Thanks Scott for this additional info. Since I don't have easy gui access to this server I sshed into the server, did the sudo apt-get install oem-config (and it installed some files). Then tried to run it with sudo oem-config... and nothing happened, it just went back to the prompt after about 1/2 second. I did a sudo apt-get upgrade just in case but to no avail. Any ideas?
David On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 7:28 AM, R. Scott Belford <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 4:49 PM, David Groos <[email protected]> wrote: > > Cool. Tell me about this oem-config script. How does one run it? I did > a > > search for it and sounds like a great idea. It didn't, however, tell how > to > > use it. Would I install it with sudo apt-get oem-config? Then launch it > in > > Terminal w/ sudo oem-config? What info besides network info would I need > > handy? I couldn't find useful info in the wiki? > > Aloha David > > You would definitely just do a sudo apt-get install oem-config (or > oem-config-gtk for a gui) and lauch it as sudo oem-config. Everything > happens automagically, and upon execution of the script you are > informed that on reboot the new user will be asked for the basic setup > stuff. What this lets me do is to tweak and perfect golden images wih > codecs and more. Also, given my ridiculous collection of hard drives, > I create golden images on small, 4-8 gb drives, with / second, so that > I can image and resize to nearly any profile hardware. > > I am trying to make it really hard for a school to throw out hardware, > or not to pass it on to a family in need, by making it easy to make > any functioning computer run "like new" within minutes. I call it my > Software Licensing and Fundraising Machine (tm). You see, instead of > putting $25 into an XP license, plus all the other stuff, you can put > $20 into my box and out comes a lifetime license to use the Desktop OS > I install, $10 for the software project or developer of choice, and > $10 for your school. It's like getting Windows and a Gates Foundation > Gift all at once, for less. Free and Open Source Software Rocks. > > As far as being on the wiki, I regret that I will continue to be the > person who documents by email and searches by Google. I'd far rather > spend 8 hours on a Saturday, hacking away at a donated server for our > Charter Schools' headquarters, and solving their grub issues with the > /dev/rd/c0d0p1 RAID controller, than I would care to spend 8 minutes > on a wiki adding anything. If there is any other way I can help, > please ask. > > > > > Thanks! > > David > > --scott >
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