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Why is Mandriva so hard to download!!! X-(

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by naughtymonkey

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I have been trying to download Mandriva to try out. Half of the mirrors keep failing or will not connect to begin with.

I have downloaded FreeBSD and PCLinuxOS today, so I don't believe it is my network or computer. Not a good sign for a very recommended distro.

Maybe I am just not meant to try it out.



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by swdswan

Agreed. The "Caramilk secret" with downloading Mandriva is to be selective in your download location. Since you are in South Carolina, downloading from the ftp site at Georgia Tech would almost certainly the fastest download.
ftp://ftp.glib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/mandrake/official/2008.1/i586
If the link is not quite right, hunt around. There will be an ISO directory with the iso donloads.
The issue with downloading Mandriva is that the Distro relies on a number of public sites. There are a small number of Mandriva corporate site and they are almost always very busy. Some of the public download sites are also busy places ... no surprise there either. To get reasonable download performance you need to find a site with good performance, and hopefully clean internet routing between you and the download site.
Bear with the pain. I did and it has been worth the effort. I tested Mandriva head to head with a number of distros and really like the results.

David Swan
Chief Technical Officer
DBiTS Inc

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