[plug] debian install from floppy disks?

Bernard Blackham dagobah at mad.scientist.com
Sat Oct 7 23:08:40 WST 2000


On Sat, 7 Oct 2000, Matt Kemner wrote:
> That's right.  You are always advised to go to a mirror site that is
> closest to you (in terms of network, not geographically)

How do you know which is closer by network? Is it as simple as
traceroute'ing to each mirror and use the one with the least hops or ping 
time?

Bernard.

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