Somebody's Either Lying Or Nuts
A couple of days ago, I wrote complaining that I kept getting "file not found on server errors" when trying to download 8.1 from a number of mirror sites. An experienced Linux hand whose opinion I respect tells me that he's successfully downloaded 8.1 from a Russian site. The site directory listings look quite full with files running from #3 to z in order. I've successfully downloaded SuSE 8.0 in the past so I know the drill but every way I approach the download gets the same result: error messages. Frankly, I like Red Hat 8.0's new desktop. If this nonsense keeps up much longer, it's going to replace the star billing SuSE has enjoyed for a long time on this computer. Has anyone got fresh insights on this matter? John Lowell
On Sat, 2002-10-26 at 20:16, John Lowell wrote:
A couple of days ago, I wrote complaining that I kept getting "file not found on server errors" when trying to download 8.1 from a number of mirror sites. An experienced Linux hand whose opinion I respect tells me that he's successfully downloaded 8.1 from a Russian site. The site directory listings look quite full with files running from #3 to z in order. I've successfully downloaded SuSE 8.0 in the past so I know the drill but every way I approach the download gets the same result: error messages. Frankly, I like Red Hat 8.0's new desktop. If this nonsense keeps up much longer, it's going to replace the star billing SuSE has enjoyed for a long time on this computer. Has anyone got fresh insights on this matter?
John Lowell
I don't know about your buddy d/l-ing 8.1. Every time I've checked over the past month 8.1/ has been completely empty. Although today I see the directory structure in place the 8.1/suse/i586 dir is empty.
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"John Lowell"
A couple of days ago, I wrote complaining that I kept getting "file not found on server errors" when trying to download 8.1 from a number of mirror sites.
Many mirrors are still synchronizing with ftp.suse.com, so it's no wonder that many still don't have the complete tree. If your friend got files with mysterious names, he most probably got incomplete copies or temporary copies created by the program that synched the ftp tree. One tree that seems to be complete is ftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/suse/i386/8.1 so you might try to use that. Philipp -- Philipp Thomas work: pthomas@suse.de Development SuSE Linux AG private: pth@t-link.de
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John Lowell
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