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First Official Fedora Mirror in China Online!

richard — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 17:57:28 +0000

Well, it has been a struggle, yet it is all over, almost.

For a few days now the FIRST FEDORA MIRROR IN CHINA has been online. Proudly sponsored by CANDIS and urged on by the Beijing Linux Users Group.

There are still some tweaks to happen and more data sets to be added over time, but the “Releases” is a good start. And it would not be possible without the great help from Matt Domsch and the Fedora Mirrors List.

http://fedora.candishosting.com.cn

Red Hat to the Rescue!

richard — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:13:57 +0000

Well, it seems only appropriate that with Linux World China being next week and all, that Red Hat are going to get some LTO2 tapes shipped. I didn’t even check on my status today, but I was hovering around ~77GB. 540 odd GB to go!

I would like to pull from Japan, but they use a different package selection system for their rsync mirrors. So while I can pass one simple command to Red Hat’s core mirror servers and cherry pick what I want, lining up that choice with data pulled in from Japan, is a pain in the arse. I would need to recreate all files in the exact same place and then use checksum checking in RSYNC – which is also a pain and slow.

I so hope I can be online before Linux World. Fed Ex can ship overnight….c’mon Red Hat!

Well to be fair, “C’mon Red Hat employee who is doing this on his own as his own shared initiative with me!”

Fedora Mirror Update

richard — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 14:07:24 +0000

Well, I lost track of time. However long it has been, I am now at 44GB! Only a couple hundred left to go.

Why Red Hat? Why are your core mirrors so piss weak in China compared to other distros?

Fedora Mirror Day 3

richard — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 16:27:07 +0000

Well, something around 96 hours and we have ~24 GB.

As Colonel Slade would quip; “Hoo ha!”

Fedora Mirror

richard — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 13:26:31 +0000

Well, it has been about 56 hours and we have ~18GB…….as long as China doesn’t run out of electricity, or myself of years on this planet. Then it will eventually complete…….eventually.