Alex, you weren't picky enough when you chose where to download your Slackware from, if you uyse the sourceforge mirror to download from it'll be bruitally slow however I find that a better place to download most Linux versions from as they mirror most distroes is: ftp.rutgers.edu. Hth! Ed Barnes ebarnes at enigma2.cjb.net On Sat, 20 Jul 2002, Alex Snow wrote: > I have been able to get ahold of the ISO's, but it's so damn hard to > download them because the servers are so slow and or full. > ------------------------------- > Alex Snow > Email: alex_snow at gmx.net > BBS: telnet://bbs1.dyndns.org > web: http://web.alex-snow.dhs.org > The Computer Repair Guy: > If It Ain't Broke, I'll mess With It Till It Is! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve Holmes" <steve at holmesgrown.com> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2002 4:19 PM > Subject: Re: Question about slackware 8.1 rootdisk > > > > I haven't looked at the root disks yet but I'm kinda disappointed that > > the other ISO images aren't available for download anymore. And > > furthermore, I've been to two different slackware sites and the > > transmission speeds are horrible! I have a broadband connection here > > and the one install ISO image is downloading at dial-up speeds! that > > sucks. > > > > I'm seriously thinking about maybe looking into Debian. I'll have to > > learn another distro and the layout of config files and all that > > but... > > > > Is it true the only way to get the other CD's is to buy them now? > > > > On Sat, Jul 20, 2002 at 02:47:24PM -0400, Alex Snow wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > > > I just downloaded the slackware 8.1 rootdisk and found that the file is > over > > > 1.44 megs. How can I write this to a disk? > > > ------------------------------- > > > Alex Snow > > > Email: alex_snow at gmx.net > > > BBS: telnet://bbs1.dyndns.org > > > web: http://web.alex-snow.dhs.org > > > The Computer Repair Guy: > > > If It Ain't Broke, I'll mess With It Till It Is! > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
