[Ubuntu PA] NTR Laptop Project: need volunteers

[Sasha R]

When/Where are you guys planning on doing this? If its in Philly, it looks
like I could finally do something for the LoCo. College/lack of
transportation has greatly impaired my ability to attend meetings.

Sasha

On Jan 13, 2008 3:00 PM, Kevin Valentine <kevin.valentine at gmail.com> wrote:

> Mike,
>
> Thanks for the input.  Yes, it would be great to understand more about
> the problem you had with Clonezilla.  For all we know, NTR's switches
> could run into a similar problem.  I'm not sure if autosense is the same
> as autonegotiate but that's a problem I ran into once when setting up a
> small thin client network with really old NICs.  They wouldn't
> autonegotiate properly and slowed down the network dramatically.  Sounds
> like your problem was at the switch itself.
>
> As for laptops for your picture frame, you could have many to choose
> from if this this laptop project pans out.  Interested in being NTR's
> first linux laptop customer?  What price range and quantity are you
> interested in?
>
> btw, these will most likely have DSL or Puppy installed.  Hope that's
> not a deal breaker.  My best guess at prices are $30-60 each but that
> really depends on Stan.  And of course, the specs of the laptop.  So
> far, processor specs range from 100 to 300 MHz.
>
> -kevin
>
>
> silvertip257 wrote:
> > I really wish I wasn't so far from where you're doing all this (I
> > assume Philly).
> > I have limited free time, but we do use Clonezilla in the lab at
> > school.  It's such a shame Clonezilla doesn't work well with the
> > autosense feature in Cisco Catalyst 2950 switches...
> >
> > I know very little about Clonezilla at this time b/c of the loads of
> > trouble we had with Clonezilla and the 2950s.  We are running it
> > through a hub b/c of that!!!  yikes I know.  I'll try and hang around
> > lab a little extra and learn what I can about their Clonezilla server
> > and better how to use it.
> >
> > Maybe if I get my network set up right and get a 16 or 24 port 10/100
> > switch I'll be of some use to your imaging project.  I'm all for the
> > Clonezilla and antique hacking!  If I'm able to setup a nice
> > multicasting server & environment ( i.e. large port count switch),
> > then it would be worth your and my while to have me assist in the
> > cloning process.  If that's the case, maybe I can get some of my
> > classmates/buddies involved.
> >
> > I'm also looking for a decent (low powered machine) for my own
> > personal digital picture frame.  I wasn't able to get the bash login
> > scripts (I talked about months ago) to work so I have nothing to show
> > for that attempt.  I began using Debian Etch ( 4.0) for it.
> >
> > Later,
> > Mike
>
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