On 3/5/07, Ted Roche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Pizza was eaten.
And thanks to the fine gentleman who paid for the pizza! Alas, I didn't even get his name.
I took a few notes on request:
Lots of good ideas, there! Some comments:
2. It would be good if we could provide a handcart to assist with transporting computers inside.
I can bring my Portable Folding Cart[1]. [1] = http://www.foldingcart.com/pfcproffolca.html
MythDora was a bust.
Do we know why? Discussion about having our own repositories and packages and configs and everything ready to go is quickly evolving into MythDora all over again. I'm wondering if it wouldn't be worth trying to figure out what went wrong there, rather than trying to do half of it again anyway. Of course, my system was already installed, so I didn't go through any of that pain, so maybe I'm not understanding the level of failure MythDora achieved. :-)
Local respositories might speed the process, but that could be a problem if the attendee wants to repeat the install later at home.
Shawn O'Shea suggested this as a possibility: 1. Pre-build a combination repo server and Internet gateway box. 2. Put said box between the real 'net and our install LAN. 3. Seize DNS for the various repos (fedora, atrpms, etc.) at the gateway. 4. Redirect requests to said repos to the local server. This has the benefit of being completely transparent. There's no special config needed to use our local mirror, and when the client box leaves and connects to the real 'net at home, nothing changes.
Building a disk with everything needed on it?
That is probably a good idea as a contingency, even if we attempt more sophisticated mechanisms also. -- Ben _______________________________________________ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org/
