From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Sep 10 07:28:42 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA03633 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 10 Sep 1998 07:28:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from buzz.dope.com (buzz.dope.com [199.45.111.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA03611 for ; Thu, 10 Sep 1998 07:28:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tim@buzz.dope.com) Received: from RA_tross (fwtc1.atitech.ca [209.50.91.70]) by buzz.dope.com (8.9.1/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA25141; Thu, 10 Sep 1998 10:29:03 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <008601bddcca$6032fa20$78110981@RA_tross.atitech.ca> From: "tim" To: "Steve Friedrich" , , Subject: Re: Making A FreeBSD CD-ROM Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 10:50:07 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG IMHO as assistance is offered for net based installs, as well as installs from a DOS based partition I don't think it's that far out of order to ask for assistance in building a FreeBSD CD from the files available on the NET. If you don't wan't to offer to help then don't. Perhaps this would best be adressed by an addition to the FAQ? Tim -----Original Message----- From: Steve Friedrich To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG ; SPROLESD@sw.noacsc.ohio.gov Date: Thursday, September 10, 1998 10:20 AM Subject: Re: Making A FreeBSD CD-ROM >On Thu, 10 Sep 1998 07:52:39 -0400 (EDT), SPROLESD@sw.noacsc.ohio.gov >wrote: > >>Rather than spend 40$ or so on a FreeBSD from a company, I decided to >>burn my own. > >I don't understand why so many people, including yourself, think that >any of us should help you to burn a CD. In you're attempt to save $40, >you are shifting the "cost" to us. I say that if you are left on your >own, to figure out how to make the CD, you'll eventually figure out >that your time spent trying to make a CD isn't worth the $40 you've >tried to save !! I understand that you don't want to spend $40 every >time a new release comes out, but you can also install over the net, or >join a user's group and share the cost of the CD if net access is too >expensive. > >I, personally, think it's unfair to ask any of us to spend our leisure >time helping you save $40. What does anyone else think ?? > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message