Ah, cool! Glad to see you are on top of the situation. Please let us know if you need any help. There are many of us on the mailing list that would like to see this happen and grow!
John Hebert --- Mat Branyon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > will do john, but i talked to them yesterday, and > they got the 22 hard > linux hard drive problem under control... the rest > is just showing the > techs how to set up linux on thier older computers > to sell, i might try > to talk them into selling them in new computers as > well... either way > > --mat > > On Fri, 2002-08-16 at 13:26, John Hebert wrote: > > 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 > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com
