Slightly OT: FC9 i386 cd's

[David Hunter]

I'd happly do them if anyone is interested. CD install iso's or the source
iso's. I'd have to work out postage though. No dowloading the isos from my
computer though :).

Any takers?
 More than just the money, its providing something back to the Fedora
community in my own little way.
2008/5/16 Bill Davidsen <davidsen at tmr.com>:

> max bianco wrote:
>
>> On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 3:57 PM, Michael Schwendt <mschwendt at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 13 May 2008 15:49:17 -0400, max bianco wrote:
>>>
>>>  > 2008/5/12 David Hunter <davehoz at gmail.com>:
>>>  > > Ops my bad - Australia - i don't have a DVD burner, but have a cd
>>> burner.
>>>  > > Are CD-R's ok? I'm in Sydney. did you want the Source isos or the
>>> actual
>>>  > > install iso CD's ?
>>>  > >
>>>  > >
>>>  > Actually I would prefer my own account on your PC so I can connect
>>>  > directly to you and make sure you aren't modifying the iso before it
>>>  > gets burnt to disk. Its not that I don't trust you, its just well, i
>>>  > don't trust you. Out of curiosity, exactly how much will a set of
>>>  > iso's cost me? and does that include shipping?
>>>
>>>  You can verify correctly burnt CDs/DVDs with the SHA1 checksums found
>>>  in the official Fedora release SHA1SUM file. Just read out the images
>>>  with your favourite tool (readcd or dd for example).
>>>
>>>  Yes I could do that but seeing if I can get an account on his computer
>> would be more fun, not that I think it likely at this point but you
>> never know , there is some irony i think in selling fedora cd's on the
>> fedora list but maybe I am the only one that can see the humor in
>> this: ) especially when I just read another thread with instructions
>> on downloading and installing without the need for an actual cd or dvd
>> disc.
>>
>>  Probably more people providing DVD than CD these days, the CDs are useful
> in older computers. I just order a few more little USB adapters for 2.5 in
> drives to do laptop installs on machine which are too small to install
> otherwise.
>
> The CDs are a bunch of work, are almost as expensive as DVD blanks, and you
> wind up burning five instead of one. If I were selling I think about $12/set
> would come close to the actual cost plus minimum wage on the labor. But
> CheapBytes.Com doesn't have the CDs listed, so there will be a market. They
> get $6/DVD.
>
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