Re: scientific linux

["Jason M. Schindler" <jschindler@bucket440.com>]

I'll burn both and drop them off at The Computer Room for you some time
this evening.

I thought one of our other members was on Wisper and said that it wasn't
too bad...  I could be wrong there.  Either way I would verify with Wisper
that your connection is functioning correctly.

You should run a speed test to see what connection speed you are getting:
http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/

-Jason



> x86_64 now will be looking for i386 in a few for a couple laptops I am
> bringing back to life.
>
> On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 22:24:08 -0600
> "Jason M. Schindler" <jschindler@bucket440.com> wrote:
>
>> Craig,
>>
>> i386 or x86_64?
>>
>> -Jason
>>
>> > I'm not sure how you are downloading, but there are 2 options to
>> download
>> > large files from the SL project.
>> >
>> > 1) My preference: use bit torrent.
>> > 2) use wget.  by default it will retry a file 20 times if it
>> encounters
>> > error during download. (it even has a "-c" option to pickup
>> downloading a
>> > file fragment you have that was downloaded outside of wget
>> > http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/manual/html_node/Download-Options.html
>> >
>> > Getting the CD image is still a viable option with either of the
>> above, to
>> > help ensure you do get the file.
>> >
>> > - GS
>> >
>> > On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 9:21 AM, Kevin Thomas <axel2078@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> 4.1G? You must be trying to download the install DVD.  Why not
>> install
>> >> the
>> >> Live CD instead?  If you go that route, you're looking at 700MB or
>> less
>> >> to
>> >> download.  It won't have as much software installed right off the
>> bat,
>> >> but
>> >> you can easily install it later through yum.
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 9:17 AM, Craig Ziegel
>> >> <mwtransport@wisperhome.com>wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> yes, I am in the states. I choose to use Wisperisp rather than dial
>> up
>> >>> wisper is a little faster but far from reliable or fast. it's a 4.1G
>> >>> iso
>> >>> that is exactly my issue why my download screen states 8 days 17
>> hours
>> >>> remaining on this attemp. It has been downloading since 2pm
>> yesterday
>> >>>
>> >>> On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 09:06:48 -0600
>> >>> Kevin Thomas <axel2078@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> > I have to say, SL has definitely worked better than Fedora lately
>> on
>> >>> my
>> >>> > brand new laptop.  I can't even get my system to boot from any of
>> the
>> >>> new
>> >>> > Fedora CDs, but SL boots and installs just fine.  Anyway, why does
>> it
>> >>> take
>> >>> > you several days to download the .iso for SL?  Do you have a
>> dial-up
>> >>> > connection?  I'm guessing you're in the U.S.?
>> >>> >
>> >>> > On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 8:46 AM, Craig Ziegel <
>> >>> mwtransport@wisperhome.com>wrote:
>> >>> >
>> >>> > > Good Morning all, Fedora just doesn't seem to cooperate with my
>> >>> systems
>> >>> > > any more slow, lock ups, programs just don't want to play nice.
>> >>> > > I would like to try scientific does anyone
>>
>>
>>
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>
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>
> Craig Ziegel
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