[OSTC] Setup - Help Required

[David Kirk]

Well, I've gone and done it (nearly). The Open Source Technology Centre is nearly ready.

I have leased an office, built some benches and purchased some computers. Cabling and Internet connection go in this week. All that is left to do is to install operating systems and some software on them. This is where I need some help. To get us started, I want to install the following:

Gateway PC - PII 266, 96MB, 13GB
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IPCop or similar firewall
Caching DNS
DHCP
Web Server
Mail Server
* I normally wouldn't load up a firewall with all these apps. I will move some of them when I get another PC to act as the firewall.

Server - PIII 733, 256MB, 13GB
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Linux (I prefer Debian)
LTSP (and some apps to run over the network)
PartImage (server and a boot disk for the workstations)

Workstations - 7 x PII 300, 64MB, 3.2GB
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Various distros of Linux/BSD to be saved as images on the server using PartImage. Then people can choose the distro they prefer when they do their courses. Cool eh?

There is probably some other stuff that needs to be installed, but that's what comes to mind at the moment. If you have any other bright ideas, let me know.

Anyone who is interested in helping set up a network from scratch, or just checking out the facilities is welcome to come along. I will be starting at 11:30am on Saturday 25 January. I will also be in on Sunday from 10:00am to finish the bits we don't get done on Saturday. Bring CD's with your favorite distro's and software. If you have a spare CD ROM drive we can borrow for the weekend, bring that too. The workstations don't have CD ROM's and I only have 2 that I can bring along.

Level 2 Highgate House
182 Cashel Street
Christchurch

It is just above the Loaded Hog. The entrance is on Cashel Street. You have to go up 3 flights of stairs to get to the 2nd floor (the ground floor is not at ground level). I'll put a sign on the door.

Any help is very much appreciated.


Later

David Kirk

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