Sorry Ed, Answered my own question. I can find the old images on the site you suggested. It's much faster than distro.ibiblio.org or ftp.slackware.com which I've been using. ------------------------------- 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: "Edward L. Barnes" <ebarnes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2002 9:50 PM Subject: Re: Question about slackware 8.1 rootdisk > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
