I am pretty sure the adhoc system thats already in place works. its kinda like bittorrent, one person downloads cd1, another downloads cd2 then you swap via cd's
besides a dual cpu machine is a bit wasted on cd burning, and 4G will not get you many iso's On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 17:08:14 +1300 Christopher Sawtell wrote: > On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 12:54, Robert Fisher wrote: > > We have just upgraded our server at home and our old one is surplus to > > requirements. > > > > I would like to give it to CLUG if someone can come up with a use for it > > (for CLUG - maybe similar to Craig's horse offering) > A possible CLUG community use is for it to be used as a CD-ROM production > machine. The member housing the machine could download isos from ftp archives > located within NZ, linux.jetstreamgames.co.nz for example. Other members > could obtain CDs as required on meeting evenings, or as needed by post. I'd > be happy to house it for that purpose. I'd expect to be paid for, or to be > given the necessary CDs. For D/Ls from within NZ I'd be happy for the traffic > to be gratis. I'm not in a position to give electricity 24/7 gratis, so > please don't expect another online server from my place. > > Would members find that to be useful? > > -- -- Nick Rout Barrister & Solicitor Christchurch <http://www.rout.co.nz> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
