On Wed, May 29, 2002 at 11:53:16PM -0500, Richard Rauch wrote:
> Re. http://mail-index.netbsd.org/current-users/2002/05/29/0015.html
> 
> ...hm.  When I was using a dialup account, I never had problems getting
> NetBSD .tar.gz files.  It took a while, but my ISP wouldn't kick me off.
> 
> Maybe ISP's run a different game, now.  Or maybe the small-time, local
> ISP's in Kansas City were just cool.  (^&  (Now, I've got DSL via an RBOC.
> DSL is nice.  I can't say that I'd recommend using a big ISP though, and
> may try to switch off of mine after my year is up.)
> 
> If you can't download big files due to a screwey ISP, you might consider
> getting someone to send you a CD.  Bob Nestor, I think, was quite happy to
> burn sources onto CD's (see Bob's Budget CD's).  Probably Wasabi would,
> too.  Or ask a friend with a CD-burner and a fast feed.
> 
> Like Steve Miller said, ``There's a solution...''

One solutuion would be to create a .tgz file of the CVS directory structure.
It should't be too hard to do.

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