[CTS] Re: RH Linux

  • From: "Charles R. Buchanan" <crbgfblab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 14:09:48 -0700

ah...John, we're talking a five disc (images) download here! :)

And that's being VERY conservative because I think the last two discs won't
be the max. Still, if they were the max, that's 3.3gb and I have a decent
connect speed, but of course it depens on the site! :-(

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>[mailto:computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of John Durham
>Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 2:07 PM
>To: computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [CTS] Re: RH Linux
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>Isn't that a bit big for a CD (limit 650Mb)?


>Charles R. Buchanan wrote:
>>
>> Why is it that it will take over 18 hours to download RH Linux from
>> their
>> FTP site? Is it because if they made it *slow enough*, people will
>> fork out
>> the over $50 for the cd?  This is on DSL btw. total size I guess would
>> be
>> close to 2.5 gigs. Give or take a meg or two! :-O  Hmm?
>>
>> Charles
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