tlug: Re: Roasting TLUG CD-ROMS

[joem <joem@example.com>]

> Since Joe Marchak volunteered to demonstrate Xcd-Roast at the
> next meeting, I was wondering how much it would cost to create
> and distribute TLUG CD-ROMS?
> Initial ideas would be to copy Red Hat 5.0, JRPM, PJE, Debian 1.3.1,
> Debian JP, Debian Hamm, and Debian-JP Hamm.   

This is a good idea.  To create a disk we only need about 1.5Gb of hard
disk space for the source and image, and a blank CDR.  I've been getting
the CDR's bulk for about 185 yen each.  If we buy 100 we can get them for
about 170 yen a piece.  We could make up 10 or 20 disks of the latest
software and TLUG homepage&archives before each meeting and distribute
them as "disks of the month". 

XCDRoast is fast.  With a 4x writer it takes 17 minutes for a full
write.  

-Joe.
  




Joe Marchak
joem@example.com

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