Re: Sneaker-net FTP?

["Barry J. Dmytro" <bjdmytro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hell, it'd be a great fundraiser...I'd pay the quater...lol
Eric Lathrop [23/02/02 15:05 -0500]:
> 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
> > --
> > Steven Isaacson <spisaacs@xxxxxxx> http://www.csl.mtu.edu/~spisaacs/
> > AIM:spi516 "Need to be proud of what you are..." - Echo Image
> > 
> 
> 
> Thanks,
>   --Eric Lathrop
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