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Hope this helps. Have fun & enjoy! :hattip: |
Probably doesn't help that his server got linked on distrowatch's announcements for Slackware 14.2 BETA* and RC1.
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What is important is the continued availability of the docs and the build scripts. Throw the ISOs under a bus if need be. |
Yea, if it was me I'd remove the isos and only add them back to other servers that will not have these problems, at least until a better solution is found.
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Is there any reason why bittorrent can't be used for the ISOs? It seems like the easiest alternative to HTTP for the ISO images, assuming people actually seed them :)
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I don't think bittorrent is useful for ISO images that have an average lifetime of days (new ISO after every update in -current).
By the time the seeders have picked up speed there's another torrent tracker to be made. |
Just a thought, but what about keeping the -current ISO directory but just have the mirror-slackware-current.sh script in there with a README? Have the users make their own ISO.
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Just reinstalled using the usbboot.img dd'ed to a USB stick.
Booted off the stick, ran dhcpcd eth0, set up partitions, pointed to a local mirror when prompted (write the web address and subfolders down first - no links Web browser on the installer!) and went and made the tea. Perhaps a method to recommend to people who have wired Internet connections that are not metered? |
Can we help remedy the problem by throwing money at someone? To whom should it be thrown, and by what method?
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Money is simple got to alien pastures and donate send the man some beer money let the trickle down effect work just kidding.
Eric has done awesome things with hardware and money donations. He uses it for the cause all the time. http://alien.slackbook.org/blog/ click the donate button. Add a note to send to new server. and let the money flow in. Feel the Bern of open source and crowd fund. Keep it open. Ya. I do know sourceforge allows this. I wonder if sneeking them on to a git hub would work hehehe. sneaky. think about it I mean last pull from chrome was 15 gigs ??? |
for most of your stuff you could got to bitbucket they allow everything you have you would just us Mercurial or git to keep things in sync. Right now a free account allows 5 users for free. or 10 a month for ten users. fact is you only need one user you.
They have great bandwidth. I am a huge fan of it and have tons of stuff on it. you think about syncing your prjojects and the ability to roll it back. If you want to throw a mirror of slackware on bitbucket lets do it. |
http://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/slackwa...e-current-iso/
Someone else appears to be doing a DVD using the makeslack.iso script. HEANET have fat pipes. Might be a good one to link against for RC2 if there is one? PS: modest donation made, takes seconds. |
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I could provide two mirror-server with each 100Mbit flat. Franzen |
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Several people made a donation (you all know who you are!) and thank you for that! It made me decide to rent a server and I just made my first payment for monthly 10.88 Euro fee.
I will keep this server online for as long as the donation money covers it. Should not be a problem. At online.net they do not offer Slackware as an installation OS so I will have to start with Ubunto rescue environment and then follow kikinovak's HOWTO for installation of Slackware. I have 120 GB disk and unlimited data, so that should become a nice server for downloading lots of Slackware Live and Slackware-current installation ISOs. Now to find time to do this ASAP... Again, thanks for the support. |
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