[wplug] CMU installfest this Friday 7th Feb

[Russ Schneider]

RH 8.0?  Awfully buggy!  Most of the RH x.0's are buggy.  The server 
where all my sites/music is located runs 8.0 and I can't stand it.  :)

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Alexandros Papadopoulos wrote:

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>Hi wplugers!
>
>The following has been sent to all MISM students of CMU. If you're 
>interested, feel free to let me know, so that I can personally notify 
>you of the exact time and place of the event (I've put a reservation 
>request for Hamburg Hall Auditorium, 17:00).
>
>Please note that I'm not necessarily skilled (or sufficiently 
>multi-threaded...) to take care of very diverse configurations - most 
>CMU students have the same laptop as me, and will therefore hit no 
>snags during installation. Having said that, if we get technical 
>support from wplug gurus, I'm confident that we'll be fine.
>
>The event as currently planned is a real-time demonstration/installation 
>of the Red Hat 8.0 distribution, with a laptop being configured while 
>connected to a projector, and everyone in the room replicating the 
>steps needed to install. It's completely inflexible, but it's all I can 
>handle on my own.
>
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>Subject: -- LINUX --  installfest next Friday 7th Feb
>Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 22:46:31 -0500
>From: Devin Lee Drew <ddrew at andrew.cmu.edu>
>To: mism-students at lists.andrew.cmu.edu
>Cc: apapadop+linux at cmu.edu
>
>Mr. Alexandros Papadopoulos writes the following:
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>Dear all
>
>The 2nd international linux installfest is on its way. We'll be doing
>a  standard installation of the Red Hat 8.0 distribution.
>
>The procedure followed will be based on the IBM T23 Thinkpad. Other
>machines are welcome, but bare in mind that we won't have time to
>troubleshoot different configurations.
>
>To participate, you must do three things:
>
>[1] Send an email to apapadop+linux at cmu.edu stating that you'll come
>next Friday afternoon (after 15:00 for sure)
>
>[2] Download and burn the CD images of Red Hat 8.0.There are 3 CDs,
>which are available here:
>
>http://linuxbuild.andrew.cmu.edu/iso/8.0-disc1.iso
>http://linuxbuild.andrew.cmu.edu/iso/8.0-disc2.iso
>http://linuxbuild.andrew.cmu.edu/iso/8.0-disc3.iso
>
>or here:
>
>http://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/redhat/redhat/linux/
>8.0/en/iso/i386/psyche-i386-disc1.iso
>
>http://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/redhat/redhat/linux/
>8.0/en/iso/i386/psyche-i386-disc2.iso
>
>http://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/redhat/redhat/linux/
>8.0/en/iso/i386/psyche-i386-disc3.iso
>
>
>[3] Backup in any way (thunderbolt - linux servers - CDs) anything on
>your disk that would make you cry if it was lost. We haven't had any
>information loss previously, but... better safe than sorry. Empty your
>D: drive (second disk partition) completely, as we'll delete it to
>install linux.
>
>PARTICIPATION:
>If there are less than 15 replies, the event will be cancelled. Please
>email me if you plan to attend. To avoid spamming people who don't
>want  to participate, further information on the exact place and time
>of the  event will be sent individually to all respondents, and NOT to
>this  list.
>
>Thanks
>
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