Re: CD's to pass out PLUS: cd burning problems
I can get blank CDRs in bulk (no jewel cases) for about $0.85/disc, so 100 blanks is about $85. With my hardware (2x), 100 copies of RH would take about 63 hours. A 4x burner would do that in about 31.5 hours, and an 8x burner would do it in about 16 hours. My friend bought a bunch of cds for $0.60 each, I'll ask him where he got them this afternoon and report back On a related note to burning cds, has anyone else had problems burning the redhat 6.2 iso image? It fails during the fixating part and because of that can't be used on any other cdrom but my cd burning (i've even tried it on other cd burners to no avail) I wanted to send a copy to a friend and burned it again and still had the same problem so I don't think my friend will be able to use it on his cdrom. Any idea what's wrong? My humble guess is maybe the size of the image combined with some cheap cds I have may be the cause. =Adam= ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug **
RE: CD's to pass out PLUS: cd burning problems
different sites, and I noticed that some of the images were different than others (on had a disk label of " Image by Ralph"). I finally broke down and just grabbed all of the directories and files and burned them to CD. Kenny -Original Message- From: Adam Wendt To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 4/12/00 11:18 AM Subject: Re: CD's to pass out PLUS: cd burning problems I can get blank CDRs in bulk (no jewel cases) for about $0.85/disc, so 100 blanks is about $85. With my hardware (2x), 100 copies of RH would take about 63 hours. A 4x burner would do that in about 31.5 hours, and an 8x burner would do it in about 16 hours. My friend bought a bunch of cds for $0.60 each, I'll ask him where he got them this afternoon and report back On a related note to burning cds, has anyone else had problems burning the redhat 6.2 iso image? It fails during the fixating part and because of that can't be used on any other cdrom but my cd burning (i've even tried it on other cd burners to no avail) I wanted to send a copy to a friend and burned it again and still had the same problem so I don't think my friend will be able to use it on his cdrom. Any idea what's wrong? My humble guess is maybe the size of the image combined with some cheap cds I have may be the cause. =Adam= ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug ** ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug **
Re: CD's to pass out PLUS: cd burning problems
In a message dated: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 14:59:57 EDT mike ledoux said: Sounds like you have a bad image. I'm using one pulled down from RH's site Yeah, now there's something I would trust :) on the release date, and have had no problems. Wait. Let me just ponder this though for a minute. The words "RedHat" and "no problems" used in the same sentence, I never thought I would see that :) -- Seeya, Paul "I always explain our company via interpretive dance. I meet lots of interesting people that way." Niall Kavanagh, 10 April, 2000 If you're not having fun, you're not doing it right! ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug **
Re: CD's to pass out PLUS: cd burning problems
On Thu, 13 Apr 2000, Paul Lussier wrote: Wait. Let me just ponder this though for a minute. The words "RedHat" and "no problems" used in the same sentence, I never thought I would see that :) Now, now, Paul. Just because you have more trouble with Red Hat then the rest of the LUG combined, doesn't mean you have to pick on them. ;-) -- Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] Net Technologies, Inc. http://www.ntisys.com Voice: (800)905-3049 x18 Fax: (978)499-7839 ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug **
Re: CD's to pass out
In a message dated: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 10:33:33 EDT Jerry Kubeck said: This is all a good thing as long as we don't lose sight of the fact that one of our members and her company has spent $200 for Red Hat CD's plus an additional amount of money for packets with the LBS show logo for registrants to keep the info gathered as her part of sponsoring the Show. I hate to diminish her contributions I don't see this as diminishing Lori's contribution in any way. My understanding was, based on what the registration web site mentioned, was that the first 100 or so registrants recieved a free copy of the authentic RH 6.2 distribution. We're proposing selling un-official distributions of choice at a slight profit to make some money for GNHLUG. This money can then be used towards a meeting, or, if not a substantial amount is earned, we all go out for Dinner that night :) Lori's contribution is used as an incentive to register. Once people are there though, and they see what Linux can do, why not make available to them the distribution of their choice at a very reasonable amount. This will give them an incentive to then try Linux out, since it will be made at a price affordable to all, and, we can ask them to register at the table in case they didn't at the website. I can only see this as a positive thing. We will have CD's from Red Hat, Caldera, SuSE, Mandrake, and maybe Turbo Linux. How many? Who knows till we see the packages arrive. Certainly not enough to hand out another 100. Then we should definitely look into having a table with a few machines burning more CDs, IMO. How much does it cost for 100 blank CD's? How long to make 100 CD's? Which distro do you make? Well, my suggestion was to pre-burn a good number of the 4 or 5 major distributions (probably more of the RHs than the others). Then burn on demand at the show to backfill as they're bought. 100 CDs, you can probably get that on-line for less than $100. -- Seeya, Paul "I always explain our company via interpretive dance. I meet lots of interesting people that way." Niall Kavanagh, 10 April, 2000 If you're not having fun, you're not doing it right! ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug **
Re: CD's to pass out
A, well I never saw anything about charging for the disks. This is an excellent idea In a message dated: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 10:33:33 EDT Jerry Kubeck said: This is all a good thing as long as we don't lose sight of the fact that one of our members and her company has spent $200 for Red Hat CD's plus an additional amount of money for packets with the LBS show logo for registrants to keep the info gathered as her part of sponsoring the Show. I hate to diminish her contributions I don't see this as diminishing Lori's contribution in any way. My understanding was, based on what the registration web site mentioned, was that the first 100 or so registrants recieved a free copy of the authentic RH 6.2 distribution. We're proposing selling un-official distributions of choice at a slight profit to make some money for GNHLUG. This money can then be used towards a meeting, or, if not a substantial amount is earned, we all go out for Dinner that night :) Lori's contribution is used as an incentive to register. Once people are there though, and they see what Linux can do, why not make available to them the distribution of their choice at a very reasonable amount. This will give them an incentive to then try Linux out, since it will be made at a price affordable to all, and, we can ask them to register at the table in case they didn't at the website. I can only see this as a positive thing. We will have CD's from Red Hat, Caldera, SuSE, Mandrake, and maybe Turbo Linux. How many? Who knows till we see the packages arrive. Certainly not enough to hand out another 100. Then we should definitely look into having a table with a few machines burning more CDs, IMO. How much does it cost for 100 blank CD's? How long to make 100 CD's? Which distro do you make? Well, my suggestion was to pre-burn a good number of the 4 or 5 major distributions (probably more of the RHs than the others). Then burn on demand at the show to backfill as they're bought. 100 CDs, you can probably get that on-line for less than $100. -- Seeya, Paul "I always explain our company via interpretive dance. I meet lots of interesting people that way." Niall Kavanagh, 10 April, 2000 If you're not having fun, you're not doing it right! - Jerry Kubeck Customer Support Appropriate Solutions, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.AppropriateSolutions.com ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug **
Re: CD's to pass out
In a message dated: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 10:52:43 EDT Jerry Kubeck said: A, well I never saw anything about charging for the disks. This is an excellent idea Well, of course it would be some small fee. Enough to cover the cost of the blanks, and a little profit. I'd say $2 is a great price, or even $1.50. -- Seeya, Paul "I always explain our company via interpretive dance. I meet lots of interesting people that way." Niall Kavanagh, 10 April, 2000 If you're not having fun, you're not doing it right! ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug **
Re: CD's to pass out
Quoting Jerry Kubeck [EMAIL PROTECTED]: We will have CD's from Red Hat, Caldera, SuSE, Mandrake, and maybe Turbo Linux. How many? Who knows till we see the packages arrive. Certainly not enough to hand out another 100. How much does it cost for 100 blank CD's? How long to make 100 CD's? Which distro do you make? As a small note, LinuxMall sells bundles or 100 assorted distrobution CD's for 100$.. http://www.linuxmall.com/shop/01839? cat=ROOT:SOFTWARE:OPERSYS:LXDISTRIBCsort=2vid=Start= --- Thomas Charron Wanted: One decent sig Preferably litle used and stored in garage. ? ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug **
Re: CD's to pass out
Quoting Jerry Kubeck [EMAIL PROTECTED]: This is also good and well, but who is paying for them? I already have over $1,000 tied up in t-shirts and mugs. And then I am wondering how many do we buy since we have no idea how many people will actually attend the show. My original estimate was 275-350, but with the amount of press releases, and signage I expect to do up until the show, we could have triple that. We are now talking about another $200 or more. That's the hard part.. ;-P Out of curiousity, are there going to be any retailers there that might be able to combine the ideas that where presented onlist? Seems to me presenting them with the idea of them buying 200 disks for 200$, and selling them off at $5.00 a pop would be a good buisness proposition for them, and take care of distribution, taking it off of your hands.. --- Thomas Charron Wanted: One decent sig Preferably litle used and stored in garage. ? ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug **
