Re: ftp.au.kernel.org added for a local kernel mirror

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From: Steven Blunt
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1999 00:00

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If your short on space, wouldn't it make sense to just host bz2?

On 4 Jan 1999 23:16:57 GMT, in aus.computers.linux jason@dstc.edu.au (jason
andrade) wrote:

>mirror.aarnet.edu.au is now an official mirror for the
>linux kernel archive in australia at:
>
>ftp://ftp.au.kernel.org/pub/linux/
>ftp://ftp.au.kernel.org/pub/software/
>
>http://www.au.kernel.org/pub/linux/
>http://www.au.kernel.org/pub/software/
>
>we're currently hosting the complete .gz archive, (no bzip2)
>but hope to add bz2 support once some disk space issues are
>sorted out.
>
>the mirror is updated every 2 hours, in an effort to be
>as up to date as possible, from the master distribution
>site at kernel.org.
>
>please try and use a local mirror first as ftp.kernel.org
>is heavily loaded.
>
>comments/queries/feedback to mirror@mirror.aarnet.edu.au
>
>-jason


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