On 2/22/08, Raffael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello clug,
> I received a 100gig HD with a firewire interface. Does Forfar listen to
> that?

The Archive is on the machine known as Caledonian which runs Linux.
It's not exactly a speed-hog at the best of times achieving approx 3
Mb/Sec at most when doing a transfer via SMB / Samba.

> Otherwise mini USB (to USB) might work, but I don't have a
> suitable cable.
The USB card in the archive machine is a USB-1.1 one and is not
suitable for large - 100s of megs - files.

Would the community be able to give approval to spend approx $40 for
the retail purchase of a suitable USB card from DSE Ltd.?

> I also have:
> OpenDisc 7.10 (www.theopendisc.com)
We would be very interested in this one.

> Project Gutenberg Best 600 Books (August 2003 Collection)
> Project Gutenberg Science Fiction Bookshelf (March 2007)
> Fedora 8 (Live CD, x86)
???? Volume?

> and if someone is interested:
> Oracle Enterprise Linux 5 (DVD) + Oracle Unbreakable Linux Support (DVD)
Yes that would make a useful addition.


> Raffael wrote:
> > Hey there,
> > I was wondering how much gigs all the Linux distros in the archive take
> > up. Just round about...
80 Gbyte disc. Almost full. i.e. > 90%

> > On the 26th/27th there are the clubs days at the university of
> > canterbury and we are starting a Free Culture Club.
> >
> > It would be great if we could offer a "freedom toaster", so that people
> > could get some linux burned. Does someone have a stash of Ubuntu cds or
> > other propaganda?
> >
> > If you would like more information on the free culture club, please
> > contact us: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Raffael
> >
> > Ps: our first meeting will be on Tuesday, March 4th, ~4:44pm
> > At the University of Canterbury/Computer Science Building (Erskine).
> >
>
>
>
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Sincerely etc.
Christopher Sawtell

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