[wplug] Installfest preperation - Observation from the front line

[Zach Paine]

On Monday 27 August 2001 14:09, you wrote:
>
> I once brought a really fast SGI server loaded with distributins
> to an installfest in the hopes that people could do net installs.
> Nobody would use it. Everyone just connected to their favorite
> site on the net and started sucking. It was inefficient and made
> things slow for everyone.

I have no recollection of this, but it sounds like a great idea :)

> Having CDs is definite must. But net installs can be much more
> convenient. The 100Mbit net that you guys use is fast enough to
> have many systems all hitting the server at the same time and
> still be just as fast as a CD install. Plus, it saves you from
> having to watch the system and swap CDs.

I agree.  Is there a chance you can bring it again?

> But then I seem to think differently than most of wplug.

We all think differently than most of wplug :)

Zach

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