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Subject: Re: Tablebases

Author: Daniel Mehrmannn

Date: 05:34:48 09/20/05

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On September 20, 2005 at 08:13:55, Helmut Conrady wrote:

>On September 20, 2005 at 03:18:29, Richard Borneman wrote:
>
>>does anyone know where i can find 5 or 6 men tablebases for free download i have
>>tried chess library but it wont let you download it . can anyone give me a
>>direct url for free download ?
>
>The only one is know is this one:
>
>ftp://ftp.cis.uab.edu/pub/hyatt/
>
>Unfortunately the server is down since several weeks.
>
>Helmut

Not full correct. The server has problems with the /etc/passwd and home dirs:

daniel@banane:~$ ftp ftp.cis.uab.edu
Connected to juniper.cis.uab.edu.
220-Welcome to the UAB CIS ftp server
220-
220-IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT - Sep 7th, 2005
220-
220-Unfortunately, despite trying to debug the problem
220-from every available angle, the disk array which
220-houses the ftp files continues to fail.  We have
220-made every effort to diagnose and fix the
220-problem.  Among the steps taken, we have tried
220-three different SCSI cables, three different
220-servers with three different OSes, three separate
220-SCSI controller cards, and have swapped out the
220-SCSI controller inside the disk array.  We've also
220-direct-attached the SCSI disk array to the ftp server
220-to remove NFS from the setup.  Unfortunately,
220-each of these provided only temporary relief at best.
220-
220-The only option remaining is to move the files to a
220-different storage.  However, the current storage is a
220-1.5 terabyte disk array, which does not come cheap.
220-It is beyond our means at this time.  We continue to search for a
220-solution.  However, in the meantime, the files will not
220-be available.  We recognize that many have been
220-inconvenienced by the instability of the system, and we
220-are not happy with the level of service we can provide
220-with the current hardware.  We want you to know that we
220-are attempting to find a solution, and will post updates
220-as they become available.
220
Name (ftp.cis.uab.edu:admin): anonymous
331 Please specify the password.
Password:
500 OOPS: cannot change directory:/tera/pub
ftp: Login failed.
ftp>



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