Gentoo Question

[Matthew Carpenter]

Collins wrote:

>On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 22:26:39 -0400
>Matthew Carpenter <matt at eisgr.com> wrote:
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>>I am having quite a difficult time with file-not-found type errors when 
>>doing emerges.
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>If you are running from a LiveCD, you could run mirrorselect to pick some nearer mirrors. Occasionally mirrors get out of sync.
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Thanks Collins, that's a good idea.  The problem I have is that 
mirrorselect is one of those packages that is failing :)
How can I select a mirror without it and what is a good mirror to use?