Question about slackware 8.1 rootdisk

[Alex Snow]

I have been able to get ahold of the ISO's, but it's so damn hard to
download them because the servers are so slow and or full.
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Alex Snow
Email: alex_snow at gmx.net
BBS: telnet://bbs1.dyndns.org
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The Computer Repair Guy:
If It Ain't Broke, I'll mess With It Till It Is!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Holmes" <steve at holmesgrown.com>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2002 4:19 PM
Subject: Re: Question about slackware 8.1 rootdisk


> I haven't looked at the root disks yet but I'm kinda disappointed that
> the other ISO images aren't available for download anymore.  And
> furthermore, I've been to two different slackware sites and the
> transmission speeds are horrible! I have a broadband connection here
> and the one install ISO image is downloading at dial-up speeds! that
> sucks.
>
> I'm seriously thinking about maybe looking into Debian.  I'll have to
> learn another distro and the layout of config files and all that
> but...
>
> Is it true the only way to get the other CD's is to buy them now?
>
> On Sat, Jul 20, 2002 at 02:47:24PM -0400, Alex Snow wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I just downloaded the slackware 8.1 rootdisk and found that the file is
over
> > 1.44 megs.  How can I write this to a disk?
> > -------------------------------
> > Alex Snow
> > Email: alex_snow at gmx.net
> > BBS: telnet://bbs1.dyndns.org
> > web: http://web.alex-snow.dhs.org
> > The Computer Repair Guy:
> > If It Ain't Broke, I'll mess With It Till It Is!
> >
> >
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