I just came back from the LinuxSA Installfest. It was a great event with
lots of local supports. I was surprised by how well it was organised (they
only had a few weeks to put the whole thing together).
R
>From: Jeff Waugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Hi all,
>
>Thought you'd be interested in this quick summary of LinuxSA's InstallFest.
>SLUGgers - join the festies mailing list if you're not already on it!
>
>- Jeff
>
>
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>Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 23:42:56 +0930
>From: "Richard Russell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "Richard Russell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: LinuxSA Installfest
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>Extra-quick summary
>
>We had about 40-50 helpers/installers, we installed/configured about 100
>machines, had about 40 machines left over that we couldn't get to, had
>3-400
>people in attendance, 6 well-attended talks, 4 booths, 5 demo machines,
>including a dual PIII550 server with 512Mb RAM and a 72Gb RAID5, a 100Mbps
>link to the internet, a shortage of power and desk space, and a lot of fun.
>
>Quick advice: Get lots of power and desk space-a-plenty, have about 3 white
>boards, one for notices, one for problems needing resolving, and one for
>other stuff, bring lots of masking tape, and plenty of pens, pencils and
>textas, make sure you have your entry/exit procedures sorted out early and
>streamlined, make sure that every installer has a sheet of paper reminding
>them of important things to do and important bits of info (where to get
>boot
>floppies, CDs, etc), make sure that every job that needs doing also has a
>piece of paper summarising what the person is supposed to be doing, and how
>to go about it, and what the important things are, LABEL EVERYTHING, get a
>queueing system for people who are waiting (each for their own doesn't work
>too well), have a PA, or two -- one for talks as well... More advice and
>summary stuff to come...
>
>rr
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