RE: Support for SIIG PCI IDE - Ultra DMA 66 / HPT366 chipset

Thanks for your patience. Yes, you are correct! It's a hassle to download
and burn CDs. It just seemed logical to me that Red Hat would offer CD only
upgrades for existing customers rather than buying another retail version.
The net-net ... it's still cheaper than buying a Microsoft upgrade.

Thanks again.

John

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Ian Douglas
Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 6:40 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: Support for SIIG PCI IDE - Ultra DMA 66 / HPT366 chipset


> Does Red Hat have a similar
> upgrade option for purchase rather than download?

Not for purchase no, but once you're on their RedHat Network, you get the
downloadable versions for free.

> I assume the answer is to buy the full retail version. Is that correct?

If you want to save yourself a few days worth of downloading on a 56k modem,
yes.

Despite access to a 5Mbit feed, a T1, and two DSL lines, I still purchase
retail
copies, simply so I don't have to fuss with burning my own CD's and wonder
if my
sometimes-flaky CD burner is going to act up and botch an installation
somewhere
late on the third CD (yes this actually happened to me, which prompted my
recurring purchases since then).

I personally find it acceptable, considering that new retail copies are far
enough apart that spending $40 on new CD's isn't really that much of a
hassle.
But your mileage may vary.

-id



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