On Fri, Jun 16, 2000 at 08:10:06AM -0400, Nathan Russell wrote:
>1. How difficult is it to set up Debian on a box of known specs?
Not very difficult, if you've installed Linux before.
>Also, is
>it plausible that a box would run without intervention from August to
>December?
Yes. Linux in general is very stable.
>2. Which type of processor, memory etc will give the most bang for the buck?
> We rarely see anything beyond P2-250's, so I would have to pay retail for
>that.
Sorry, don't know :-( Divide MHz by price (more or less -- the multiplier
setting of the CPU would also count in here) -- higher is better. Remember
that a few quicker machines would perhaps be an idea (unless you want the
machines for something else later, that is!), as every machine requires some
RAM, a power supply, some disk space etc.
>3. How could I get double-checking assignments that are big enough not to
>delay the project before I can report results in mid-December, and that will
>not require constant checkins before then (I am not sure that I will be home
>between about August 22 and the second week of December; we sometimes go to
>one of my cousins' houses for Thanksgiving). Email from George is the
>obvious option; are there any others?
What about using the `Vacation' option? If that won't give you enough exponents,
you can use the MaxExponents= setting (see undoc.txt) to get more.
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