Re: [aclug-L] Distribution for free install?

[Jonathan Hall <jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

That's why you copy your Debian 2.0 CD to your HD... then use rsync.  That
only updates the files that have actually been updated.  (Which may well
be the majority of them, though).

Or... just don't mess with a CD at all... When you do a full FTP
installation (as opposed to d/ling the entire mirror), in my experience,
only about 70-90 megs is downloaded--which can easily be done overnight on
a 28.8 modem  (I installed Debian about 20 times that way before I went to
a 33.6 modem. :-)


On Wed, 24 Feb 1999, Clint A. Brubakken wrote:

> I don't have the patience of the time to d/l 800 megs over a 28.8 modem
> 
> 
> On Wed, 24 Feb 1999, Jonathan Hall wrote:
> 
> > Or we could save even more money on shipping, and just d/l Debian 2.1.
> > :-)
> > 
> > That's what I'll be doing--but then I keep a Debian mirror on my LAN, so
> > it updates nightly.  :-)
> > 
> > 
> > On Wed, 24 Feb 1999, Clint A. Brubakken wrote:
> > 
> > > How would people feel about doing a mass order for 2.1 cd's, so we can
> > > split the shipping cost. Or Maybe I could get some burned, and have then
> > > at the meeting after next?
> > > 
> > > Clint
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On 23 Feb 1999, John Goerzen wrote:
> > > 
> > > > "House, Greg" <greg.house@xxxxxxxx> writes:
> > > > 
> > > > > Perhaps I missed it somewhere along the line, but what distribution
> > > > > are you (I'd say "we", but I can't help out this time...) installing
> > > > > at the free install on Saturday?  Debian?  That seems to be what most
> > > > > on the list are running.
> > > > 
> > > > The person ordering the CDs has been asked to purchase half Debian,
> > > > half RedHat.  So you get a choice :-)
> > > > 
> > > > > If so, it's kind of a bummer, since 2.1 (slink) will be released just
> > > > > three days after the free install.  Do we have a pre-slink (John?)
> > > > > for this or are we going with 2.0.2?
> > > > 
> > > > Unfortunately, two things that we can always count on for Debian
> > > > releases: 1) a new X comes out four days before, and 2) ACLUG holds an 
> > > > install less than a week before :-)
> > > > 
> > > > The timing is rather unfortunate, but actually the CD vendors will
> > > > take a week or two before they have CDs ready for public consumption,
> > > > and then some more time while they satisfy the backlog of orders
> > > > placed already.
> > > > 
> > > > Fortunately, Debian upgrades are very nice (easier than RedHat), and
> > > > we can go over that at a meeting sometime or on the lists.
> > > > 
> > > > 
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