Canadian Ubuntu Server

Scott slewin at bmts.com
Mon Feb 11 15:54:01 UTC 2008


Denver Gingerich wrote:
> It depends what you mean when you say the "Canadian Ubuntu repository
> server".  There are actually several Canadian Ubuntu mirrors [1],
> although until recently there was only one, the mirror at the Computer
> Science Club (CSC) of the University of Waterloo, which is still the
> one you get when you go to http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/.
Oh, okay, I did not know that.  Then I meant the ca.archive.ubuntu.com 
at University of Waterloo.

> The CSC mirror is down from what I can tell.  I suggest you configure
> Synaptic to use a different mirror by going to Settings ->
> Repositories and selecting "Other..." in the "Download from:" dropdown
> list.  I've never had a problem with ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca; you might
> wish to use that one.
I simply dropped the ca from ca.archive.ubuntu.com and that seemed to 
work, but I will change it to the ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca instead as I 
prefer servers in Canada.

> I know the administrators of the CSC mirror so I will notify them
> about the issue shortly.
Thank you.

-- 
Your friend,
Scott

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