Re: Upgrade Question

[Ahbaid Gaffoor <ahbaidg guyana net gy>]

The limiting factor is the mail order stuff, where credit cards are needed,

in Guyana (think Jim Jones), credit cards are hard to come by,

also, to get a cashier's check can also be a lengthy and difficult process at
times,

so I have chsoen to get the download as kindly suggested in a URL by Steve
Borho,

I will have to ask what to do with it when I get it, I have access to a CD
writer...

As for the marketing opportunity, Guyana has been sold on Winblows technology,
there are a few of us showing the benefits of Linux, but due to the lack of
UNIX skills and the proliferation of Windows persons... well... Windows sells,
Linux doesn't

I use it for clients mainly as backend machines to do stuff like mail,
intranet etc.

Anyway, enough rambling,

what exactly do I do after downloading the ISO files?

This should be done in two days time if I get good bandwidth...

regards, thanks, and I look forward to your responses...

Ahbaid.

I'll download the

Charles Galpin wrote:

> Hi Ahbaid
>
> Really curious as to what the limiting factors are to buying the redhat
> CDs outside of the US. I'm assuming the main obstacle is that mail order
> type places want a US credit card. Is that it? Can't you make arangements
> to wire them money?
>
> Seems like a business opportunity for someone to specialize in
> distributing Linux to people outside of the US, by perhaps charging a
> little more for handling the different currencies etc..
>
> Anyway, like Steve said, if you have a CD burner, or another machine to
> mount the ISO on, that's the best way to go, providing you have the
> bandwidth :).
>
> charles
>
> On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, Ahbaid Gaffoor wrote:
>
> > What's the easiest way to upgrade from RH5.1 to RH6.0? Aside from buying
> > the 6.0 cd's, since I'm in Guyana, and that's not as easy as it
> > sounds...
> >
> > Specifically, what should I download and upgrade?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Ahbaid.
>
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