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

["Clint A. Brubakken" <cabrubak@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

But I want to upgrade all my packages, and be able to install from a cd. 

I'll probabl just d/l the cd images, from my friends ISDN, and have him
burn the cd's , it save me 800 megs of disk space (8 zip disks)



On Wed, 24 Feb 1999, Jonathan Hall wrote:

> 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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