[98379] in RedHat Linux List
Re: A mission impossible????
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Stearns)
Sun Nov 8 19:23:48 1998
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1998 19:25:07 -0500 (EST)
From: William Stearns <wstearns@pobox.com>
To: Nitin Bhatia <nitin@clubvdo.net>
cc: RedHat <redhat-list@redhat.com>
In-Reply-To: <000001be0b69$e2438520$244028cc@nbhatia.enoreo.on.ca>
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On Sun, 8 Nov 1998, Nitin Bhatia wrote:
> I am downloading redhat 5.2 to my hard drive via 33.6 modem, I am not
> downloading the /misc dir though....... I am planning on doing 60 Mb a day
> until I am done.. Good plan eh?
That'll certainly work.
If you're doing this to save money, you might want to consider
getting a $2 CD (yes, _two_ dollars) from www.cheapbytes.com. You don't
get the bundled commercial apps or the printed install guide, but for some
it's appropriate. Get a few friends that want one and you can split the
shipping.
I personally get the CD right from RedHat software, not because I
need the install guide (I've read it cover to cover a couple of times) or
the commercial apps (which are nice, but not crucial), but because I
believe in what RedHat software is doing and I want to support that
effort. Besides: how much does the disk space to store the downloaded
files cost?
Please, folks, this doesn't need to become a flame war... <grin>.
We all have our opinions over the _best_ way to get RedHat 5.2... And I
think all of us on this list agree that the best way is quickly! I
simply wanted to point out a few alternatives for those whose modems or
drive space are bandwidth or capacity -challenged!
Cheers,
- Bill
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