Re: Mirrors

Oh, never mind, if those are just the boot disks.  Sorry for not paying
enough attention.

--Jon Radel

Jon Radel wrote:
> http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq3.html#ISO may apply to your efforts.
> 
> -Jon Radel
> 
> 
> Anthony L. Bryan wrote:
>> 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 ]
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