If you setup samba or AppleTalk on that server, I'll bring my ibook and copy all of the .iso's that I have for OS's to the computer for you. It'll give you a few more choices for people.
On Mon, 2003-07-14 at 12:37, John Hebert wrote: > Correct, not enough drive space for that kinda function. I'm bringing a > miniITX box with an 80GB drive that will have some ISOs and installation > files for various distros on it. > > We could setup the Linux servers at CCCC to be FTP/HTTP servers for installs > with a specific distro. Anybody wanna take a crack at that? Mat? > > John Hebert > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mat Branyon > To: [email protected] > Sent: 7/14/03 12:32 PM > Subject: RE: [brlug-general] Install Fest options > > I am going to try to be there for 3 (or sooner), and I might have a > laptop that I can use (or I might be installing something on that > laptop). If I have that computer, I will set it up as an ftp server at > the least with the appropriate isos. I do not know how to set up the > nfs server thing though. > > If that doesnt happen, what about the servers we have there? are they > still up? We could do it that way (although they dont have much hdd > space). > > Or perhaps a configuration with knoppix > > --mat > > On Mon, 2003-07-14 at 09:30, John Hebert wrote: > > Hmm! Sounds interesting. Yes, please bring that CD. > > > > I'm hoping to have a server there so that we can do installs via > FTP/HTTP to > > speed things up. I plan to put a bunch of ISOs on the server for that > > purpose. > > > > Can somebody tell me how those should be mounted and made available > via > > FTP/HTTP? Mat Branyon mentioned the specific command a few weeks back. > > > > Thanks, > > John Hebert > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Lt. Kernel individual > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: 7/14/03 8:18 AM > > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Install Fest options > > > > I agree, I would like to give them an option. I think JAMD is best > for > > newbies. It's RH 9 with apt-get... You get the best of both worlds. > > > > > On Sun, 2003-07-13 at 23:31, Mat Branyon wrote: > > > For academic purposes it is free indefinately. For Commercial > > purposes, > > > there is a trial period. I have a copy burnt (played around with it > a > > > little bit). I am going to try to make it to the install fest, and > if > > I > > > can, I will definately bring it. > > > > > > So Debian installs for the newbies? hmm... Why not something like > > > Redhat or the other more userfriendly distros? > > > > > > --mat > > > > > > On Sun, 2003-07-13 at 21:56, John Hebert wrote: > > > > On 13 Jul 2003 15:45:35 -0500, Lt. Kernel individual > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I'm not at the level of guru yet, but I've sure installed enough > > Linux > > > > > Distros to help out at the install fest. Playing with new OS's > is > > my > > > > > hobby, so I have a pretty good selection. Which ones do you > think > > would > > > > > be good to offer at the install fest? Here's a list of what I > > have: > > > > > > > > > > FreeBSD > > > > > QNX > > > > > Gentoo (although I haven't installed it on a HD yet) > > > > > JAMD Linu (my favorite) > > > > > Mandrake 8.1 > > > > > Yellow Dog (for any mac users) > > > > > Bonzai (based on Debian) > > > > > NetBSD (both x86 and SPARC versions) > > > > > LNX-BBC (live cd for recovery or experienced users) > > > > > > > > I think we were planning to do Debian installs, although that's > not > > carved > > > > in stone. > > > > > > > > Is QNX free? > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
