Re: Sneaker-net FTP?

[Eric Lathrop <eslathro@xxxxxxx>]

We should set up distro vending machine. $0.25 a copy. We could set up a
box with a burner and stack of blanks in fisher. And we could have a
trained monkey accepting the quarter.

> * Adam Shirey (aeshirey@xxxxxxx) wrote:
> > Okay, guys, on the topic of the FTP:
> > 
> > I'm uploading CD3 of SuSE 7.3 Personal, and since I live off-campus,
> > this is taking forever. Not that I really mind, but it gets to be
> > rough on my connection, and with connections failing, resumes, and bad
> > MD5sums, I figured I'd ask:
> > 
> > Do we have (or can we start) a binder of distributions? Bring it to
> > the meetings, let people borrow & copy CDs instead of trying to
> > upload/download a few gig, etc. I've got a few distros that I'm not
> > going to use, so it's either pitch them or see if anyone wants to take
> > 'em off my hands. Might as well see if they can go into an archive
> > that people can have quicker access to. 
> > 
> > Sneaker-net FTP. 
> 
> We do have something like this. I don't think we have an actually binder
> but we do have a library of quite a few distros. We should look into
> getting a binder and putting it somewhere with easy access. If we could
> just get some kind of database/list up that would also be very useful.
> 
> We will have to bring them to the next meeting for those who aren't on
> resnet.
> 
> -steve
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> 


Thanks,
  --Eric Lathrop
    www.Wretchedbliss.net