Re: Mirror problems ???
Mark Gray (markgray@iago.nac.net)
05 Aug 1999 14:17:46 -0400
Riley Williams <rhw@MemAlpha.CX> writes:
> Which ID's with the following?
>
> Q> ProFTPD 1.2.0pre1 Server (ProFTPD) [if-c]
> Q> Anonymous access granted, restrictions apply.
> Q> /pub/linux/kernel: No such file or directory
>
> It's neither ftp.demon.co.uk nor unix.hensa.ac.uk but is the one that
> running `ncftp ftp.uk.kernel.org` most often gives me...
>
> OK, I've tracked it down. That one is compton-if-c.mirror.ac.uk and
> appears to be a dud mirror...
This happens if you are using ncftp (or any other client that
remembers which directory you last used at a site) -- the different
auto-re-directed mirrors all have different directory structures. You
have to search around for where they stuff their mirrors.
(Moderately annoying to me too.)
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