From: The Inimitable Raz (raz@socs.uts.edu.au)
Date: 10/31/92


From: raz@socs.uts.edu.au (The Inimitable Raz)
Subject: Re: Linux on a CD-ROM, joined effort w/386bsd?
Date: 31 Oct 1992 08:43:31 GMT

eoahmad@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg (Othman Ahmad) writes:

>H. Peter Anvin N9ITP (hpa@casbah.acns.nwu.edu) wrote:
>: In article <BwuDzv.B04@ra.nrl.navy.mil> of comp.os.linux,
>: eric@tantalus.nrl.navy.mil (Eric Youngdale) writes:
>: >
>: > Walnut Creek CDROM has expressed an interest in doing just that. I do
>: > not know where they are with it right now, however.
>: >
>:
>: I think the consensus was to wait for 1.0 before the CD-ROM is made. It
>: would contain Linux, 386BSD and X11R5 in source and binary form.
>:
>that would be nice if they all can fit into 500 Megabyte. Since the X11 and
>Gnu can only fit onto one CDROM, but these include Sparc binaries as well.

>I'm afraid we have to decide which one.
>I would prefer that the X11 and GNU sources and binaries be included, rather
>than having linux and 386bsd, together and miss some other utilities.

Pardon my stupidity - but just how large are these ditributions?
Surely they could ALL be fitted into 500M with room to spare?