I think that deserves some recognition Tim. I will issue you good will credit in the form of 10,000 atta boys. That should be good for one free beer at a to be named BRLUG event.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Fournet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 4:00 PM Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Fwd: RE: Fwd: [BRLUG Contact Form] > As do I. > > Anyway, I think the speculation ran away with you guys. The problem was > that they were provided a base image of an installation (which happened > to be Red Hat) that they needed duplicated on 22 identical machines. > They used Norton Ghost to duplicate the original drive on the others, > with some success. However, there were some boot loader problems on some > of the machines, so I came in today and used Mondo Rescue ( > http://www.mondorescue.org ) to create a CD image of the original to > restore on the others. The process went flawlessly (although a bit slow > because of Mondo's default use of bzip2 compression), and the PCs are > being delivered to the customer as I write this email. > > An interesting project for the future would be to create a base install > script of a distribution for selling low-end "internet appliance"-type > PCs. I think http://www.oeone.com has the right product, and their > inexpensive service ($19.95/year) extends the idea of an 'internet > computer' and keeps users' data safely on the internet. > > -Tim > > > Dustin Puryear wrote: > > > I always suggests RH since it has by far the widest support and > > largest user base. > > > > Regards, Dustin > > > > At 03:28 PM 8/16/2002 -0500, you wrote: > > > >> thanks, but im not goin in till monday. they want a linux, and i was > >> thinking of suse 8.0, are there any other suggestions? this distro is > >> gonna go on older computers (as far as i know) > >> > >> --mat > >> > >> On Fri, 2002-08-16 at 14:46, Ed wrote: > >> > At 11:26 AM 8/16/2002 -0700, you 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. > >> > Matt, > >> > > >> > I will be around this weekend as well and will be glad to help out > >> as long > >> > as y'all understand that I am no expert! > >> > > >> > Ed Richards > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > General mailing list > >> > [email protected] > >> > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> General mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > > --- > > Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Puryear Information Technology > > Windows, UNIX, and IT Consulting > > http://www.puryear-it.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
