Re: Downloading LNX-BBC problem

Paul Gray <[email protected]> Thu, 23 Feb 2006 16:48:43 -0600
Newsgroups gmane.linux.bbc.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
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On Thu, Feb 23, 2006 at 02:30:26PM -0800, Seth David Schoen wrote:
> Clive Woodfine writes:
>=20
> > I have been trying out version 1.618 and am impressed so I thought I
> > would download 2.1 but when I try the HTTP site I eventually end up
> > with a page starting:
> >=20
> > =01CD001=01   instead of opening the Firefox downloader.
> >=20
> > The bittorrent site says access denied to 111 (or something similar).
> > I have tried opening port 111 on my Smoothwall firewall to no effect.
> >=20
> > Please can someone tell me what I am doing wrong?
>=20
> I don't know what's up with the MIME types, but maybe you could download
> the HTTP link with right-click + Save Link As, or using wget instead
> of Firefox to download it.
>=20
> --=20

Recent builds can be obtained from the development repository:

http://fireant.cs-ceee.uni.edu/lnx-images

The two builds there are known to boot in the 2.1 style paradigm.=20

I don't have control over packages.lnx-bbc.org, so list-packages won't work
until more recent builds are posted (they'll point to somewhere local to
uni.edu).

Feedback appreciated.
- --=20
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