SF mirrors

[Janina Sajka]

Hi, Tony:

I haven't downloaded from sf in the past few days, but I've downloaded
many many files over the years with lynx. I have not had problems. I
wonder if there's some temporary glitch with the mirrors?

Usually, the sequence is something like:

1.)	Identify the file to download and activate the link;

2.)	Select the mirror to use. Note that there are two links per
mirror, one about the mirror and the other a pointer to the actual
download at that mirror. You must choose the second of these two..

3.)	You'll be sent to a redirect which usually stops lynx.
Activating the link, or just pressing 'd' for download in lynx, usually
brings the file down.

hth.

Tony Baechler writes:
> Hi all.  I am wondering if there is a problem on my end, if this is a 
> browser issue, or if something is weird with sf.net and its mirrors.  I 
> tried downloading two separate files from completely different projects.  I 
> was taken to prdownloads.sourceforge.net.  I selected the easynews mirror, 
> but I tried others and they didn't work either.  I was told that the 
> download should start, but if not to click on the link given.  If I 
> followed that link, I get a 302 redirect back to 
> prdownloads.sourceforge.net.  I tried this with wget, Lynx and Internet 
> Explorer.  Always I am redirected back to the mirror selection page.  Is 
> anyone else experiencing this?
> 
> I am asking on this list in case it is a visual thing that I am 
> missing.  In other words, do I need to follow an invisible link not made 
> obvious to the blind?  Has anyone found a way around this?  Thanks for any 
> help you can offer.  This has been going on for the past few days on two 
> different computers and I have been unable to get the files directly from 
> the SF mirrors.  I found one on a gentoo mirror and another from a private 
> site.
> Tony Baechler
> Maintainer, goldenaudio.net (TM) online archives
> http://goldenaudio.net/
> 
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