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Forgotten root password



Derek Martin said on 4/10/2004 2:22 AM:

> On Sat, Apr 10, 2004 at 12:19:58AM -0400, Drew Taylor wrote:
> 
>>I'm downloading the Fedora ISO images right now. Thank goodness for 
>>Comcast's upgrade. The first disc maxed out at 345KB/sec, and the other 
>>two are simultaneous at 140KB/sec. :-) Thanks for the advice. Sometimes 
>>you just need a kick in the pants to get things done.
> 
> 
> I keep meaning to grab these, myself.  SK's broadband connections have
> really fantastic bandwidth in both directions...  I often see transfer
> rates of around 500KB/s.  

Who is SK? Is that at work or home? I'd love that much bandwidth!

> I downloaded the bit torrent client a few
> weeks ago, expressly for that purpose, but I haven't gotten around to
> setting it up and getting the files...  Sigh.
> 
> Are you using the torrent, or have you found fast mirror sites?

I was using the mirror sites. Disc 1 came from rpmfind.net. Discs 2-3 
came from hiwaay.net. After Disc 1 I couldn't get a single connection to 
max out the cable modem, so I just downloaded them concurrently and 
pegged it that way. :-)

Drew
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