[Ubuntu PA] [UPDATE] NTR Dual Boot Re-Image Project

Kevin Valentine kevin.valentine at gmail.com
Mon Sep 29 04:21:44 BST 2008


Just wanted to update anyone following this project.  Hope the short 
silence hasn't caused any loss of interest.  For updated details check 
out the project's wiki page:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PennsylvaniaTeam/CommunityOutreachTeam/NTRDualBootImage

The demo of the restore feature on the 20th and the image testing on the 
27th went great!  We're almost at a point where this is an official 
project.  We have one more significant obstacle to overcome, imaging the 
the master Xubuntu drive to other Target drives using this device:
http://www.kanguru.com/clone12hd.html

Once we get through that everything else is easy.  Read the bottom of 
the wiki page for details.  I'm hoping some of you may be interested in 
tackling some of those issues.  If none of those appeal to you, the best 
part is yet to come (IMO).

In a short time NTR will be distributing their desktop PCs with Xubuntu 
pre-installed.  Each month they have a "Bring a Computer Workshop".  
These events will be our LoCo team's time to shine.  People come in with 
their Windows problems - that's when we pounce!  If Xubuntu isn't on 
their PC (old system) and their Windows install is completely corrupted, 
we set them up with the "new system" and get to demo Xubuntu.  This 
almost like having an install-fest each month.

One more thing was discussed at NTR.  If this works out well with their 
desktop PCs, they want to go forward with the laptops too.  There are 
some technical hurdles with doing that but I think we can figure it out :)

-kevin



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