Re: [LUG] Organising Meets

[Sadie Brinham <barmy_fungy_fips@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday 28 September 2004 21:02, Neil Williams wrote:
> On Tuesday 28 September 2004 8:41 pm, Sadie Brinham wrote:
> > So,if I burned 4 ISOs-disc 1,disc2,disc3,disc4 as you described,when a
> > person booted from the resulting DVD,would the installation run as
> > normal?
>
> The DVD editions are not just sequentially written, you may find you'll
> have collisions and duplicate files, the installer won't know where to find
> the next image.

Thanks for explaining.I suppose,there'd be an argument against going for 
single CD Rom installations,too?-Arch Linux,for example?

> If you're looking for a DVD copy of a distro, ask here. 
> Lots of us get DVD editions of Linux magazines by subscription. I've
> probably got every major distro going back 3 years, all on DVD.

Thanks.I've got a few on the way from Cheep Linux,as well.

> If you want an install fest, the options are:
> 1. A v.good network connection
> 2. A stack of cover disc DVD's AND some fast computers with lots of space
> AND a good network connection.
>
> A network install can serve multiple installers at the same time. You just
> need enough disk space to hold 4 or 5 complete distributions.

Ah..O.K.I wasn't sure of the meet protocol.So,you don't hand out 
distros.God,I'm just a mine of useless ideas today,aren't I?:)

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