Re: Debian CDROMS

1999-03-30 Thread Pierfrancesco Caci
:-> "Steve" == Steve McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Pierfrancesco Caci writes: >> >> Seriously speaking, maybe it would be useful to provide a single-cd >> downsized distribution to be included in those multi-cd sets like >> infomagic or walnut-creek. Then, once you ha

Re: Debian CDROMS

1999-03-29 Thread Steve McIntyre
Pierfrancesco Caci writes: > >Anyone thinking that a distribution is too large should be condemned >at having all his computers erased and Windows 98 installed, but >without any connection with the internet or any contact with local >pirates groups. :-) > >Seriously speaking, maybe it would be usef

Re: Debian CDROMS

1999-03-29 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, 29 Mar 1999, Sean wrote: : And a 20GB hard drive is selling for what? . . . about $350 . . . : : Seems that distribution size shouldn't be much of an issue. Uh, most ftp sites use real hard drives (UW SCSI drives). If you can find me a 7200 rpm UW SCSI drive for $350 using legal mean

Re: Debian CDROMS

1999-03-29 Thread Sean
And a 20GB hard drive is selling for what? . . . about $350 . . . Seems that distribution size shouldn't be much of an issue. Sean > :-> "George" == George Bonser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I have noticed that a lot of FTP sites are dropping Debian and the > archive > > CD sets a

Re: Debian CDROMS

1999-03-29 Thread Pierfrancesco Caci
:-> "George" == George Bonser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have noticed that a lot of FTP sites are dropping Debian and the archive > CD sets are no longer including it. Is it because Debian is getting too > large? 4 CDROMS for just the 386 binaries and source would make it seem