I agree with Ed. This is a bigger job than it may seem on the surface. The biggest unknown is the hardware. Is it working?
If so, then the job becomes a little easier, provided all the hardware is pretty much the same. I'd recommend spending the majority of the time getting one machine configured well, and then making a disk image of the drive and then duplicating that. Mat, holler on the list if you need help. I may be able to help over the weekend, but it would be much smarter to take more time to get it done right. John Hebert --- "Richards, Ed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Questions: (Understanding that I am a TOTAL GNUbie!) > > > 1. Does a software package like PowerQuest's Drive > Image exist under > Linux? If so, does anyone in the LUG have it and > know how to use it? > 2. Have the computers been assembled, tested and > burned-in with the > hardware (monitor, NIC, mouse, etc.) that they will > be delivered with to the > schools? > 3. What distro do they want to have loaded, does > Computer Exchange have > a copy of it, and do any of us have experience with > it? > 4. Will they be connected to a network and, if so, > does the LUG have to > do said configuration? > 5. Are they looking to have the machines delivered > with a > "ready-to-run" windoze like GUI? > 6. Are they looking to have this done at no expense > to Computer > Exchange. > 7. Do they seriously want to have this done by > tomorrow? > > This sounds like a rather formidable task to me. My > experience, although > QUITE limited at this point compared to most of you, > says that this is going > to involve: > > 1. Installing their hard drive in a machine and > determining what > programs they have loaded and want loaded on these > machines, unless they > actually have a complete and working install, > configured for the hardware to > be delivered, on the hard disk they delivered to > Computer Exchange > 2. Talking one of their machines, installing the > distro of choice, > installing the applications that they want, > configuring the apps to run from > the GUI, and verifying that they work properly. > 3. Image that install and then install that > configuration on all 22 > machines, assuming that each and every machine is > IDENTICAL. > 4. Check out the install after successfully > transferring the image. > > Looks like a bit more than a lazy evenings of work > to me. Heck, I bet it's > even more than a "kegs" worth of work! > > Just my thoughts. > > Ed Richards, PE > Staff Electrical Engineer > Ford, Bacon & Davis, LLC > 12021 Lakeland Park Drive > Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70809 > Office - 225-297-3335 > Fax - 225-756-3056 > Cell - 225-964-2606 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mat Branyon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 1:54 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [brlug-general] Fwd: RE: Fwd: [BRLUG > Contact Form] > > anyone plan on going there? > > i might be able to head in after work (get off at > 5)... > > but who knows > > --mat > > On Thu, 2002-08-15 at 13:19, Richards, Ed wrote: > > > > Sounds like double time and a half to me! > > > > Ed Richards, PE > > Staff Electrical Engineer > > Ford, Bacon & Davis, LLC > > 12021 Lakeland Park Drive > > Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70809 > > Office - 225-297-3335 > > Fax - 225-756-3056 > > Cell - 225-964-2606 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dustin Puryear > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 12:49 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [brlug-general] Fwd: RE: > Fwd: [BRLUG Contact > > Form] > > > > This can be reduced to: Need HELP, call NOW. > I have a > > feeling for something > > of this urgency you can probably do much of > the work > > tonight. > > > > >Envelope-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >From: "Liz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: "'Dustin Puryear'" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Subject: RE: Fwd: [BRLUG Contact Form] > > >Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 10:39:13 -0500 > > >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook CWS, Build > 9.0.2416 > > (9.0.2910.0) > > >Importance: Normal > > > > > >Hello Dustin, > > > > > >Do you know of anyone that could come and > help us today? > > We have a school > > >that needs us to put Linux on 22 Computers. > We did not > > find out until late > > >yesterday and they want them tomorrow > because school starts > > next week. They > > >actually gave us a hard drive with > everything they want on > > it and they want > > >us to image it onto the 22 computers. > Well, we're having a > > little > > >difficulty since we don't know a whole lot > about Linux. > > > > > >Thank you very much for any help you can > give us. > > > > > >Thank you, > > > > > >Liz Black > > >Computer Exchange > > >10224 Florida Blvd. > > >Baton Rouge, LA 70815 > > >225-274-1400 > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >www.computerexchangeusa.com > > > > > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: Dustin Puryear > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 9:06 AM > > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Subject: Re: Fwd: [BRLUG Contact Form] > > > > > > > > > > > > >name: Liz Black > > > > > > > >question: My husband and I own Computer > Exchange on > > Florida Blvd. and we > > > >sell new and used computers. We have > some computers that > > are less than > > > >$100, but we are getting tired of having > to add another > > $100 for > > > >Windows. So, we may possibly want to > hire a couple of > > guys on an as > > > >needed basis to setup some computers on > Linux or Lindows. > > We are somewhat > > > >Linux illiterate, so we would like to > learn more about > > Linux and > > > >Lindows. Any help or information that > you can give me > > would be > > > >appreciated. Also, we are about to move > to a much larger > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com
