebuilld.
>>
>
> on freeebsd-questions yesterday i think a guy posted this link:
>
> http://www.eng.ufl.edu/bobj/FreeBSD-5_3_RC2.torrent 
> <http://www.eng.ufl.edu/bobj/FreeBSD-5_3_RC2.torrent>
>
> lead to a discussion about how 5.3-stable will be released officially 
> as a torrent.  i wounder if obsd has something similar "officially".
>

I think I heard something about that. . .I guess it was with FBSD.

There's nothing on OBSD-misc about it. . .I'm using Purdue at
  	  ftp://osmirrors.cerias.purdue.edu/pub/OpenBSD/

It's the only functioning one besides the master. . .

I'll look more into this. ..

g