Re: how do I know which system to choose when running setup?

[Donald MacVicar <donald at dramgo dot co dot uk>]

Ed wrote:

> > > > > > "Z" == Zieg, Mark <mark.zieg@lmco.com> writes:
> > > > > >            
>    Z> (1) The point of having multiple mirrors is so that everyone
>    Z> won't hit the same server, thus slowing it down.  If we all
>    Z> said "use THIS one, it's the best"...then everyone would shift
>    Z> to it, and it would shortly be the worst.
>
>    Z> (2) What's "fast for me" won't necessarily be "fast for you",
>    Z> because we're probably on different networks, in different
>    Z> parts of the country, etc.
>
>
> Yes, I understand that.
>
> But that still doesn't help me decide which one to pick.
>
> For example, download accelerator (free windows app) will try and find
> multiple locations for a download, and then will test each connection
> to see which is fast and which is slow.
>
> Since cygwin setup doesn't seem to let me switch between sites
> (without setup losing all knowledge of what is already downloaded), I
> can't even check to see if one site is better than another.
>  
You can pick multiple sites at once by holding down <ctrl> as you make 
you selections. So if you pick a slow site but grab some stuff from it 
you can re-run setup - and just make sure you still choose it and the 
stuff in the directory will be used rather than re-download from another 
site. Most of the cygwin mirrors are pretty good - just check the 
download rate as it goes.

Use multiple sites also helps when updateing as some sites are slower 
than others at getting the latest releases. Setup will always pick the 
latest version from those available.

> How do I know that I didn't pick the slowest, farthest away site in NA
> for my cygwin downloads?
>
> Ed
>
>
>
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