Mirrors

Hi,

I've made Metalinks for a few OpenBSD ISOs:

http://www.metalinker.org/samples/openbsd4_i386.metalink
http://www.metalinker.org/samples/openbsd4_amd64.metalink

These contain the mirrors and checksums for automatic verification like so
(priority of mirrors can be listed too):

		<verification>
		  <hash type="md5">d57bf5b21f9d47052657faddc9bb9e86</hash>
		</verification>
		<resources>
			<url location="at"
type="http">http://spargel.kd85.com/ftp/pub/OpenBSD/4.0/i386/cd40.iso</url>
			<url location="ar"
type="http">http://openbsd.md5.com.ar/pub/OpenBSD/4.0/i386/cd40.iso</url>
			<url location="au"
type="http">http://ftp.it.net.au/OpenBSD/4.0/i386/cd40.iso</url>
			<url location="au"
type="http">http://mirror.pacific.net.au/OpenBSD/4.0/i386/cd40.iso</url>
			<url location="be"
type="http">http://ftp.scarlet.be/pub/OpenBSD/4.0/i386/cd40.iso</url>
			<url location="be"
type="http">http://ftp.belnet.be/packages/OpenBSD/4.0/i386/cd40.iso</url>
			<url location="ca"
type="http">http://gulus.USherbrooke.ca/pub/distro/OpenBSD/4.0/i386/cd40.iso
</url>

Here's another description:
'Metalink makes complex download pages obsolete by replacing long lists of
download mirrors and BitTorrent trackers with a single .metalink file. As
you might have already guessed, a .metalink file is a file that tells a
download manager all the different ways it can download a file. The file
itself takes the form of an open XML standard that can list an unlimited
number of HTTP and FTP sources as well as BitTorrent trackers and ed2k and
magnet links.'
(http://www.downloadsquad.com/2006/08/28/metalinks-integrated-bittorrent-htt
p-and-ftp-downloads/)

Right now, Metalinks are used by OpenOffice.org, and Linux/BSD
distributions. FreeBSD is thinking of using it
(http://wikitest.freebsd.org/Metalink). Metalinks are supported by a number
of download managers on Unix, Mac, and Win. aria2
(http://aria2.sourceforge.net/) is a command line download utility that
works well. Metalink command line tools (http://prog.infosnel.nl/metalinks/)
can be used to generate metalinks.

thanks,

(( Anthony Bryan
 )) Metalink [ http://www.metalinker.org ]