Re: Projects List page
On 12/10/05, Erik Nørgaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > pete wright wrote: > > Saw the newly posted list of projects that need volunteers. One > > project in particular caught my eye: > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/projects/ideas/#p-pxeinstaller > > (FreeBSD PXE Install support) > > > > I do not see an email contact regarding this, has anyone started > > working something like this? > > In the bottom is a list of people associated with a group of projects, > so I guess you can write to one of them and ask and/or volunteer. saw that, but did not see an obvious contact, unless this is related to rel. NGin anyevent I guess I'll just keep working on what I use on my cluster and keep an eye open for any traffic -p -- ~~o0OO0o~~ Pete Wright www.nycbug.org NYC's *BSD User Group ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Projects List page
pete wright wrote: Saw the newly posted list of projects that need volunteers. One project in particular caught my eye: http://www.freebsd.org/projects/ideas/#p-pxeinstaller (FreeBSD PXE Install support) I do not see an email contact regarding this, has anyone started working something like this? In the bottom is a list of people associated with a group of projects, so I guess you can write to one of them and ask and/or volunteer. I don't know what exactly they have in mind, they write good PXE knowledge is required, but I see the main task to provide a good UI. I see two things to do: 1) preconfiguring a server 2) configuring the pxe-install 1) is the easy part: You just need the live disk to be preinstalled with isc-dhcpd (or similar) and tftp preconfigured. I guess ftp-install would be the viable method using an external ftp-server, else a native ftp server should be preconfigured and populated with install files. The problem is 2) It's fairly easy to create a memory disk boot image that is fetched with tftp. The problem is that this contains the script file that scripts the installation and that script should be customizeable. The script is a sysinstall script and sysinstall is largely undocumented in this regard. Further sysinstall, AFAIK, is regularly suggested for an overhaul, and it is at least listed for a minor update on the project list. So, in my point of view, the obvious solution would be to work on sysinstall, adding an option "save configuration" which would generate the script. Then we only need to save it in the memory disk image. I don't know if the listed network people are reading this, or maybe those who are not yet responsible for sysinstall. But I would be interested in working on this... (well, not exactly sysinstall as much as the easy parts :-) Cheers, Erik -- Ph: +34.666334818 web: http://www.locolomo.org S/MIME Certificate: http://www.locolomo.org/crt/2004071206.crt Subject ID: A9:76:7A:ED:06:95:2B:8D:48:97:CE:F2:3F:42:C8:F2:22:DE:4C:B9 Fingerprint: 4A:E8:63:38:46:F6:9A:5D:B4:DC:29:41:3F:62:D3:0A:73:25:67:C2 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: projects
> > Shawn Said: > > > > I am currently tryin to learn sysadmin. is there a place were there > > are projects that I can practice on my box..I have just been searching > > the web for stuff to do with my box and have learned bits and > > pieces..but I want a little more structure. I have bought a few books > > but quickly tire of them just like the projects on the web because I > > have to search for days on the > next step to learn how to do it.. I > > would like something that is step by step and progressive between > > steps...am I dreaming or is there something > out there??? Thanks > Luke Said: > As one who has done ( am still doing ) what you are looking for I suggest > that the best way is to purchase the FreeBSD handbook ( or if you don't mind > reading it over the web get the good oil there ) and go through the chapters > one by one and learn to install/config a DHCP server Web server FTP server > etc etc. All the books dedicated to Sys Admin work appear to be pretty > tedious I thought and the best way is hands on playing with things with the > books as a guide only. Take any old piece of garbage machine with a cheap > hub and a second "client" machine and go for it. It can be fun when things > are working the way you intended. I would also recommend to treat your first many installs as throw away. That is write them off up front, expect to reinstall. This way you can play with many aspects of the system without the fear of breaking it, you have already decided it will be reinstalled. After you have learned more you can stop this behavior and keep it stable. This has the added benefit that you learn a great deal from breaking things... :) What Luke recommends above is great (making up tasks to do such as installing a web server). You can build on that too. Install an apache web server with ssl, php4, and a mysql or postgresql database and use that to install PHP nuke. Set up a DNS server and learn about zone files, etc. and then run two, or more, PHP nuke websites from one IP address. You can go on and on with this. It becomes alot more fun when you start putting several things together and get your machine to do something cool. The possibilities are endless. - Mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: projects
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