I don't know if Jeff will catch this post so I will field it for now. You may want to send a note to Jeff thought to clarify.
Currently calgary.linux.ca is hosted at his home on a server connected to his home DSL. Bandwidth will most likely be a huge issue. I doubt that he will consent to such a request. With hardware being so cheap (especially hard drives) storage should not be an issue. I have been trying to maintain the Distribution Library on the CLUG site so that folks know who to approach for the various copies of Linux from the various members such as myself who have access to a CD-ROM burner and are more than happy to burn copies as long as they are provided blanks. Until we have more resources at our disposal this is probably the way it will remain but I could be wrong. There are lots of industrious folks who have some astounding resources. Jarrod Major ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 11:11 AM Subject: Re: (clug-talk) 9 dot o > How feesable is it to set up an FTP on the CLUG site so that once ONE of us > DL's something, the rest can grab a copy from them? IE: If I get RH8 on > Monday, I can immediately UL it to ftp.clug.com (or whatever), and then if > other members wanted a copy, they could DL as appropriate. As a sort of > CLUG-only mirror, sort of. > > What are the limitations to such a proposal. I'm sure Disk Space, but that > isn't insurmountable. We don't really want to mirror old versions, so lets > just say that as a policy, we'll mirror the 2 most recient versions of > versions of whatever (Gentoo, RH, Debian, Mandrake, Suse, Smoothwall, and > maybe two or 3 more.) What's our Bandwidth limitation and.or Bandwidth > useage look like? Can we do this? > > Even if we held 2 copies of 10 Distros, each averaging 3 Gigs, we'd end up > with 60 Gigs of Disk Space. Which isn't much. That's what a 5-10 dollar > donation from each of the active members on this mailing list? We'd clearly > all benefit. > > Is this an idea worth pursuing? > > Kev. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jesse Kline" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 9:12 AM > Subject: Re: (clug-talk) 9 dot o > > > > Thanks for the offer, but I was able to download it from 3 mirrors last > night. > > Now I am looking forward to getting home from work and burning those babys > on CD. > > > > Jesse > > > > Quoting Trevor Lauder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > I'm downloading Mandrake 9.0 as I type this email actually. If you want > I > > > can setup a ftp account for you on my server when I get it downloaded > > > (Should be done in 5 hours or so). If not, I can always burn you a > > > copy... let me know. The mirror I always use for most of my linux > distro > > > downloads is ftp://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch I usually get 300+ K/s from > > > them but since Mandrake came out I'm only getting 50 K/s > > > > > > Later, > > > > > > Trevor > > > > > > > Thanks everyone, I feel pretty confident about installing 9.0 now. The > > > > only thing left is to get it. Does anyone know of any working mirrors? > > > > > > > > Jesse > > > > > > > > On Thu, 2002-09-26 at 11:06, S�bastien Taylor wrote: > > > >> I'm pretty sure mandrake let's you flag a partition so that it > > > >> doesn't format it..at least it should have it, every other os has > it. > > > >> I would just stick the cd in, and boot it up, tell it to format the > > > >> old partitions but leave /home as is. > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> Jesse Kline a �crit: > > > >> > Ya, I already have a seperate /home partition. So If I were to just > > > >> wipe out my > > > >> > other partitions, and create new ones with the MDK installer, and > > > >> do a full > > > >> > install, will it leave my /home partition alone? I just don't want > > > >> to see that formatting all partitions window :-). > > > >> > > > > >> > Jesse > > > >> > > > > >> > Quoting S�bastien Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> >>That could work, except for the fact that, and I quote "No, I do > > > >> have a separate /home partition." ;-) Problem solved! > > > >> >> > > > >> >> > > > >> >>Dan Graham a �crit: > > > >> >> > > > >> >>>Hi Jesse, > > > >> >>> > > > >> >>>1. Delete all but your /home dir. > > > >> >>>2. Resize what is left with Mandrake's partition resizing tool > > > >> (hacked parted) > > > >> >>>3. Name this /home > > > >> >>>4. Create the rest of your partitions as per. > > > >> >>>5. Do a full install as required. > > > >> >>> > > > >> >>>I just did this with RC3 9.0 for my buddy Howard who had a ton of > > > >> stuff on one big / partiton. > > > >> >>>No problem. > > > >> >>> > > > >> >>>Cya, Dan > > > >> >>> > > > >> >>> > > > >> >>> > > > >> >>>-----Original Message----- > > > >> >>>From: S�bastien Taylor > > > >> >>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >> >>>Sent: 9/25/02 7:04 PM > > > >> >>>Subject: Re: (clug-talk) 9 dot o > > > >> >>> > > > >> >>>Oh, good, that's easy, you just tell it what partition you want to > > > >> use as home, and then turn off the format option. Not sure > > > >> _exactly_ how to do that, I don't use Mandrake, but pretty much > > > >> every installer let's you do that. The option might also be > > > >> called "Mount previously formated partition" something like that is > > > >> what you want...it should be pretty obvious. > > > >> >>> > > > >> >>>Make sure you still back up what you can't afford to loose!! > > > >> >>> > > > >> >>> > > > >> >>>Le Mercredi, 25 sept 2002, � 18:20 Canada/Mountain, Jesse Kline a > > > >> �crit : > > > >> >>> > > > >> >>> > No, I do have a separate /home partition. What I want to do is > > > >> reinstall > > > >> >>> > the system (on the root partition) without touching my /home > > > >> partition (which does exist). I'm sure that I read somewhere > > > >> that you can do > > > >> >>>this > > > >> >>> > with Mandrake, I'm just wondering how? > > > >> >>> > > > > >> >>> > Jesse > > > >> >>> > > > > >> >>> > On Wed, 2002-09-25 at 18:18, S�bastien Taylor wrote: > > > >> >>> >> You mean you didn't put your /home on it's own partition?? > > > >> Shame on you > > > >> >>> >> ;-) If you didn't you should back it up and do it this time, > > > >> or else you can just delete everything else then install on the > > > >> sorta-clean drive. Or, finally, you could just try to > > > >> upgrade... > > > >> >>> >> > > > >> >>> >> > > > >> >>> >> Le Mercredi, 25 sept 2002, � 18:00 Canada/Mountain, Jesse > Kline > > > >> a �crit > > > >> >>> >> : > > > >> >>> >> > > > >> >>> >>> I really want to have the latest and greatest, but I'm trying > > > >> to figure > > > >> >>> >>> out the best way to go about this. I know that upgrades are > > > >> not always > > > >> >>> >>> the best solution, but I have large video files on my /home > > > >> >>>partition > > > >> >>> >>> that aren't economical to backup on CD. Is there a way to get > > > >> Mandrake > > > >> >>> >>> to install over the / partition without touching my /home > > > >> partition? > > > >> >>> > > > >> >>> >>> Or > > > >> >>> >>> is there a way to do a Debian-style upgrade using urpmi? > > > >> >>> >>> > > > >> >>> >>> Thanks, > > > >> >>> >>> > > > >> >>> >>> Jesse > > > >> >>> >>> > > > >> >>> >>> On Wed, 2002-09-25 at 16:32, Dan Graham wrote: > > > >> >>> >>>> > > > >> >>> >>>> Hi all, > > > >> >>> >>>> > > > >> >>> >>>> The new Mandrake 9.0 "Dolphin" has been released. > > > >> >>> >>>> > > > >> >>> >>>> cya > > > >> >>> >>> > > > >> >>> >>> <signature.asc> > > > >> >>> > > > > >> >>> > <signature.asc> > > > >> >>> > > > >> >> > > > >> >> > > > >> >> > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
