Hello to everyone

[Amanda Lee]

Okay sir! so assuming tht you already have a working linux box huh! I
never saw anything like this supported by Microslop.

Amanda Lee


On Fri, 24 Aug 2001, Kerry Hoath wrote:

> What's this? "Resume in the old dos days!"
> Of course we have zmodem; but then again we have things that are better.
> Many sites that let you download cd images also support rsync and if you run that
> in partial mode you can resume where you left off.
> Getright and gozilla and other download managers also support resume for ftp and http
> 1.1 downloads so even if you are using the evil OS
> all is not lost.
> Here in Australia a set of say Debian cds costs me $11. That's a 3 cd
> set so we're looking at aprox $4 per cd. I talk
> in Australian currency. This is so damn cheap
> you just lash out and buy a set rather than spending 105 hours
> downloading 3 cds worth.
> Many of our isps impose a bandwidth cap; Telstra cable for
> example (which I don't have) sets a 3gig cap
> on transferrs per month.
> Also; some drives can have trouble with burnt cds from some manifacturers, and
> pressed cds seem to read faster in most drives anyway.
> They are also more resistant to heat light etc.
> Cd burning is cool and I do plenty of it;
> but when Linux cds are so cheap I do my bit to not conjest tje met amd biu sp,e/
>
> Some projects like freebsd etc also get revenue from cd sales.
> Regards, Kerry.
> On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 06:09:06PM -0400, Amanda Lee wrote:
> > Yeah I know, I was working out the math to get the cat sitter to startup a
> > new download between her visits ha!
> > Wow!  I had figured on about 2 and a half days per CD so hey now! 35 hours
> > per image! ain't all bad!  The only down side to this is if you loose the
> > modem connection and have to start all overagain.  I sure did like the
> > resume feature in zmodem back in the dos days.
> >
> > I'm happy to say that a kind person has been gracious enough to burn some
> > CDs.  Once I have these, in the future, will be glad to pass on the favor
> > to others but don't everybody line-up just yet!
> >
> > Amanda
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, Tommy Moore wrote:
> >
> > > Actually I've downloaded plenty of cd images over my modem. Its not pretty
> > > but if you let it go you can get one in about 35 hours or so.
> > > If you don't watn ot take that way downloading while you sleep is antoehr
> > > good option or download while your at work or a bit of both.
> > > Some people say I'm crazy for doing this but oh well.
> > >
> > >
> > >
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