Re: ftp.kernel.org overloaded

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
31 Aug 1998 22:03:39 GMT

Followup to: <Pine.BSI.3.96.980831205824.26377R-100000@daemon.xs4all.nl>
By author: Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.nl>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> kernel.org does have mirrors, and yes, they should be used, but kernel.org
> cannot do much about it, other than friendly notes saying where to find
> mirror sites. I think the 'ftp.<country>.freebse.org' setup is a nice
> example. It's not perfect, because being in the same country doesn't mean it
> has a fast link to you, but it's about as simple as it gets.
>
> Whoever administrates kernel.org (Linus ? HPA ?) -- I think there are a few
> sites around the world that wouldn't mind the 'ftp.<>.kernel.org' name... I
> know of 2, at least, here in .nl. The question is, does anyone (at
> transmeta) have time to organize it ? :)
>
> Regards,
> Thomas.
>
>

It's on my list of things to do.

-hpa

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