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Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2002 09:06:14 -0400
From: "Zieg, Mark" <mark DOT zieg AT lmco DOT com>
Subject: RE: how do I know which system to choose when running setup?
To: "'Ed'" <ed AT telestoconsulting DOT com>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
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(1) The point of having multiple mirrors is so that everyone won't hit the
same server, thus slowing it down.  If we all said "use THIS one, it's the
best"...then everyone would shift to it, and it would shortly be the worst.

(2) What's "fast for me" won't necessarily be "fast for you", because we're
probably on different networks, in different parts of the country, etc.


-----Original Message-----
From: Ed [mailto:ed AT telestoconsulting DOT com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 7:04 AM
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: how do I know which system to choose when running setup?


Howdy all!

When running Cygwin setup I am asked to pick a server name where my
downloads will come from.

How do I know which is a good one to pick? I have avoided the ones
with obviously foriegn (i.e. outside the USA, where I am), but is
there any reason to pick one over another?

Also, if I am downloading files for later install, it seems to not
work if I start with one machine and then later download some stuff
from a different machine. The machine name is used in the directory
path of the files that I download. So if I get some from one machine
and some more from another, setup seems to get confused.

Any comments appreciated.

Thanks!

Ed


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