hah! go here: http://bitconjurer.org/BitTorrent/
got the ISOs in less than 30 minutes! /erik > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-lists [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 1:27 AM > To: RedHat Mailing List > Subject: anyone having luck "getting it early"? > > > i logged onto the redhat network website around noon, and at > that time > discs 1 and 2 were downloading at 2.5 kb/s (!), disc 3 at 9 kb/s. > > when i got home from work my transfers had failed. you can't restart > easily because the url's expire. i know there's probably > better ways to > assure you can keep resuming (they HAD something about using > curl on the > instant iso page before but it looks like its gone), but _MY > GOD_, didn't > they KNOW there was going to be a rush today? > > and this rush is from all of their PAYING customers, who are > supposed to be > "getting it early" (they sent out notices letting us know how > lucky we > were). at this rate i _might_ have it just before i hits the > ftp servers, > and this is actually worse than being lumped in with the ftp > masses, since > i only have one server to choose from. > > at this point, the rhn site says: > > > PLEASE NOTE: We are experiencing high volumes of traffic due to > unprecedented demand for Red Hat Linux 9 ISOs. This is > currently affecting > our response time. Our engineering team is working to address > this problem. > Thank you for your patience. Feel free to send us questions > or feedback. > > > i'm trying to download this for my work, using their rhn > account. i have > been considering whether to purchase for myself at home, and this is > exactly not the way to get me to do it. i'm glad i didn't > sign up just so > that i could get it early (what their email was encouraging people to > do.) THEN i would be fuming. as it is, i'm only whining :p > > and for that i am sorry, but i was all psyched up for this, > and i'm going > nowhere fast... errrr slow. :) > > maybe someone else is having better luck? > > > ron > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
