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92182 2002-10-23 10:02:00 Hellooo,

Can someone do this little task for me? I have been downloading Red Hat 8.0 ISO's for last few weeks. Probably about 2.5Gb so far.

Now when i try this ftp i get "Action Cancelled" message sayin it might not be available temporarily. I have a slight hunch that maybe my account is blocked from continuing to download this huge files by my ISP :(

Can someone try this (ftp://ftp.isl.net.nz/pub/linux/dist/redhat/redhat-8.0/en/iso/i386/) link (Its disc 5 for RH8) and see if they can manage to start download. Or whether the websites are really down!

I have tried few other mirror sites listed on Red Hat mirror site (www.redhat.com) particularly the planet mirror from Auss and the NZ one but get the same message.

Thankxxx
pluto (2246)
92183 2002-10-23 10:14:00 ok here

Wed Oct 23 23:18:33 2002 Connecting ftp.isl.net.nz:21
Wed Oct 23 23:18:33 2002 Connecting ftp.isl.net.nz [IP=203.167.224.48:21]
Wed Oct 23 23:18:33 2002 Socket connected, Waiting for welcome message.
Wed Oct 23 23:18:34 2002 220-Access to this mirror is restricted to .nz and .au users only. Please email ftp@isl.net.nz with enquiries.
Wed Oct 23 23:18:34 2002 220-
Wed Oct 23 23:18:34 2002 220 ftp.isl.net.nz FTP server ready.
Wed Oct 23 23:18:34 2002 USER anonymous
Wed Oct 23 23:18:34 2002 331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password.
Wed Oct 23 23:18:34 2002 PASS ********
Wed Oct 23 23:18:34 2002 230-Welcome to ftp.isl.net.nz, Redhat 8.0 is out. If you want a CD copys of Redhat,Mandrake or Debian visit
Wed Oct 23 23:18:35 2002 230-http://wicks.co.nz . We will send you ( New Zealand ) the 3 disk set for $25, or 5 disk for $33.75
Wed Oct 23 23:18:35 2002 230-( includes gst and postage within New Zealand ). email sales@wicks.co.nz for any enquiries.

also found 10 mirror sites
tweak'e (174)
92184 2002-10-23 10:24:00 Hi tweak'e,

So what does that message mean? i understand alls ok, Were u able to dowload (start) the file???

I used those user logons and password before. It has been fine with last 4 files. I can still view the ISO images in the dir (so that means i can logon fine), But when i click the file, i get the error message

I tried all the other mirror in Aust. Get the same error message. Are the sites really busy/down or am i just blocked?

Cheers
pluto (2246)
92185 2002-10-23 10:29:00 it started downloading fine. what isp? how are you connected? what do you use to download with? tweak'e (174)
92186 2002-10-23 11:34:00 Its working fine now tweake. Dont know but for last few days i have been trying , it wasnt downloading. I rang tech support for my ISP, he said theres no problem.

As soon as i hung up and retried.....well it Worked!!
As a matter of fact my 250 plan expired tonight! And i retried after the new one kicked in and it worked.

Its puzzling cause now all the mirror sites seem to work. I couldnt even dowload a copy of Winzip from its website before ;\ .
Somethign did seem fishy to me

Anyways its all good now :) . By the way my ISP is Paradise.

Cheers
pluto (2246)
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