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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!uniwa!cujo!cproto From: cproto@cs.curtin.edu.au (Computer Protocol) Subject: Re: How about a few more Australian mirrors Message-ID: <cproto.716730846@marsh> Keywords: Mirror Sender: news@cujo.curtin.edu.au (News Manager) Organization: Curtin University of Technology References: <1992Sep17.043629.5188@mel.dit.csiro.au> Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1992 11:54:06 GMT Lines: 17 tim@kimba.catt.citri.edu.au (Tim Liddelow) writes: >It seems to me that we need another mirror here in Australia for 386BSD. I >find that the 0.1-ports is not mirrored at all, and if I want to go back to >get any of the 0.1 distribution at kirk.bu.oz.au, the times are pathetic. >Is there any chance we could get the distribution mirrored on archie.au ? >What do the other Australian users of 386BSD think ? Also the documentation >on mirrors that I do have (admittedly 17 Mar 92) states that ftp.ee.mu.oz.au >is a mirror. That would have been ideal for users close to the Australian >Gateway (munnari), but doesn't seem to mirror 386BSD (or Linux for that matter) >any more. I second that, "archie.au" would be very suitable. "kirk.bu.oz.au" is really pathetic. Regards - Tibor Sashegyi (cproto@abel.cs.curtin.edu.au)