ftp4.uk.freebsd.org

[Dominic Marks]

Hey,

 First:

oxygen# nslookup ftp4.uk.freebsd.org
Server:  imsdns02.ims.bt.net
Address:  213.120.62.98

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:    swallow.sunsite.org.uk
Address:  193.195.63.2
Aliases:  ftp4.uk.freebsd.org, src.doc.ic.ac.uk, swallow.doc.ic.ac.uk

 Then:

oxygen# ftp ftp4.uk.freebsd.org
Connected to swallow.sunsite.org.uk.
220 swallow.doc.ic.ac.uk FTP server ready.
Name (ftp4.uk.freebsd.org:dom): ftp
331 Anonymous login ok, send your complete email address as your
password.
Password:
230-
230-                       SunSITE Northern Europe
230-                       =======================
230-
230-Welcome to sunsite.org.uk FTP service. Please report any problems
230-with the ftp service by email to:    wizards at sunsite.org.uk
230-
230-DISCLAIMER: Neither Imperial College nor Sun Microsystems are liable
230-for any use, storage or transmission of any files stored on this
230-archive.  Please note that *ALL* transfers are logged and any misuse
230-will be acted upon.
230-
230-Sun SITE IP address is 193.195.63.2, hostname sunsite.org.uk
230-
230-+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
230-| Sun SITE maybe down for some extended periods during October      |
230-| to allow maintenance work to be carried out.                      |
230-+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
230-
230-The local time is Sat Feb  2 13:20:29 2002, you are user 273 (max
1200)
230 Anonymous access granted, restrictions apply.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
ftp> cd /pub/FreeBSD
550 /pub/FreeBSD: No such file or directory
ftp> 

So it appears that sunsite.org.uk have stopped carrying FreeBSD. The
reason I'm mailing here and not to the mirrors mailing list is on the
off chance that this isn't intentional by SunSite and that the
Administrator or someone who knows them could alert them.

-- 
Dominic