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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.syd.connect.com.au!news.bri.connect.com.au!corolla.OntheNet.com.au!not-for-mail From: gdr@hotmail.com (Phil Grainger) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: freebsd in australia Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 12:07:51 GMT Organization: Ye 'Ol Disorganized NNTPCache groupie Lines: 31 Message-ID: <337c4d26.3683282@news.icr.com.au> References: <337af634.11850230@news.icr.com.au> <337BBBC0.70F2@OntheNet.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: virtual.icr.com.au X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.11/32.235 Cache-Post-Path: virtual.icr.com.au!10069@helios.usq.edu.au Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:41051 On Fri, 16 May 1997 11:43:28 +1000, Tony Griffiths <tonyg@OntheNet.com.au> wrote: i actually won't to buy the cd though it will save me having to work out how to get all symbloic links in the packages working properly i would also like to avoid having to import the cd from the usa ? how long would it take to get it delivered ? >Phil Grainger wrote: >> >> hi >> does anyone know how i get freebsd cdrom's in australia ? >> seems like walnutcreek's agent is hiding :) >> thanks in adavance > >Don't know about Aussie agents but Walnut Creek are pretty good. A >subscription costs USD24.95 + USD9.00 delivery via courier. > >Of course you can always download from one of the (4+) Australia mirror >sites. I got 100 KB/sec out of one of them the other day! [Not telling >which one... Don't want everyone else flooding their server! ;-))] > >Try one of- > > ftp://ftp.au.freebsd.org/ > ftp://ftp1.au.freebsd.org/ > ftp://ftp2.au.freebsd.org/ > ftp://ftp3.au.freebsd.org/ > >Tony