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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!uunet!darwin.sura.net!jvnc.net!nuscc!ntuix!eoahmad From: eoahmad@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg (Othman Ahmad) Subject: Re: 4.4BSD-alpha CDROM Message-ID: <1992Jul9.140537.2208@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg> Organization: Nanyang Technological University - Singapore References: <2278@nic.cerf.net> Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1992 14:05:37 GMT Lines: 30 In article <2278@nic.cerf.net> richter@nic.cerf.net (Adam J. Richter) writes: : sell a 4.4-alpha CDROM and give CSRG 60% of the sales revenue from : this CDROM until November 1st. At $100 each, this CDROM will allow Excellent idea. : At the moment, I plan to make the CDROM simply contain : the compressed tar file of the distribution and a README file. Why compressed? Isn't 500Mbyte large enough? : If there is enough interest I could make an unpacked directory : tree that was compliant with ISO9660 level 2 for non-DOS : machines, but I'd still have to change some of the file names to : make them legal for ISO9660. Isn't it easier to just use BSD fs? ISO9960 is not widely available yet, is it? : : If you have any suggestions or comments about the plan that : I've outlined, send me email. : : -- : Adam J. Richter 409 Evelyn Avenue, Apt. 312 : richter@cerf.net Albany, CA 94706 : (510)528-3209 : Another member of the League for Programming Freedom (league@prep.ai.mit.edu). -- Othman bin Ahmad, School of EEE, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 2263. Internet Email: eoahmad@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg Bitnet Email: eoahmad@ntuvax.bitnet