[NTLUG:Discuss] Locally available Linux CD-Rs

[Alton R. Pouncey, II]

I've used linuxiso.org before but it was annoyingly slow for me.  I have
started using ibiblio.org and get transfer rates between 53 and 63Kbps
from there.

Alton R. Pouncey, II
SCSA, SCNA, CCNA, CIW Professional
Director of Information Services
http://www.trainers-r-us.com

On Sun, 2002-10-13 at 12:44, Joe Torma wrote:
> Semi off topic, but have been connected to RH site for 2 days trying to get
> the ISO's for 8.0 & can't get a rate over 8.19 Kbps in spite of the fact
> that I have DSL.  Where is a fast DL site for the ISO's please.  Mirrors
> seemed even slower last night...
> 
> Thanks,
> Joe
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: discuss-admin at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-admin at ntlug.org]On Behalf
> Of Kelledin
> Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2002 5:24 PM
> To: discuss at ntlug.org
> Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Locally available Linux CD-Rs
> 
> 
> On Saturday 12 October 2002 04:56 pm, Chris Cox wrote:
> > I can supply a copy of SuSE 8.0 (and 8.1 when it arrives).
> >
> > We've kind of fallen down in this area of late.  I think it
> > would be wise for every member of the LIP to have a
> > "collection" of CD's so that we don't get caught not having a
> > distribution. I'm not saying we have to have EVERY
> > distribution, but it would certainly be nice to have a few on
> > hand so folks could choose (for those that don't bring a
> > distribution with them).
> >
> > Indeed.. this is something to think about (those with
> > high speed replicating capabilities may want to contribute
> > in this area).
> 
> So far I've burned full binary sets of Debian 3.0r0, Redhat 8.0,
> Mandrake 9.0, and Slackware 8.1.  I don't really bother with
> source CDs, since these aren't generally used in the distro
> setup (except with gentoo/sorcerer, of course, but that's a
> whole different kettle of fish).  I can provide other
> distros/versions/CDs upon request, as long as no one wants me to
> do something illegal ;).
> 
> Although I can burn at 12x, I generally burn distro CDs at 4x for
> compatibility with older CD-ROM drives (one of which is in my
> soon-to-be NIS/Kerberos/DNS slave).
> 
> --
> Kelledin
> "If a server crashes in a server farm and no one pings it, does
> it still cost four figures to fix?"
> 
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