[wlug_org] Installfest update

[Sam Cannell]

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On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 01:50:49PM -0800, Wood Brent wrote:
> Silicon also have a well setup presentation room which we may be able to =
use.
> It might be useful to have a PC set up with internet access, email client=
s,
> Office suite all set up so anyone interested can wander up & see it worki=
ng
> without hogging the hardware area???? Any comments for/against this?

Sounds good.  What facilities does the presentation room have?

>=20
> Silicon will segment their LAN so we have a private network, we'll need o=
ne box
> as DHCP server on this, others as clients. It will NOT have internet acce=
ss,
> tho we will have some access to download stuff elsewhere on site if neede=
d &
> within reason (like drivers prob OK, but full ISO's not :-)
>=20
> The server would be a good place for ISO's, etc....

I can bring my PC as I did last time - I had a Debian APT mirror and
(iirc) Redhat ISOs then.

I've also got a 52x writer, so can burn off ISOs for anyone who wants
them.

A couple of questions:

* What distributions do we want?  Should this be clearly specified now,
  or should it be fairly loose?

* Was everyone happy with the registration site I did last time, or
  would something else be better?

  Unfortunately due to a hard disk crash on the hosting server I was
  using, I no longer have the source for that, but should be able to
  re-create it fairly easily.

> build CD of things like modem drivers, proprietary graphics drivers, etc =
for
> use during the install

Good point.  That was one of the things that I don't think anybody
thought of last time.

If everyone is happy with me using my machine as the server and given
that I've got a decent speed connection at home, I'd be more than happy
to grab all this sort of stuff and keep it on my PC until it's needed.

I'll grab the obvious stuff that comes to mind, but if anyone has any
drivers or related support software to add to the list, flick me an
email .. installfest.drivercd@plaz.net.nz

Cheers,

Sam

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