[ale] Upgrading to RH6.0 w/o the cost

[Zhongbin Yu " <zyu at tc.net>]

wonder if we can put up a list on ALE for people to share/exchange/give
away CDs for Linux installation. I noticed this type of setup in some UK
LUG sites. 

Reasons:
1. not many people have CD burner. don't want the trouble of burning or
buying
2. it's easier to get the CD then some help from the previous owner.
3. many of us only need the cd for installation. After that, it merely
serves as a keepsake.

I have a 5.1 RH,  Debian 1.3 CD, and a RH6.0 CD to share.

Jerry Yu
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On Wed, 2 Jun 1999, Stephan Uphoff wrote:

#
#If you have a second computer and a network you can just ftp the redhat 6.0
#directories to it, create the boot floppies and do a network
#install. (Using the second computer as NFS,FTP or HTTP server)
#
#	Stephan
#
#> If don't need or want the RH book etc., you can purchase
#> the CDs or make them yourself or get someone to make
#> them for you.  They don't come with a boot disk,
#> but you can use RAWRITE.EXE under DOS or dd under
#> Linux/Unix to create a boot disk.  The CD is also
#> bootable if you have a BIOS that can do that.
#> 
#> My RH 6.0 CD cost me the price of a blank CD.
#> 
#> ~Randy
#> 
#> 
#> > -----Original Message-----
#> > From: Jeffery B Layton [mailto:g593851 at yogi.mar.lmco.com]
#> > Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 1999 7:52 AM
#> > To: ale at ale.org
#> > Subject: [ale] Upgrading to RH6.0 w/o the cost
#> > 
#> > 
#> 
#> Hello,
#> 
#>   I'm immediately showing my ignorance, but that won't stop me
#> from asking my question. I'm currently running RH5.2 and want
#> to upgrade to RH6.0, but I don't want to spend $70 for it (or
#> the even cheaper $40)! I've seen several adds for cheap RH6.0
#> GPL CDs (around $5). My question is, do I just use these CD's
#> as I would the normal CD's with the expensive RH? If so, do
#> they come with a Boot Disk, and if not, is it easy to make one
#> for RH6.0?
#> 
#> TIA,
#> 
#> Jeff Layton
#> 
#> g593851 at fs1.mar.lmco.com
#> -or-
#> laytonjb at mindspring.com
#> 
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