On Mon, Jun 26, 2006 at 11:47:17AM -0700, Tony Baechler wrote:
Hi list,
I know that often ftp.archive.org is down for a few days at a time, but it has been down now for almost all of June. Is this permanent? Is ftp access via ftp.archive.org ended? I prefer it over ftp.ibiblio.org for PG files because it is significantly faster. If ftp access is no longer available, can anyone recommend a fast mirror that is kept frequently up to date? I tried snowy.arsc.alaska.edu but it wasn't as current as I would like. I'm planning to download several thousand zip files so a fast mirror is appreciated. I'm sure http is faster but I would prefer ftp if possible. Besides http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/ isn't really much faster than metalab.unc.edu, AKA ftp.ibiblio.org. Is there a chance that ftp.archive.org has moved to a different host or ip address?
I'm surprised you can connect to ftp.archive.org. I can't. We stopped pushing the collection to them several weeks ago. They had a hardware failure, and were unresponsive. Today, there are three master collections where new eBooks are pushed: http://www.gutenberg.org on iBiblio....see this for direct access to the raw files: ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/docs/books/gutenberg http://gutenberg.readingroo.ms same as ftp://readingroo.ms/gutenberg http://snowy.arsc.alaska.edu/gutenberg same as ftp://snowy.arsc.alaska.edu/mirrors/gutenberg They all get new files immediately. The catalog at gutenberg.org is only updated daily, and of course mirrors have their own schedule. You can check "gutenberg.dcs" in the top-level mirror directory to see if they have updated in the past week (we update gutenberg.dcs Sunday mornings EST). I hope this helps. My guess is the readingroo.ms server will give you the best throughput (though it will have some brief downtime, then possibly be heavily loaded during the world ebook fair, http://www.worldebookfair.com). Are there any Debian whizzes on this list who might want to help look after the readingroo.ms server with me? -- Greg
I'm running ncftp for Windows so I don't think it's a caching or dns problem. I think I tried under Linux as well with similar results. It tries for about a minute and times out. I tried with and without passive mode but it doesn't matter since I can't connect. I am in California, US.
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