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For those who don't know, Slackware 9.1 has been released:
<URL:http://www.slackware.com/announce/9.1.php>

The ISOs are available using BitTorrent, as detailed here:
<URL:http://www.slackware.com/torrents/index.html>.


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On 2003-09-27, Simon <usenet@no-dns-yet.org.uk> wrote:
>
> The ISOs are available using BitTorrent, as detailed here:
><URL:http://www.slackware.com/torrents/index.html>.

Has anyone used BitTorrent before? Is it worth opening a port
on my firewall for it?

--keith

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Keith Keller wrote:

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> On 2003-09-27, Simon <usenet@no-dns-yet.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>> The ISOs are available using BitTorrent, as detailed here:
>><URL:http://www.slackware.com/torrents/index.html>.
>
> Has anyone used BitTorrent before? Is it worth opening a port
> on my firewall for it?
>
> --keith
>

I've just got both disks 9.1 using BitTorrent. Pretty fast I'd say (about
250KB/sec down and 50KB/sec up). And makes you feel warm and fuzzy because
of helping others.

However, I can't install 9.1 on my laptop somehow. I get a bad EIP value
with a hex dump shortly after booting the CD. Yes, the md5 sums match...
I'll think more about it in the morning.

Best,
Merl

On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 22:26:32 -0700, Keith Keller
<kkeller-usenet@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us> wrote:
> On 2003-09-27, Simon <usenet@no-dns-yet.org.uk> wrote:
>> The ISOs are available using BitTorrent, as detailed here:
>><URL:http://www.slackware.com/torrents/index.html>.
>
> Has anyone used BitTorrent before?

I didn't have it installed until about 2 minutes before I started
downloading.

> Is it worth opening a port on my firewall for it?

If you open the port on your firewall (as I did), it helps others to
download from you. I haven't noticed any difference in download speed
after opening the port. I got the first ISO at about 48-50KB/s, but
the second one is going rather slower (8-9KB/s).


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On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 22:26:32 -0700
Keith Keller <kkeller-usenet@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us> wrote:

> Has anyone used BitTorrent before? Is it worth opening a port
> on my firewall for it?

Definitely yes. Finally we can download ISOs with reasonable speed.

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Merlin wrote:

>
> However, I can't install 9.1 on my laptop somehow. I get a bad EIP value
> with a hex dump shortly after booting the CD. Yes, the md5 sums match...
> I'll think more about it in the morning.

Agrh! I've found the mistake. I was booting bare.i with my USB mouse
attached! All is well now.

Best,
Merl

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On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 22:26:32 -0700, Keith Keller <kkeller-usenet@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us> wrote:
> Has anyone used BitTorrent before? Is it worth opening a port
> on my firewall for it?

It seems to be getting more popular by the day. At least, I keep
running in to it everywhere I look. lnx-bbc uses it, as well.

In fifteen minutes I'll continue my 9.1 ISO download on it, allowing
others, too.

I was getting about 13K/sec down and sharing about 15K/sec up when it
was running earlier (that uploading really bogged down my already
craptacular DSL).

As the other guy said, I'm gonna do it to share with folks. :-)

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On Fri, Sep 26, 2003 at 11:46:17PM -0700, AthlonRob wrote:
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> I was getting about 13K/sec down and sharing about 15K/sec up when it
> was running earlier (that uploading really bogged down my already
> craptacular DSL).
>
> As the other guy said, I'm gonna do it to share with folks. :-)
>

for good old fashioned leeching go here:

ftp://ftp.kpn.be/pub/linux/slackware/slackware-9.1-iso/


bart

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AthlonRob wrote:
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> I was getting about 13K/sec down and sharing about 15K/sec up when it
> was running earlier (that uploading really bogged down my already
> craptacular DSL).

My download was a little slow also so I used
"--max_upload_rate 7" and the download rate went up by about
120-130K/sec on a cable connection.

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Bart Dumon wrote:

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> On Fri, Sep 26, 2003 at 11:46:17PM -0700, AthlonRob wrote:
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>> I was getting about 13K/sec down and sharing about 15K/sec up when it
>> was running earlier (that uploading really bogged down my already
>> craptacular DSL).
>>
>> As the other guy said, I'm gonna do it to share with folks. :-)
>>
>
> for good old fashioned leeching go here:
>
> ftp://ftp.kpn.be/pub/linux/slackware/slackware-9.1-iso/
>
>
> bart
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The kpn site doesn't have 9.1 on it.
Neil