Re: scientific linux

[Craig Ziegel <mwtransport@wisperhome.com>]

I do use non-line-of site receiver as well as I am on the Mine Haul Rd. tower which seems to fail (go down) regularly.
It wasn't this bad 4 yrs. ago when I signed the contract but now it seems to be crap. and I have no other options except dial up.
On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:39:58 -0600
"Robert G. (Doc) Savage" <dsavage@peaknet.net> wrote:

> Jason,
> 
> I was with Wisper for several years. Toward the end the proliferation of
> 900MHz users along the non-line-of-sight path between my home and their
> Mine Haul Road tower severely degraded my connectivity. I switched to
> AT&T U-verse Internet data service when it became available in my
> neighborhood.
> 
> --Doc
> 
> On Fri, 2011-11-11 at 08:39 -0600, Jason M. Schindler wrote:
> > 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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> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Thank you,
> > >
> > > Craig Ziegel
> > > MW Transport System
> > > A.M.P. Towing
> > > 773-418-8713
> > > mwtransport@wisperhome.com
> > >
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Thank you,

Craig Ziegel 
MW Transport System
A.M.P. Towing
773-418-8713
mwtransport@wisperhome.com

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