[svlug] Red Hat 7.1 Released

[J C Lawrence]

On Mon, 16 Apr 2001 20:35:16 -0700 
Aaron Lehmann <aaronl at vitelus.com> wrote:

> I would strongly advise against that. ISO images are unflexible;
> you need to download gigabytes of software even though you are not
> likely to install all of it. That's a waste of time and bandwidth.

> If you have a connection that can handle an ISO image, it can
> surely perform a network install.

While I agree, CD's have one big thing going for them:  You can
carry them to machines with poor/no IP connectivity.  

My preferences:

  -- 'dd' off a previously installed disk.

  -- LinuxCare Business Card CD v1.2 (gets a Debian base on a disk
     so you can network install from there).  

  -- A small NAS box (eg SNAP! or older MaxAttach) containing a
     reasonably current mirror (or a spare/trash PC with the same --
     a good use for that old P60 and a scrap 5Gig disk).

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