[PLUG] Problems getting Debian 2.2

[Mahadev Appan]

hello again ...

thanks to all who responded to my plea for 

On Thu, 5 Oct 2000, Doug Porter wrote:

> ISOs can be found at this mirror:
> 
> ftp://ftp.eecs.umich.edu/pub/linux/debian-cd/
> 
> It is pretty fast, usually around 400 KB/s from my resnet.
> 
> - Doug Porter <dsp@purdue.edu>
> 
> Mahadev Appan wrote:
> > 
> > Hello people,
> > 
> > I was wondering if any of you have light to shed on this matter.
> > 
> > I tried to obtain an ISO image of Debian 2.2 recently. It turns out they
> > are using some means of pseudo-image-generation which is meant to reduce
> > the load on the mirror servers around the world. What it has meant for me
> > is that I can't obtain the image! Even after following their instructions
> > to the letter, the downloading program just does says "Getting:" and stays
> > that way, even if you leave it overnight (using a cable connection!).
> > Also, the filesizes in the download directory do not change overnight. The
> > same situation occurs both under Win32 and Linux.
> > 
> > By the way, if I can't really can't download the silly thing, I don't mind
> > buying the CD-ROM from someplace. The Csociety office only has Debian 2.1
> > and Best Buy of course only carries the bigger commercial distros. And
> > frankly, I don't know of any other places here.
> > 
> > <sigh> Any help on this matter would be greatly appreciated.
> > 
> > Thanks in advance.
> > 
> > From,
> > Dev
> > 
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