Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 20:25:43 +0930 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Joao Carlos Mendes Luis <jonny@coppe.ufrj.br> Cc: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith), chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CDROM image Message-ID: <199709181055.UAA00321@word.smith.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 18 Sep 1997 00:46:17 -0300." <199709180346.AAA11329@gaia.coppe.ufrj.br>
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> #define quoting(Mike Smith) > // The only people I see actually finding this useful are those that are : > // > // - sophisticated enough to have a CD burner and some hope of driving it > // - too short on resources to cut their own release > // - too stupid to wait a little while and *buy* the damn disk when it > // is released by WC > > Don't forget those with the burner, too sloppy to learn how to make > release (is it really easy now ?) and living in a country with > stupid import taxes and (snail) mailing system. (ME !!!) You didn't claim to have poor 'net connectivity. Why not download the files and burn your own release? 8) (Yes, building a release is a piece of the proverbial yellow stuff, providing you have the requisite space and time.) > Just for the sake of my curiosity, would it work to make a symlink to > /dev/rcd0c and leave the CD in drive ? You'd end up with a symlink to /dev/rcd0c and a disk in the drive. If that qualifies as "working", then yes, it'd work. > // I think we could save these three guys some effort by buying them a > // beer and stealing their hardware. > > Change beer for some cola, and we may deal. :) Sure; I don't drink the stuff much (beer), so it's mostly good for bribing people with. mike
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