This is what I plan on bringing. 1. 5 sets of Redhat 7.1 2. 5 sets of Debian 2.2rev3 3. 10 cd's with the following.. a. latest kernel/modtools (2.4.10) b. StarOffice c. latest mozilla benchmark (0.9.4) If anybody has some input on what else I should put on the "others" cd, let me know. Tim. -----Original Message----- From: David Lee Ludwig [mailto:davidl@WPI.EDU] Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2001 1:05 AM To: 'wlug@mail.wlug.org' Subject: RE: [Wlug] next week's installfest On Fri, 28 Sep 2001, Keller, Tim wrote:
What you might want todo is just grab everything; debs, rpms and tarballs.
That way, not matter what distribution we load, we'd be able to install.
I was planning on grabbing as much as I can, however each version of each distribution has a different set of Ximian Gnome packages that run around 225MB a piece. What CDs do people plan on bringing? -- David Ludwig | "The Linux philosophy is laugh in the face of davidl<at>wpi.edu | danger. Oops. Wrong One. 'Do it yourself.' http://www.wpi.edu/~davidl | That's it." - Linus Torvalds _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug@mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug
HI Tim, This sounds really great - thanks! If you can get the KDE 2.2.1 rpms, that might be something to put onthe "others" CD. Andy On Monday 01 October 2001 08:39 am, you wrote:
This is what I plan on bringing.
1. 5 sets of Redhat 7.1 2. 5 sets of Debian 2.2rev3 3. 10 cd's with the following.. a. latest kernel/modtools (2.4.10) b. StarOffice c. latest mozilla benchmark (0.9.4)
If anybody has some input on what else I should put on the "others" cd, let me know.
Tim.
-----Original Message----- From: David Lee Ludwig [mailto:davidl@WPI.EDU] Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2001 1:05 AM To: 'wlug@mail.wlug.org' Subject: RE: [Wlug] next week's installfest
On Fri, 28 Sep 2001, Keller, Tim wrote:
What you might want todo is just grab everything; debs, rpms and tarballs.
That way, not matter what distribution we load, we'd be able to install.
I was planning on grabbing as much as I can, however each version of each distribution has a different set of Ximian Gnome packages that run around 225MB a piece.
What CDs do people plan on bringing?
-- Andy Stewart Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org
Hey Andy, I read with interest about your installfest on the listserve (I pile up emails and pour through infrequently) and I'm sorry I missed it - I find myself in need of an upgrade on one of my boxes. I saw you have many copies of several recent distributions - I am looking to get a copy of redhat 7.1 - got any left over from last week? I'd love get a set... TIA, and one of these days I'd love to actually catch a meeting.. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Andy Stewart <andystewart@mediaone.net> To: <wlug@mail.wlug.org> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 6:45 PM Subject: Re: [Wlug] next week's installfest
HI Tim,
This sounds really great - thanks! If you can get the KDE 2.2.1 rpms, that might be something to put onthe "others" CD.
Andy
On Monday 01 October 2001 08:39 am, you wrote:
This is what I plan on bringing.
1. 5 sets of Redhat 7.1 2. 5 sets of Debian 2.2rev3 3. 10 cd's with the following.. a. latest kernel/modtools (2.4.10) b. StarOffice c. latest mozilla benchmark (0.9.4)
If anybody has some input on what else I should put on the "others" cd, let me know.
Tim.
-----Original Message----- From: David Lee Ludwig [mailto:davidl@WPI.EDU] Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2001 1:05 AM To: 'wlug@mail.wlug.org' Subject: RE: [Wlug] next week's installfest
On Fri, 28 Sep 2001, Keller, Tim wrote:
What you might want todo is just grab everything; debs, rpms and tarballs.
That way, not matter what distribution we load, we'd be able to install.
I was planning on grabbing as much as I can, however each version of each distribution has a different set of Ximian Gnome packages that run around 225MB a piece.
What CDs do people plan on bringing?
-- Andy Stewart Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org
_______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug@mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug
Hi Mike, I don't personally have RedHat 7.1 in my possession (I'm a SuSE kinda guy) but I'm sure there are folks in the group who have copies. I suspect that people will bring these to the next meeting, so if you make it, you could probably grab a copy that way. Andy On Tuesday 09 October 2001 10:12 pm, you wrote:
Hey Andy,
I read with interest about your installfest on the listserve (I pile up emails and pour through infrequently) and I'm sorry I missed it - I find myself in need of an upgrade on one of my boxes.
I saw you have many copies of several recent distributions - I am looking to get a copy of redhat 7.1 - got any left over from last week? I'd love get a set...
TIA, and one of these days I'd love to actually catch a meeting..
Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Andy Stewart <andystewart@mediaone.net> To: <wlug@mail.wlug.org> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 6:45 PM Subject: Re: [Wlug] next week's installfest
HI Tim,
This sounds really great - thanks! If you can get the KDE 2.2.1 rpms, that might be something to put onthe "others" CD.
Andy
On Monday 01 October 2001 08:39 am, you wrote:
This is what I plan on bringing.
1. 5 sets of Redhat 7.1 2. 5 sets of Debian 2.2rev3 3. 10 cd's with the following.. a. latest kernel/modtools (2.4.10) b. StarOffice c. latest mozilla benchmark (0.9.4)
If anybody has some input on what else I should put on the "others" cd, let me know.
Tim.
-----Original Message----- From: David Lee Ludwig [mailto:davidl@WPI.EDU] Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2001 1:05 AM To: 'wlug@mail.wlug.org' Subject: RE: [Wlug] next week's installfest
On Fri, 28 Sep 2001, Keller, Tim wrote:
What you might want todo is just grab everything; debs, rpms and tarballs.
That way, not matter what distribution we load, we'd be able to install.
I was planning on grabbing as much as I can, however each version of each distribution has a different set of Ximian Gnome packages that run around 225MB a piece.
What CDs do people plan on bringing?
-- Andy Stewart Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org
_______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug@mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug
_______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug@mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug
-- Andy Stewart Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org
Mike Peckar wrote:
Hey Andy,
I read with interest about your installfest on the listserve (I pile up emails and pour through infrequently) and I'm sorry I missed it - I find myself in need of an upgrade on one of my boxes.
Hi I was at the installfest but, since we had an excess of installers, I decided to sit next to Chuck and suck up expertise by osmosis. The bottom line is that, back home the next morning, I was able to do a full network install of Red Hat 7.1 --- not bad for an amateur/newbie. The bottom line is that, if you have broadband access (I have a cable connection with the town cable company in Shrewsbury) you can suck the whole works off Chuck's mirror at WPI. You can get more details tomorrow night at the WLUG meeting or, if you are in a hurry, first ftp to 130.215.24.5 and move to /pub/mirrors/redhat/linux/7.1/os/i386/images and do a directory listing. You will see a file bootnet.img; download it. Then copy it to a good floppy. Specifically, dd if=/home/bootnet.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=1440 (but, if you, like I, do not trust floppies, precede this with /sbin/badblocks -v /dev/fd0 1440 to make sure floppy disk is ok) At this point you boot from that floppy and a Red Hat install screen comes up and you just follow the instructions for an upgrade. Just press enter at the initial boot prompt to get the option at the top of that first screen -- install/upgrade. When asked for installation method pick FTP. If your box normally uses DHCP pick that on the next screen, otherwise (my case) enter its IP dotted quad etc. When asked for the source, again use 130.215.24.5 and use /pub/mirrors/redhat/linux/7.1/os/i386 for the directory. (do not check use non-anonymous FTP) The Red Hat process will take over from there. You will see lots of activity on the ethernet card lights as the ramdisk stuff is downloaded. This tells you that you got things right up to this point! :-) A couple of screens later you get to pick the class of install. You would want Upgrade. The rest is downhill and pretty obvious, even to me. doug -- Douglas R Waud, Professor Emeritus -- Pharmacology University of Massachusetts Medical School Mailing address: 17 Lantern Lane, Shrewsbury, MA 01545-2006
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