Thanks for you offer of testing. I'll pass the news on to the team, and hopefully we will be able to take you up on it.
Our intent with posting the iso images is not so much that each individual would have to burn their own...although of course that is possible...but that folks we are participating in events around the globe can produce the kit in quantity locally and distribute them at events. It doesn't make sense for us to produce kits here in California for use in Bangalore, or Beijing, or Brazil.... We should have a copy of the training materials available soon for your perusal too. T W. Wayne Liauh wrote On 07/15/06 11:26,: >Thank you for your thoughtfulness. Actually, even with broadband connections, >making CD/DVD iso images available is 'bout the only way to get a >Linux/Windows user interested in trying out Solaris. > >I have seen quite a few people made the transition from Windows to Linux, but >I don't recall seeing any Windows user who began the Win-to-Linux transition >by downloading the Linux isos. Typically, s/he would get a set of Linux iso >images from one of his/her friends, or from a commercial Linux book, without >having to first go the tedious downloading/burning process. > >I want to give you an example of what an arduous process a Solaris wannabe has >to go through before s/he is able to even see the installation boot screen. > >It took me a couple of hours to download the 6 zipped Solaris10U2 dvd iso >images, do the md5sum, unzip them, and then another md5sum. Since I was >afraid to remove the zipped isos before the final checksum, I ran out of the >allocated hard disk space during the unzipping process. I was so exhausted at >the end that it took me two weeks to squeeze enough adrenalin to cat all the >five iso images into a DVD iso and burn it. No one was pre-warned that you >should have available about 15 GB of free HD space b/f you began downloading >the DVD isos. > >I think the OpenSolaris starter kit is a critical first step in spreading the >Solaris gospel. Plse let me know if you need someone to test it before final >production. >-- >This message posted from opensolaris.org >_______________________________________________ >edu-discuss mailing list >edu-discuss at opensolaris.org > >
