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− | The first | + | The first InstallFest of 2007 will be held on February 10th, 2007 from 10am to 3pm at Carnegie Mellon University, Newell Simon Atrium. An installfest is an interactive event where you bring your computer to either show off some neat aspect of Linux, or seek help about getting Linux running on your hardware. |
'''Note:''' The [http://pghcodingdojo.org/ Pittsburgh Coding Dojo] will be holding an event called [http://pghcodingdojo.org/index.php/Iteration_0 Iteration Zero] concurrent with the installfest. Follow the link for details. | '''Note:''' The [http://pghcodingdojo.org/ Pittsburgh Coding Dojo] will be holding an event called [http://pghcodingdojo.org/index.php/Iteration_0 Iteration Zero] concurrent with the installfest. Follow the link for details. | ||
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* '''Scott Kiesling:'''I've got this old small notebook I got on ebay for $150 I've been playing around with. I'd like to put a minimal distro on it and see what I can get it to do. It has a cdrom but does not boot from it. It is a [http://linux.toshiba-dme.co.jp/linux/eng/spec.php3?model=PAP302U-T Toshiba Portege 3025CT] (mine has 96 Mb). [http://www.gweep.net/~sfoskett/linux/p3010-3.html Here] are the specs, more or less. It has an external CD player but I have not been able to get it to boot off of it. I had been incrementally getting to the point where I can boot, but hadn't quite made it. I've tried a few small distros like [http://www.puppylinux.org Puppy] and [http://www.featherweightlinux.org Featherweight], as well as some disk-based distros (there's an external floppy too), but now that I have just Googled [http://www.gweep.net/~sfoskett/linux/p3010.html this site] I may go with that. I will try to bring the relevant files on a CD. My last attempt had been variations on [http://marc.herbert.free.fr/linux/win2linstall.html this method], which got started booting (using Puppy if I remember correctly) but then got stuck. I hope I can get some help, if not, it will be fun to try. I'll probably have to leave around noon, or bring my kids in. | * '''Scott Kiesling:'''I've got this old small notebook I got on ebay for $150 I've been playing around with. I'd like to put a minimal distro on it and see what I can get it to do. It has a cdrom but does not boot from it. It is a [http://linux.toshiba-dme.co.jp/linux/eng/spec.php3?model=PAP302U-T Toshiba Portege 3025CT] (mine has 96 Mb). [http://www.gweep.net/~sfoskett/linux/p3010-3.html Here] are the specs, more or less. It has an external CD player but I have not been able to get it to boot off of it. I had been incrementally getting to the point where I can boot, but hadn't quite made it. I've tried a few small distros like [http://www.puppylinux.org Puppy] and [http://www.featherweightlinux.org Featherweight], as well as some disk-based distros (there's an external floppy too), but now that I have just Googled [http://www.gweep.net/~sfoskett/linux/p3010.html this site] I may go with that. I will try to bring the relevant files on a CD. My last attempt had been variations on [http://marc.herbert.free.fr/linux/win2linstall.html this method], which got started booting (using Puppy if I remember correctly) but then got stuck. I hope I can get some help, if not, it will be fun to try. I'll probably have to leave around noon, or bring my kids in. | ||
** I'm not sure how much it may help, another option might be to set up the disk as a boot disk on another computer. I've got a little USB enclosure for 2.5 inch hard disks that works quite well that we could use to initialize the disk and pre-load it with installer software. -- [[User:Pwagstro | Patrick Wagstrom]] | ** I'm not sure how much it may help, another option might be to set up the disk as a boot disk on another computer. I've got a little USB enclosure for 2.5 inch hard disks that works quite well that we could use to initialize the disk and pre-load it with installer software. -- [[User:Pwagstro | Patrick Wagstrom]] | ||
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* MythTV - [[User:Pwagstro | Patrick Wagstrom]] | * MythTV - [[User:Pwagstro | Patrick Wagstrom]] | ||
* FreeBSD/PHP/Apache/PostgreSQL - [[User:Wmoran | Bill Moran]] | * FreeBSD/PHP/Apache/PostgreSQL - [[User:Wmoran | Bill Moran]] | ||
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If you would like to volunteer to assist with this meeting, please add your name to one or more of the categories below. | If you would like to volunteer to assist with this meeting, please add your name to one or more of the categories below. | ||
* Host: [[User:Wmoran | Bill Moran]] | * Host: [[User:Wmoran | Bill Moran]] | ||
− | * Co-Host: | + | * Co-Host: ??? |
− | * Pizza: | + | * Pizza: ??? |
* Donuts: [[User:Curlynoodle | David Kraus]] | * Donuts: [[User:Curlynoodle | David Kraus]] | ||
− | * Setup: [[User:Curlynoodle | David Kraus | + | * Setup: [[User:Curlynoodle | David Kraus]] |
− | * Clean Up: [[User:Curlynoodle | David Kraus | + | * Clean Up: [[User:Curlynoodle | David Kraus]] |