yeah.. i understand what u mean. but afaik - the iso download option for rhn subscribers is just an addon service.
maybe there are too many users downloading that the RHN bandwidth can't handle the traffic. > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-lists [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 2:30 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: anyone having luck "getting it early"? - bit torrent > > > 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 > > > 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 > > > > -- > 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
