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unilx

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From: Fredericton,Canada

Registered: 2009-10-01

Posts: 183

Mirrorlist-Comment or Uncomment(SOLVED)

I just used reflector to generate a up to date mirrorlist and was wondering if I'm supposssed to leave
the two mirrors that are at the top of my original mirrorlist uncommented or if i can comment them out?

When they are commented pacman runs a lot fast also i see the word kernel in these mirrors and not in the
other,so I'm not sure what to do with them.Thx

# Any
#Server = ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64

Should i use Pacman Mirrorlist Generator instead of reflector?

Last edited by unilx (2011-01-26 15:07:28)

Inxsible

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From: Chicago

Registered: 2008-06-09

Posts: 9,183

Re: Mirrorlist-Comment or Uncomment(SOLVED)

keep them commented if it makes pacman run faster. All pacman needs is atleast 1 mirror. Most times you should choose a geographically nearby mirror, so that the download speeds are fast.

and kernel.org is just a website offering a mirror to arch repos. It has nothing to do with the Arch kernel only. In other words, all other mirrors will also have Arch kernel available (if that's what you were worried about)

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unilx

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From: Fredericton,Canada

Registered: 2009-10-01

Posts: 183

Re: Mirrorlist-Comment or Uncomment(SOLVED)

Thx for the quick replay