[NCLUG] Installfest anyone?

[Jim Hutchinson]

On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 11:35 AM, Paul Hummer <paul at eventuallyanyway.com>
wrote:

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> > I don't know what the situation is at FRCC, but I do know that at
> > CSU both wireless and copper Ethernet tend to require a school
> > account to log on.  Make sure that whatever venue you choose won't
> > require some kind of network authentication that may interfere with
> > installs.
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> > Has anyone considered College America -- where we have NCLUG
> > meetings -- as a possible venue?
> To provide some context on my progress (and thanks to everyone so
> far), Paul Price contacted me off list soon after my original email
> and suggested CollegeAmerica.  I felt like a stooge for not thinking
> of that initially, since they've been so helpful to us for so long.  I
> got in contact with Craig at CollegeAmerica, and he said it sounded
> like a great idea, and he would check with the campus director and get
> back to me.
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> CollegeAmerica has wired ethernet, although I told Craig that we could
> provide our own switches and the like.  I have SOME hardware, but I
> definitely don't have hardware that could support what I'm assuming
> many of you would want to bring to the install fest.
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> What kinds of support hardware can everyone provide?  We probably need
> switches and the like, and if someone has some crazy PXE server, I
> think that might be a little nicer than passing around CDs and the
> like.  Anyone have any suggestions.
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I have a 24 port switch at work that is just sitting here waiting for a job
to do. Bryan has often loaned us a server for various projects. I can't
speak for him but he may be able to loan one. I don't know if he is on this
list or not so if he doesn't respond I'll contact him and ask.

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Jim (Ubuntu geek extraordinaire)
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