[wellylug] Installfest flyers

[Jethro Carr]

On Tue, 2005-09-06 at 15:44 +1200, David Antliff wrote:
> On Tue, 6 Sep 2005, Jethro Carr wrote:
> > Yes, we will naturally have to repartition drives, but there is no point
> > mentioning this on the advert - it might confuse or scare some people. A
> > lot of people don't even know what a partition is. When they get to the
> > event we can explain it to them.
> 
> How do you normally handle the issue of responsibility and backups at 
> these Installfests? Do you warn attendees to make backups before they 
> arrive? Do you have them sign a waiver before you offer to install Linux 
> on their machine? I'm just curious as to what measures are taken to 
> protect yourselves and your attendees' data. Many people don't realise how 
> valuable their data is until it's accidentally lost, and by the time they 
> turn up at the venue it's probably too late for them to back it up.

I think last year we had a disclaimer for people to sign. I imagine the
same will happen again.

It could be usefull though, if someone brought a USB hard disk, to
provide temp backups for people who forget to do it before they leave.


-- 
Jethro Carr <jethro.carr at jedolinux.com>

www.jethrocarr.jedolinux.com

www.jethrocarr.jedolinux.com/index.php?page=cv/cv.php
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