what is this attachment that i got with this email? winmail.dat??? On Wed, 8 May 2002 13:10:20 -0500 "Thomas R. McClanahan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I started the download for Disc1 and 2 Monday evening from RH, they are > still running and are only up to about 90m. I am told one of the guys at the > office has them. I will let you know. > > Thomas R. McClanahan > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > john beamon > Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 11:40 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Red Hat 7.3 > > Well, I got 7.3 downloaded. All three install discs and the docs disc. > It took from 10:35 a.m. Monday to 8:16 a.m. Tuesday, and from a university > mirror at that. By contrast, I've downloaded the first disc of 4.5 from > freebsd.org in 45 minutes. I'm almost convinced RH did not predistribute > this version to their mirrors. Most everywhere I checked did NOT have > these isos, rather "most everywhere that let me login". Linux in general > will have to rethink the distribution strategy soon, what with RH and SuSE > now averaging about 5 discs and this sort of unruly ftp mirroring going > on. > > A couple of you guys have grabbed these isos and put them up on local > servers and university pages. It'd be a great favor to publish links! > > -- > -j > > John Beamon > > On Tue, 7 May 2002, john beamon wrote: > > > Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 22:29:45 -0500 (CDT) > > From: john beamon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Red Hat 7.3 > > > > I want it right friggin now, too! I've been wanting it right friggin now > > for right about 12 hours now. Still wanting disks 1 and 2 .... of what is > > > now a 3-disk distro, PLUS docs. I remember when Linux was suitable for > > installation on a smallish system with slightly outdated hardware specs. > > Those were the good ol' days. > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
