That's an excellent suggestion... www.cheapbytes.com has CDROMS of all the
popular Linux OSs burned onto CDRs and they sell them for like $2 each. No
Documents, no support, but just what you need to get going on Mandrake!
Steve Weltman
(from Beijing)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 5:11 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] downloading
> On Tue, 29 Aug 2000, Nijs, Vincent wrote:
>
> >I am a poor PhD student trying to download Mandrake 7.1. I am using
windows
> >2000 an IE5.5 and am having difficulties with the ftp server resetting
the
> >connection (5 minutes seems to be about the maximum I can hope for) and
> >downloading the link files (e.g. files like 'basename', 'chmod' etc. in
> >/Mandrake/mdkinst/usr/bin/).
> >
> >Any suggestions?
>
> With a connect like that I would first suggest trying to find a copy on a
> magazine, or order one at www.cheapbytes.com
> Even a poor student should be able to manage that...
> Paul
>
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