you'd think redhat would supply update cds at a reasonable cost... saves them bandwidth and could even turn a small profit
----- Original Message ----- From: "Rodolfo J. Paiz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 9:53 AM Subject: Re: updates not over the web > At 1/31/2002 09:48 AM -0800, you wrote: > >what if i was in brazil with a dialup or something? > >downloading 1 or 2 hundred megs is a bit of a strain on my only phone line > >what do people do in this case? > > Yeah, rub it in why dontcha. > > (Just kidding.) > > Answer is, you're screwed unless you can find a friend who has dedicated > Internet in his office or something. And in general you're still screwed > since he's probably got 128Kbps for 20 people, and you have to leave a box > downloading at nights. > > Laws of physics: there are X bits to send and you can move Y bits/sec, it's > going to take X/Y seconds to move them all. The only route is to find > someone who has them already or who can help you get them. > > When I was running an RH mirror, I only allowed 3 simultaneous users and > each was limited to 50 Kbps at most; however, I made easily sets of CD's > per month (including a CD with latest updates RPM's). So less than 15GB in > traffic out, more than 50GB in ISO's out. > > > -- > Rodolfo J. Paiz > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
