[H-GEN] LSL purchases

[Martin Pool]

(Note reply-to: being general at humbug.org.au vs Martin Pool <martinp at mincom.com>)

Chris Baird wrote:
> 
> (Note reply-to: being general at humbug.org.au vs Chris Baird <cbaird at turing.une.edu.au>)
> 
> > I'm going to be buying some CD's very shortly off LSL Australia
> > (www.lsl.com.au) and while I'm at it, would anyone else like to be
> > included in my order?
> 
> It might be an idea to quietly hint that the discs get a read check
> before they're sent up to you.  I recently ordered a Debian2.1 set and
> the binary#1 disc was almost completely dead... ("Quality control?
> What's that?")

The very same thing happened to me this weekend, except it was on
binary#2 so I'd already blown away the existing OS before I discovered
it.  I was _not_ happy.  I think in future I'm going to check all the
md5sums before I begin, and make a quiet hint that LSL do the same.

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Martin Pool

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