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Re: NeXT move ? Make A CD Image?

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From: Paul Seelig
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 21:41
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Nicholas Floersch <bfloer@sover.net> writes:

> I can provide some temporary ftp space for these ISO files. However, my
> cable-modem provider has throttled my upload speed down to 15kb/s which
> means uploading a 600mb image will take forever.
>
Just gzip the images and it will shrink more than 50%.

> Also, all of this talk of ISO images does not provide a solution for
> getting the bootdisks to our friends in need. Will "dd" work fine? Or does
> it take magic to dupe a NS bootdisk?
>
dd works perfectly.
                                    Cheers, P. *8^)
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From: Paul Seelig <pseelig@uni-mainz.de>
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Subject: Re: NeXT move ? Make A CD Image?
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