Re: Alternate Debian FTP server
On Fri, 9 Feb 1996, Karl Ferguson wrote:
> > If you are unable to get to ftp.debian.org, please use the alternate
> > server ftp.microworld.net . That's .net, not .com , there is a .com site
> > but it's the wrong one! This system is currently mirroring the master
> > copy of the Debian archive, and the /debian tree within it should look
> > identical to the one on ftp.debian.org .
>
> What do the normal mirror sites like myself and others' do about this? Wait
> for ftp.debian.org to come up or mirror ftp.microworld.net until it comes back?
>
> ...Karl
You can mirror ftp.microworld.net if you want we are planning to DNS that
to ftp2.debian.org.
>From those two we will then distribute the software, but however your
first resource should be ftp.debian.org with that machine as a fall back...
By the way I should be back online in the next 24/48hours at full
capacity again.
We upgrade RAM from 48megs to 64megs and reconfigured the drive structure
while we are waiting for the controller to come in FedX.
--
Matthew S. Bailey
107 Emmons Hall
Central Michigan University
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858
mbailey@cps.cmich.edu
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