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From: gdr@hotmail.com (Phil Grainger)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: freebsd in australia
Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 12:07:51 GMT
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On Fri, 16 May 1997 11:43:28 +1000, Tony Griffiths
<tonyg@OntheNet.com.au> wrote:
i actually won't to buy the cd though
it will save me having to work out how to get all symbloic links in
the packages working properly
i would also like to avoid having to import the cd from the usa ?
how long would it take to get it delivered ?

>Phil Grainger wrote:
>> 
>> hi
>> does anyone know how i get freebsd cdrom's in australia ?
>> seems like walnutcreek's agent is hiding :)
>> thanks in adavance
>
>Don't know about Aussie agents but Walnut Creek are pretty good.  A
>subscription costs USD24.95 + USD9.00 delivery via courier.
> 
>Of course you can always download from one of the (4+) Australia mirror
>sites.  I got 100 KB/sec out of one of them the other day! [Not telling
>which one...  Don't want everyone else flooding their server!  ;-))]
>
>Try one of-
>
>	ftp://ftp.au.freebsd.org/
>	ftp://ftp1.au.freebsd.org/
>	ftp://ftp2.au.freebsd.org/
>	ftp://ftp3.au.freebsd.org/
>
>Tony