On Fri, 19 Jul 2002, Warren Togami wrote: >http://www.mplug.org/archive/2002/mplug_aim1.html >This is a recording of Thursday's online AIM meeting where we discussed our >Hawaii Linux for Schools project. Jimen Ching will post a summary of the >meeting sometime Friday.
Thanks Warren. Sorry for the delay in posting the notes for the AIM meeting. Anyway, here it is. I will put this information on the MPLUG Wiki tonight. AIM meeting notes: The main topic of the meeting was the selection of a network interface card (NIC) for the thin clients. The 3c905 came highly recommended. But we did not know which EPROM will function in the network boot ROM socket. If anyone has information about this, please respond. A part number for the EPROM would probably help. If anyone have other recommendations for a good NIC, feel free to let us know. The following requirements were agreed upon: 1. PCI bus based 2. 100BaseT minimum (GigE will probably be considered) 3. Must have network boot ROM socket If possible, please provide the card name, manufacturer (i.e. 3COM, etc), price range, retailer URL or address, part number for the EPROM (if known), and comment about its reliability (i.e. whether you recommend it or avoid at all costs). Since we plan to hook up a bunch (at least 5) thin clients to each server, we will be buying these by the dozen. The schools might have the front the money, so try to find good qualify, but cheap NICs. A Wiki page was created for the LTSP project. I will be updating this webpage with information about the LTSP project as it progresses. I have a few leads on other organizations that are also accepting computer donations. I will place these information on the website instead of emailing it to the list. I phoned Juliet Begley of the DOE's Computer Recycling Program (http://www.k12.hi.us/~crecycle/) concerning possible NIC hardware. It turns out they only accept complete systems and deliver them to school as soon as possible. So they do not store donated computers. I will put everything I learned about them on the LTSP Wiki. Warren, if this is not the group you wanted me to contact, let me know. I will also send another email asking for volunteer information. So keep an eye open for that. --jc -- Jimen Ching (WH6BRR) [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
