Christopher Sawtell wrote: > Sorry, forgot to mention that the room is open on Saturday afternoon, > but I will not be there. > I guess I will try it tomorrow then and see how many dvd's I can burn :-)
Should I leave images of the stuff below somewhere? Cheers, Raffael > 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 >> > >
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