Slackware ISOs no longer downloadable?

[Leo J Mauler]

On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 09:11:59 -0600 "Brian Densmore"
<DensmoreB at ctbsonline.com> writes:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Leo J Mauler
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 4:12 AM
> > To: kclug at kclug.org
> > Subject: Slackware ISOs no longer downloadable?

> > So I go to download the latest Slackware.  I can install most of 
> the
> > Slackware 9.1 stuff from CD, then install XFree86 v3.3.6 (for 
> > my laptop's
> > video hardware) from my Slackware 7.1 CD set.
> > 
> > www.slackware.org, click on Get Slack.  Pick an archive.
> > 
> > Hmmm, this archive has no ISOs.  Pick another one...and 
> > another one...and
> > another one...and another one...Huh?
> > 
> > Not a single Slackware archive has a Slackware ISO left on 
> > it!   Just a
> > note: "sorry, we don't store Slackware ISOs anymore" on ALL OF 
> > THEM.
>
> Yep, I have 9.0 iso, but you can get the 9.1 isos here:
> http://www.abnormalpenguin.com/slackware-mirrors.php

Sorry, your link just leads me back to all the same archives on the
www.slackware.org site which no longer have access to Slackware 9.1 (or
9.0, or 8.x) ISOs.

The *mirrors* are the problem, and ftp.slackware.org just got its
bandwidth allowance cut or something because even the home site no longer
carries ISOs.  www.LinuxISO.org probably uses a mirror too, because all
its Slackware ISO links come up "file not found" error.

Seriously,  if you find an archive (not just a website linking to mirrors
which have decided to stop carrying ISOs thanks to Patrick Volkerding's
pathological fascination with BitTorrent) which still has the ISO on it,
I want to know.

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