actually i was already getting it via bit-torrent when i whined out that email :) but it still... diminishes... the value of a rhn account, IMHO, if i can't use it to download the distro before i can get it somewhere else.


thanks, ron

At 02:17 AM 4/1/2003, you wrote:
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
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> 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
>
>
>
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