On Tue, 17 Jul 2001, Tim Howe wrote:
> I have just acquired a nice new PlexWriter 12/10/32 drive and I would be
> happy to burn some Linux and BSD CDs.
Neato! I was thinking ahead to next Spring, though, so hold that
thought for, like, nine months.
> I have also found that a 100 pack of TDK 700meg CD-Rs can be had at
> CostCo for $30. I have always just used a Sharpie marker to label
> them.
Yeah, but the audience we're addressing would respond well to the
Fair logo, and if we can get permission, and it wouldn't cost too much
more to go that way...
> I haven't used the burner under FreeBSD yet, but it works great under
> OS/2 (using CDRecord and mkisofs) and also works natively under BeOS.
> I haven't explored the burning software under FreeBSD yet, but I
> imagine I'll give it a go soon... In any event, I already have a
> FreeBSD 4.3 iso that I burn for people sometimes and could mass
> produce them. I will probably do the same with NetBSD 1.5.1 as soon
> as the ISOs are ready. If somebody could point me to some Debian and
> Slackware ISOs, I could make sure I have those on hand too, or I can
> make ISO images from a CD if somebody has that (if it's legal to do
> that).
Either BSD or the GPL will allow this, but we need to watch for
some distros using proprietary setup programs and such, SuSE might be a
problem, and certainly Caldera, maybe some others. Not Slackware or
Debian, though.
[SNIP]
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Ed Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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