Re: Not-so-instant ISOs (use BitTorrent!)

[Paul Dorneanu <spooky@xxxxxxxxx>]

how about that:
download speed: 1046.6 KB/s   (with Bittorrent)



Jared Smith wrote:

> Or you could do what I did... find someone who you happened to help out
> with Linux a year or so ago that already has the ISO's (via BitTorrent),
> and get a copy from them...
>
> 174Kbps sure beats the 4Kbps I was getting from RedHat.
>
> Jared Smith
>
> On Mon, 2003-03-31 at 13:01, Henrik Schmiediche wrote:
>  
>
> > Download the RH 9.0 ISO' via BitTorrent.
> >
> >    http://bitconjurer.org/BitTorrent/rh9.html
> >
> > Currently downloading at over 500Kb/sec.
> >
> > - Henrik
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: shrike-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:shrike-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]
> > On Behalf Of Jeremy Portzer
> > Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 1:45 PM
> > To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: Not-so-instant ISOs
> >
> > It's really not all that surprising that RHN is slammed.
> >
> > I mean, look at the types of customers that Red Hat has -- it's pretty
> > likely that everyone's bandwidth combined will WELL outpace whatever RHN
> > has.
> >
> > Maybe a subscription to a service like Akamai would have been a good
> > idea.  Dunno if they handle large files like ISOs though.
> >
> > --Jeremy
> >
> > On Mon, 2003-03-31 at 14:04, Mark Hutchinson wrote:
> >    
> >
> > > Yes, I am getting about 4 k.  I am sure that RH's servers are getting
> > >      
> > hammered.
> >    
> >
> > > Are there no RHN mirrors?  That would be a short term solution at
> > >      
> > least.  I am
> >    
> >
> > > sure the traffic will slow in the longer run.
> > >
> > > How similar are 9 and 8.094 beta going to be?  Any one know?
> > >
> > > Quoting Jurgen Botz <jurgen@xxxxxxxx>:
> > >
> > >      
> > >
> > > > Grrr... I got the firs ISO ok, but now rhn.redhat.com is giving
> > > > me 2KB/sec on the second one.  I've tried repeatedly.  No, I
> > > > don't want to wait 90 hours per CD.  Anyone else having problems?
> > > >
> > > > :j
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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