Sorry, forgot to mention that the room is open on Saturday afternoon, but I will not be there.
On 2/22/08, Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2/22/08, Raffael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, > > at some point I would like to get a hold of the/some distros. So that we > > can give them away on Tuesday/Wednesday at Uni. Do you think we can work > > something out? I also have another external HD case, or I could try to > > get the HD out of the case... > > The machine has a modern DVD/CD reader-writer which is the preferred > way to move stuff. > The problem is that both CDs and DVDs are rather an unreliable data > transfer medium. > > It's the USB port which is slow. > > On Tuesday I will be taking my ThinkPad which has a USB-2 port and can > offer:- > BG-Rescue FreeBSD-6.3-i386 IPCop PCLinuxOS SystemRescueCD > Debian Gentoo Knoppix PCBSD Sabayon > geexbox-1.1-en.i386.iso > direct to a USB drive, or to another Laptop via the fast ( 1000MHz ) > LAN connection. > > It is my current intent to be at the room on Tuesday afternoon to > update and load a trio of Distros. > > > Christopher Sawtell wrote: > > > 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. > > > > > Oups. > > > > > Would the community be able to give approval to spend approx $40 for > > > the retail purchase of a suitable USB card from DSE Ltd.? > > > > > Well, maybe we could get a new/other machine with usb2.x for less than > $40? > Indeed, but the DSE USB-2 cards have 5 ports, and are plug-in and go. > > > >> 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? > > > > > good question... i6? > > > > >> and if someone is interested: > > >> Oracle Enterprise Linux 5 (DVD) + Oracle Unbreakable Linux Support > (DVD) > > > Yes that would make a useful addition. > > > > > Will bring that along when we found a way to transfer the bits. > > > > Cheers, > > Raffael > > > > > > > > > >> 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). > > -- > Sincerely etc. > Christopher Sawtell > -- Sincerely etc. Christopher Sawtell
