Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-04-06 Thread Robert Himmelmann
Nick Rout wrote: On Wed, 06 Apr 2005 16:43:29 +1200 Robert Himmelmann wrote: Hello Robert , I can give you a lift ... have wifes permission to steal the car for the morning and part of the afternoon. If I picked you up at 8:40? Should get us to the garage by 9. Shane Is there someone

Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-04-06 Thread Robert Fisher
On Thu, 07 Apr 2005 20:40, Robert Himmelmann wrote: Sorry, here are too many Roberts. If you others can all change your names to Robert it will avoid the confusion. -- Robert Fisher (aka - Rob, Bob, Robbie, Robbo, Fish) FishNet Computer Services www.fisher.net.nz

Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-04-06 Thread Nick Rout
or Bruce: http://www.intriguing.com/mp/_scripts/bruces.asp That skit, and particularly the concluding song, still crack me up. On Thu, 07 Apr 2005 09:00:24 +1200 Robert Fisher wrote: On Thu, 07 Apr 2005 20:40, Robert Himmelmann wrote: Sorry, here are too many Roberts. If you others can

Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-04-06 Thread david merriman
Consider it done :) David Robert the Bruce Merriman On 7/04/2005 9:11:56 a.m., Nick Rout ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: or Bruce: http://www.intriguing.com/mp/_scripts/bruces.asp That skit, and particularly the concluding song, still crack me up. On Thu, 07 Apr 2005 09:00:24 +1200 Robert

Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-04-06 Thread Tony Patterson
Thanks for the offer Yuri :) Would this be too late to turn up? I'm still struggling to organize a ride in the morning :( Tony I will pass thru riccarton. however, I might be coming after lunch instead of at 9am since the laptop I intend to install gentoo on may be in use as a glorified

Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-04-06 Thread Robert Fisher
It would not be too late if all goes well - i.e. you understand the instructions and your hardware is relatively up to date and common. On Thu, 07 Apr 2005 12:20, Tony Patterson wrote: Thanks for the offer Yuri :) Would this be too late to turn up? I'm still struggling to organize a ride in

Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-04-06 Thread yuri
Keep trying, I am now not sure if I'll make it at all. If the weather is good, I have outside chores to attend to. If it rains I will be there in the afternoon, possibly in the morning too. Sorry to stuff you around - I am not able to plan that far ahead these days. Background - my father is

Re: Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-04-06 Thread IT Support NZ
On Apr 5, 2005 10:55 AM, xhen wrote: I might be struggling to get there, noone wants to get up early enough to help me get over there :/ Would anyone be coming through Riccarton on their way that I could catch a lift from please? I can probably arrange a ride back from my lazy friends.

Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-04-05 Thread yuri
Below is a progress report on findings so far and perhaps some new questions. Documented here for those who follow where I tread - to be archived for that purpose as well as for the current gentoo gurus to be able to assist (I hope) On Apr 5, 2005 5:13 PM, Nick Rout wrote: On Tue, 2005-04-05 at

Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-04-05 Thread Robert Himmelmann
IT Support NZ wrote: Hello Robert , I can give you a lift ... have wifes permission to steal the car for the morning and part of the afternoon. If I picked you up at 8:40? Should get us to the garage by 9. Shane Is there someone who could pick me up? I live at Idris Road 85 Bryndwr/Fendalton.

Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-04-05 Thread Nick Rout
On Wed, 06 Apr 2005 16:43:29 +1200 Robert Himmelmann wrote: Hello Robert , I can give you a lift ... have wifes permission to steal the car for the morning and part of the afternoon. If I picked you up at 8:40? Should get us to the garage by 9. Shane Is there someone who could pick

Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-04-04 Thread Isaac Devine
Would I be able to come along? Done an install before( 2004.0) , changed to ubuntu want to switch back, rate-limited atm and willing to help others. system specs : amd64 3000 1gb ram 2x 120gb ata hdd radeon x800 thanks, Isaac ** BEWARE GMAIL HEADER **

Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-04-04 Thread Nick Rout
OK with me, as long as Robert has room. Please study the AMD64 specific install instructions. On Mon, 2005-04-04 at 20:25 +1200, Isaac Devine wrote: Would I be able to come along? Done an install before( 2004.0) , changed to ubuntu want to switch back, rate-limited atm and willing to help

Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-04-04 Thread yuri
I've started reading the handbook pdf and I have a question: What's the difference between a GRP install and a stage 3 install? Are they the same thing? Which one are we doing in Robert's garage? Yuri -- ** WARNING to mailing list repliers ** Gmail over-rides Reply-To: field. Check your To:

Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-04-04 Thread Nick Rout
On Tue, 05 Apr 2005 08:02:38 +1200 yuri wrote: I've started reading the handbook pdf and I have a question: What's the difference between a GRP install and a stage 3 install? Stage 3 is an install where you start off with a very basic system installed. This is in the form of a compressed

Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-04-04 Thread Robert Fisher
If you have any doubts about being able to install Gentoo then perhaps you should read http://www.linuxtimes.net/modules.php?name=Newsfile=articlesid=806 On Mon, 2005-04-04 at 20:25 +1200, Isaac Devine wrote: Would I be able to come along? Done an install before( 2004.0) , changed to ubuntu

Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-04-04 Thread xhen
I might be struggling to get there, noone wants to get up early enough to help me get over there :/ Would anyone be coming through Riccarton on their way that I could catch a lift from please? I can probably arrange a ride back from my lazy friends. They should be out of bed by then ;)

Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-04-04 Thread yuri
I will pass thru riccarton. however, I might be coming after lunch instead of at 9am since the laptop I intend to install gentoo on may be in use as a glorified typewriter in the morning. On Apr 5, 2005 10:55 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I might be struggling to get there,

Re: Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-04-04 Thread IT Support NZ
Hello Gentoo Festers still coming ... I am still in for it, wife willing. Can I help out with any hardware ... at all? I have network gear, spare PC's (Celron or P4 2.8 with 500Mb ram and large Hdd's) screens etc if it would help. Nick, if you could give me a call ... you have my number or

Re: Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-04-04 Thread IT Support NZ
i'm a bit uncertain when it comes to some things nowdays and would feel better having hands(or tails) there for the holding thereof if necessary so may well bring a box along for ipcop-ing on the day. thanks peter Nick Rout wrote: Suit yourself which way you go - If you want help with a

Re: Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-04-04 Thread IT Support NZ
Hi Nick , If you need a distro or two downloaded let me know and i'' drop em onto my machine and get you the disks. shane -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.1 - Release Date: 1/04/2005

Re: Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-04-04 Thread Robert Fisher
On Tue, 2005-04-05 at 15:41 +1200, IT Support NZ wrote: Hello Gentoo Festers still coming ... I am still in for it, wife willing. Can I help out with any hardware ... at all? I have network gear, spare PC's (Celron or P4 2.8 with 500Mb ram and large Hdd's) screens etc if it would help.

Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-04-04 Thread yuri
Diligently making my way thru the handbook. On the subject of partitioning, it occured to me that maybe I should add a suspend partition to the laptop this time - I lost it when I nuked XP to install mandrake. Hard to find any info on what sort of suspend partition is needed for NEC Versa E series

Re: Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-04-04 Thread Nick Rout
On Tue, 2005-04-05 at 15:41 +1200, IT Support NZ wrote: I am still in for it, wife willing. Can I help out with any hardware ... at all? I have network gear, spare PC's (Celron or P4 2.8 with 500Mb ram and large Hdd's) screens etc if it would help. Nick, if you could give me a call ... you

Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-04-04 Thread Nick Rout
On Tue, 2005-04-05 at 17:08 +1200, yuri wrote: Diligently making my way thru the handbook. On the subject of partitioning, it occured to me that maybe I should add a suspend partition to the laptop this time - I lost it when I nuked XP to install mandrake. Hard to find any info on what sort

Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-04-04 Thread Nick Rout
On Tue, 2005-04-05 at 17:13 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: Cannot find it in portage, but have seen it in howtos. I suggest google for gentoo wiki, then search for swsusp oh ok my curiosity got the better: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Software_Suspend_v2 -- Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: GeNToo installfest l ( long )

2005-04-03 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Sat, 02 Apr 2005 18:19, Nick Rout wrote: Is only a week away at Robert's, but there has been some interesting developments. If anyone wants to run some free/open software on their windows box, they might want to bring their windows boxes for conversion to geNToo.

Re: GeNToo installfest l ( long )

2005-04-03 Thread Nick Rout
On Mon, 04 Apr 2005 13:12:16 +1200 Christopher Sawtell wrote: On Sat, 02 Apr 2005 18:19, Nick Rout wrote: Is only a week away at Robert's, but there has been some interesting developments. If anyone wants to run some free/open software on their windows box, they might want to bring

Re: GeNToo installfest l ( long )

2005-04-03 Thread Wesley Parish
And what's the bet that some poor soul _won't_ take it seriously enough to actually make it work? I think MS at this point is going to be buzzing with NT/XP people asking, Now if we really wanted to, we could ... I think it'll take on a life of its own, and eventually we'll _get_ a geNToo, like

Re: Gentoo installfest

2005-04-02 Thread Robert Himmelmann
If you intend to come please could you:- 1) Read and take-in as much of the of Gentoo Manual as you can. Honestly it's pretty important knowledge to have embedded in your head. 2) Confirm the booking. 3) Tell us what the target machine is? Has anyone downloaded the version for x86-64 (AMD64)

Re: Gentoo installfest

2005-04-02 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Sat, 02 Apr 2005 21:27, Robert Himmelmann wrote: If you intend to come please could you:- 1) Read and take-in as much of the of Gentoo Manual as you can. Honestly it's pretty important knowledge to have embedded in your head. 2) Confirm the booking. 3) Tell us what the target machine is?

Re: Gentoo installfest

2005-04-02 Thread Robert Himmelmann
You might find this URL useful:- http://www.gentoo.org/doc/de/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml They even have it in German. But by now I prefer English. Thanks anyway. Happy Hacking, Robert Himmelmann A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read. --

Re: Gentoo installfest

2005-04-02 Thread Richard Tindall
Cheers Chris, Christopher Sawtell wrote: and gNoT-Linux? Gindoze. Ah,.. kNoT-Linux is more Gentoo-like? :-) If you intend to come please could you:- 1) Read and take-in as much of the of Gentoo Manual as you can. Honestly it's pretty important knowledge to have embedded in your head.

Re: Gentoo installfest

2005-04-02 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Sun, 03 Apr 2005 10:52, Robert Himmelmann wrote: You might find this URL useful:- http://www.gentoo.org/doc/de/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml They even have it in German. The Gentoo Handbook is available in these languages:- Brazilian Portuguese | Danish | Dutch | English | Finnish | French

Re: Gentoo installfest

2005-04-02 Thread Robert Himmelmann
But by now I prefer English. I've heard of other people who have come from other languages and found switching between the new language and the old one moment to moment to be very difficult. That's not so much my problem. I want to learn English and I will also continue reading in

Re: Gentoo installfest

2005-04-01 Thread Richard Tindall
Nick Rout wrote: Is only a week away at Robert's, but there has been some interesting developments. If anyone wants to run some free/open software on their windows box, they might want to bring their windows boxes for conversion to geNToo. http://gentooexperimental.org/nt/ Free, Open, and

Re: Gentoo installfest

2005-04-01 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Sat, 02 Apr 2005 18:46, Richard Tindall wrote: Nick Rout wrote: Is only a week away at Robert's, but there has been some interesting developments. If anyone wants to run some free/open software on their windows box, they might want to bring their windows boxes for conversion to geNToo.

Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-03-27 Thread howard blomfield
Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC) wrote: I live in Queenspark (Parklands) The address is 5 Belgrove Place but it is a new street and probably not on your map. Easy directions:- Half way down Inwoods Road turn into a (new) street called Bottle Lake Drive then turn left into Belgrove Place. I am happy to

Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-03-27 Thread Robert Fisher
On Mon, 2005-03-28 at 10:50 +1200, howard blomfield wrote: Can I put my hand up for another try this year? Certainly you can Howard. -- Robert Fisher FishNet Computer Services www.fisher.net.nz

Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-03-23 Thread Robert Fisher
Robert Himmelmann said: Am I right in thinking that you mean 9PM? No no. 9 am. With decent hardware and a pre read of the install docs (to give you an understanding) you should have a decent system running by mid afternoon. -- Robert Fisher www.fisher.net.nz

Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-03-23 Thread Robert Himmelmann
Which install docs? Robert Himmelmann said: Am I right in thinking that you mean 9PM? No no. 9 am. With decent hardware and a pre read of the install docs (to give you an understanding) you should have a decent system running by mid afternoon. -- Happy Hacking, Robert Himmelmann A classic is

Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-03-23 Thread Nick Rout
On Thu, 2005-03-24 at 07:45 +1200, Robert Himmelmann wrote: Which install docs? http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/index.xml Robert Himmelmann said: Am I right in thinking that you mean 9PM? No no. 9 am. With decent hardware and a pre read of the install docs (to give you an

Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-03-23 Thread Robert Fisher
Robert Himmelmann said: Which install docs? Go to http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/index.xml I will be printing these for the day too. -- Robert Fisher www.fisher.net.nz

Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-03-22 Thread Robert Himmelmann
Robert Himmelmann wrote: I will come if I can. I have a Yakumo laptop with 1Gb Ram, an AMD Athlon 64 3000+ and a 40Gb Hd. At the moment I am using double boot with SuSE's Grub for SuSE and Windows XP. That would be triple boot later. For comleteness: I also have a DVD-RW-RAM-burner, 100Mbit

Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-03-22 Thread Robert Himmelmann
Sounds nice. Where about is this garage situated, at what time are we going to start and could someone pick me up and bring me back? I live at Bryndwr/Fendalton, 85, Idris Road (near crossing of Idris and Jeffrey's Road). [1] This is Robert's new garage, large and comfortable, as opposed to

Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-03-22 Thread Nick Rout
On Tue, 2005-03-22 at 18:23 +1200, Tony Patterson wrote: True. Well I'll see if he can hang at his Mums for that day or I'll bring some entertainment :) Would the following w/e be better? One of the other customers can't make the proposed date. -- C. S. Any time is fine for

Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-03-22 Thread sirlancelot
Sorry, I will also have to pass on this one. The whole of April is a no show for me. Maybe another time. Lance Blackler - Original Message - From: Dave G [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 5:53 PM Subject: Re: Gentoo Installfest

RE: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-03-22 Thread Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC)
OK with me - the venue host Regards, Robert -Original Message- From: Christopher Sawtell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 22 March 2005 6:12 p.m. To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz Subject:Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage) On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 15:59

RE: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-03-22 Thread Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC)
best if Nick Chris and I set up our servers, tables, whiteboards etc. first. Regards, Robert -Original Message- From: Robert Himmelmann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 22 March 2005 8:43 p.m. To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz Subject:Re: Gentoo Installfest

Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-03-22 Thread Robert Fisher
Nick Rout said: My 9 year old may be there for part of the time, they can play one of those awful kill-them-over-the-network games. We could play movies for them too. We have a few. -- Robert Fisher www.fisher.net.nz

Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-03-22 Thread yuri
On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 13:56:30 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: A few people expressed interest in coming along to Robert's Rooomy Garage [1] to have gentoo installed.[2] [snippity-snip] There may be others interested? Yes. Yuri (yuri att degroot ddot geek dottt nz) Those that do want to come, please

Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-03-22 Thread Robert Himmelmann
As this is my first installfest does any-one know about how long it will take? Am I right in thinking that you mean 9PM? I am happy to start about 9. It is probably best if Nick Chris and I set up our servers, tables, whiteboards etc. first. -- Happy Hacking, Robert Himmelmann A classic is

Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-03-22 Thread yuri
On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 16:34:44 +1200, Robert Himmelmann wrote: As this is my first installfest does any-one know about how long it will take? Am I right in thinking that you mean 9PM? I am happy to start about 9. It is probably best if Nick Chris and I set up our servers, tables, whiteboards

Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-03-22 Thread Nick Rout
On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 16:41:52 +1200 yuri wrote: On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 16:34:44 +1200, Robert Himmelmann wrote: As this is my first installfest does any-one know about how long it will take? Am I right in thinking that you mean 9PM? I am happy to start about 9. It is probably best if Nick

Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-03-21 Thread Nick Rout
A few people expressed interest in coming along to Robert's Rooomy Garage [1] to have gentoo installed.[2] I have it on good authority that we should have access to the 2005.0 release in time to do this on Saturday 9 April. So, can we have some confirmation of who will be coming for an install.

RE: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-03-21 Thread C. Falconer
I can volunteer a 386 DX 25 with 10 Mb ram and two 1Gb scsi drives and 100 Mbit isa ethernet and an ISA ET4000 video card. -grin- -Original Message- From: Nick Rout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 22 March 2005 1:57 p.m. To: CLUG Subject: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage

Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-03-21 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 13:56, Nick Rout wrote: There may be others interested? What do you need in the way of helpers? -- C. S.

Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-03-21 Thread Nick Rout
On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 14:09:21 +1200 Christopher Sawtell wrote: On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 13:56, Nick Rout wrote: There may be others interested? What do you need in the way of helpers? I counted you as a helper already :-) presumptuous I know, but u r usually a starter! -- C. S. -- Nick

RE: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-03-21 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Tue, March 22, 2005 2:00 pm, C. Falconer said: I can volunteer a 386 DX 25 with 10 Mb ram and two 1Gb scsi drives and 100 Mbit isa ethernet and an ISA ET4000 video card. -grin- [snip] I thought that was the school's mailserver? -- Windows: Where do you want to go today? MacOS: Where

RE: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-03-21 Thread Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC)
:Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage) On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 13:56, Nick Rout wrote: There may be others interested? What do you need in the way of helpers? -- C. S.

Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-03-21 Thread Nick Rout
On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 14:11:22 +1200 (NZST) Steve Holdoway wrote: On Tue, March 22, 2005 2:00 pm, C. Falconer said: I can volunteer a 386 DX 25 with 10 Mb ram and two 1Gb scsi drives and 100 Mbit isa ethernet and an ISA ET4000 video card. -grin- [snip] I thought that was the

Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-03-21 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Tue, March 22, 2005 2:14 pm, Nick Rout said: On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 14:11:22 +1200 (NZST) Steve Holdoway wrote: On Tue, March 22, 2005 2:00 pm, C. Falconer said: I can volunteer a 386 DX 25 with 10 Mb ram and two 1Gb scsi drives and 100 Mbit isa ethernet and an ISA ET4000 video card.

Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-03-21 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 14:11, Nick Rout wrote: On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 14:09:21 +1200 Christopher Sawtell wrote: On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 13:56, Nick Rout wrote: There may be others interested? What do you need in the way of helpers? I counted you as a helper already :-) presumptuous I know,

Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-03-21 Thread xhen
Hi, I'm the xhen at paradise. My real name is Tony Patterson. I'd be keen to come along on that day, I'll probably have my 7 year old son in tow, would there be any other kids there to kept him hanging off my shirttails all day long? :) I have a Dell P4 3GHz machine which is dualbooted at the

Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-03-21 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 15:17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'm the xhen at paradise. My real name is Tony Patterson. I'd be keen to come along on that day, I'll probably have my 7 year old son in tow, would there be any other kids there to kept him hanging off my shirttails all day long? :)

Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-03-21 Thread xhen
Poor kid! Unless he's a mega-genius, he'll be bored to tears! Watching text fly up screens isn't exactly exciting for anybody. True. Well I'll see if he can hang at his Mums for that day or I'll bring some entertainment :) Do I gather that what you're really after is not an install, but

Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-03-21 Thread Nick Rout
On Tue, 2005-03-22 at 16:02 +1200, peter elliott wrote: ps: i'm tempted to bring along this current box, not for gentooisation, but so i can get the networking setup on the day. would that be cool? or does a two box network with dialup internet need an ipcop box as well? bring your

Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-03-21 Thread Robert Himmelmann
I will come if I can. I have a Yakumo laptop with 1Gb Ram, an AMD Athlon 64 3000+ and a 40Gb Hd. At the moment I am using double boot with SuSE's Grub for SuSE and Windows XP. That would be triple boot later. -- Happy Hacking, Robert Himmelmann A classic is something that everybody wants to

Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-03-21 Thread peter elliott
haha i like that ambi-whatsit at the end. i'm a bit uncertain when it comes to some things nowdays and would feel better having hands(or tails) there for the holding thereof if necessary so may well bring a box along for ipcop-ing on the day. thanks peter Nick Rout wrote: Personally I prefer

Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-03-21 Thread Dave G
On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 13:56, Nick Rout wrote: A few people expressed interest in coming along to Robert's Rooomy Garage [1] to have gentoo installed.[2] I have it on good authority that we should have access to the 2005.0 release in time to do this on Saturday 9 April. So, can we have some

Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-03-21 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 15:59, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Poor kid! Unless he's a mega-genius, he'll be bored to tears! Watching text fly up screens isn't exactly exciting for anybody. True. Well I'll see if he can hang at his Mums for that day or I'll bring some entertainment :) Would the

Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-03-21 Thread Tony Patterson
True. Well I'll see if he can hang at his Mums for that day or I'll bring some entertainment :) Would the following w/e be better? One of the other customers can't make the proposed date. -- C. S. Any time is fine for me. He is with me every weekend so I can just grab a laptop from work and

Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-03-21 Thread Nick Rout
On Tue, 2005-03-22 at 18:11 +1200, Christopher Sawtell wrote: One of the other customers can't make the proposed date who? (did i miss a post?) -- Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-03-21 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 18:42, Nick Rout wrote: On Tue, 2005-03-22 at 18:11 +1200, Christopher Sawtell wrote: One of the other customers can't make the proposed date who? Dave Garlick (did i miss a post?) Evidentally. quote I would definitely have been a starter however I can't make it on

Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-03-21 Thread Nick Rout
On Tue, 2005-03-22 at 19:11 +1200, Christopher Sawtell wrote: who? Dave Garlick (did i miss a post?) Evidentally. Sorry I lost track of who said what to whom, its just a badly misquoted new york telephone conversation on here sometimes. -- Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Gentoo Installfest (in Robert's garage)

2005-03-21 Thread Dave G
On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 19:34, Nick Rout wrote: On Tue, 2005-03-22 at 19:11 +1200, Christopher Sawtell wrote: who? Dave Garlick (did i miss a post?) Evidentally. Sorry I lost track of who said what to whom, its just a badly misquoted new york telephone conversation on here

Gentoo Installfest

2004-05-15 Thread Robert Fisher
Dear Diary, Friday night. Wade's huosehold effects were still stored in the garage. Moved him to his new flat and got home about nine to set up for the Gentoo Installfest in the garage. We are squashed into a small place for a while, while we build a new house so imagine the garage

Re: Gentoo Installfest

2004-05-15 Thread howard blomfield
Robert Fisher wrote: Dear Diary, Friday night. Wade's huosehold effects were still stored in the garage. Moved him to his new flat and got home about nine to set up for the Gentoo Installfest in the garage. We are squashed into a small place for a while, while we build a new house so imagine

RE: HEADS UP Gentoo installfest - Not well, not attending sorry :(

2004-05-14 Thread Don Gould
Hi guys, I'm not very well and won't be able to make it tommrow sorry :( Catch up soon, have fun Cheers Don

Re: HEADS UP Gentoo installfest

2004-05-14 Thread InfoHelp
ahem, :-P hope this isn't too late to be convenient, but.. I know the Gentoo guys all favour KDE; how much of a problem is it include Gnome? It has productivity features I really like, and I'd love to see the latest version run up. Please :-) Cheers Rik PS get well soon Don - we'll be

Re: HEADS UP Gentoo installfest

2004-05-14 Thread Nick Rout
There are precompiled binaries of gnome included in the distro, so no problem. On Fri, 14 May 2004 18:57, InfoHelp wrote: ahem, :-P hope this isn't too late to be convenient, but.. I know the Gentoo guys all favour KDE; how much of a problem is it include Gnome? It has productivity

Re: HEADS UP Gentoo installfest

2004-05-14 Thread Nick Rout
In fact to see what packages are available see here: ftp://ftp2.jetstreamgames.co.nz/gentoo/releases/x86/2004.1/packagecd/CONTENTS On Fri, 14 May 2004 18:57, InfoHelp wrote: ahem, :-P hope this isn't too late to be convenient, but.. I know the Gentoo guys all favour KDE; how much of a

Re: HEADS UP Gentoo installfest - Not well, not attending sorry :(

2004-05-14 Thread Nick Rout
Sorry to hear that Don. If anyone else would like to take his place then please sing out On Fri, 14 May 2004 18:15, Don Gould wrote: Hi guys, I'm not very well and won't be able to make it tommrow sorry :( Catch up soon, have fun Cheers Don

Re: HEADS UP Gentoo installfest

2004-05-14 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Fri, 14 May 2004 18:57, InfoHelp wrote: ahem, :-P hope this isn't too late to be convenient, but.. I know the Gentoo guys all favour KDE; It's just a matter of personal preference in aesthetics. how much of a problem is it include Gnome? None. I'm 99.99% sure it's on the Packages CD,

Re: HEADS UP Gentoo installfest

2004-05-14 Thread InfoHelp
Obvious omissions are: Quanta/Plus g(or any)FTP or did my search miss good equivalents? Regards Rik Nick Rout wrote: In fact to see what packages are available see here: ftp://ftp2.jetstreamgames.co.nz/gentoo/releases/x86/2004.1/packagecd/CONTENTS -- InfoHelp Services

Re: HEADS UP Gentoo installfest

2004-05-14 Thread InfoHelp
Thanks Nick, Couldn't resist replying to show the laptop is functional running newer test software than the desktop gateway already (see sig for details). Quanta is likely to be a bigger download than gFTP tho, if it's there. Cheers On Fri, 2004-05-14 at 21:46, Nick Rout wrote: gftp is

Re: HEADS UP Gentoo installfest

2004-05-14 Thread Robert Fisher
I often use gFTP on my Gentoo box On Fri, 2004-05-14 at 21:46, Nick Rout wrote: gftp is approx a 1M download, or 30-40 secs on Rob's 256K jetstream connection, and, at a guess, 15 mins compiling. remember the binaries are only a reference platform to get you going, not a compiled version of

Re: HEADS UP Gentoo installfest

2004-05-14 Thread Robert Fisher
No it is not very big grunter root # emerge -s quanta Searching... [ Results for search key : quanta ] [ Applications found : 2 ] * app-doc/quanta-docs Latest version available: 20030405 Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ] Size of downloaded files: 2,731 kB

Re: HEADS UP Gentoo installfest - Not well, not attending sorry :(

2004-05-14 Thread howard blomfield
hey, i'm not an expert with linux, been running rh9.1/2 since last installfest have been pretty happy with it..just better half has a few problems with some software. i could make it down but maybe not quite at 9.30 (live out at oxford a fewcows/pigs to feed in the morning) pc has amd

Re: HEADS UP Gentoo installfest - Not well, not attending sorry :(

2004-05-14 Thread Nick Rout
yeah cool turn up. :-) On Fri, 14 May 2004 23:10, howard blomfield wrote: hey, i'm not an expert with linux, been running rh9.1/2 since last installfest have been pretty happy with it..just better half has a few problems with some software. i could make it down but maybe not quite at 9.30

Re: HEADS UP Gentoo installfest - iptables RH9

2004-05-13 Thread InfoHelp
Thanks for the checklist Nick, the facility Rob, A final preparation for me to use Gentoo on my laptop will be having my RedHat9 desktop share its dialup Internet access, for future emerge work at home. Pings ok: RH desktop 192.168.0.254 -- 192.168.0.1 laptop Suse (which accesses Net

Re: HEADS UP Gentoo installfest

2004-05-13 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Thu, 13 May 2004 13:29, Nick Rout wrote: 1.3 Think about what kernel you want to use. Peruse this page http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml I have only used gentoo-sources (2.4) and gentoo-dev-sources (2.6). If anyone wants anything else let me know and I will download whatever

Re: HEADS UP Gentoo installfest

2004-05-13 Thread Nick Rout
On Fri, 14 May 2004 14:15:50 +1200 Christopher Sawtell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 13 May 2004 13:29, Nick Rout wrote: 1.3 Think about what kernel you want to use. Peruse this page http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml I have only used gentoo-sources (2.4) and

Re: HEADS UP Gentoo installfest

2004-05-13 Thread Nick Rout
On Fri, 14 May 2004 14:25:29 +1200 Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: development-sources i.e. linux-2.6.6 seem to go very well for us on the Athlon-XP. ok downloading now. excellent, the folks at gentoo are learning ;-) it only downloaded the patch from 2.6.5 (which I already have)

RE: HEADS UP Gentoo installfest

2004-05-13 Thread Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC)
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 14 May 2004 2:16 p.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: HEADS UP Gentoo installfest On Thu, 13 May 2004 13:29, Nick Rout wrote: 1.3 Think about what kernel you want to use. Peruse this page http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml I have only used

Re: HEADS UP Gentoo installfest

2004-05-13 Thread InfoHelp
Will 2.6.6 compile easily for a P4 too? If so, that's what I'd like to use too please. Thanks Rik Nick Rout wrote: On Fri, 14 May 2004 14:25:29 +1200 Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: development-sources i.e. linux-2.6.6 seem to go very well for us on the Athlon-XP. ok

Re: HEADS UP Gentoo installfest

2004-05-13 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Fri, 14 May 2004 17:33, InfoHelp wrote: Will 2.6.6 compile easily for a P4 too? All of 3 minutes with that compile farm on hand. excellent, the folks at gentoo are learning ;-) it only downloaded the patch from 2.6.5 (which I already have) Looks as if somebody did something extra overnight.

HEADS UP Gentoo installfest

2004-05-12 Thread Nick Rout
OK please note; 1. All punters should do some preparation, viz: 1.1 read and re-read the handbook at http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/ . Robert has printed out 6 copies - one each - so contact him if you hate reading off the screen. 1.2 think about what hardware may give you difficulty,

RE: HEADS UP Gentoo installfest

2004-05-12 Thread Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC)
Have you noticed your small typo on the map name? Regards, Robert Some days you are the pigeon, some days you are the statue. -Original Message- From: Nick Rout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 13 May 2004 1:29 p.m. To: CLUG Subject:HEADS UP Gentoo installfest

Re: HEADS UP Gentoo installfest

2004-05-12 Thread Nick Rout
PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 13 May 2004 1:29 p.m. To: CLUG Subject: HEADS UP Gentoo installfest OK please note; 1. All punters should do some preparation, viz: 1.1 read and re-read the handbook at http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/ . Robert has printed out 6 copies - one each

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