This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_5f17_58f2_2c28 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Honest advise, dont buy it even if you have money. I bought 120Gb for 69.99 after rebates and went bad in one week. A lousy product and compnay to dealt with. Regards Rafiq From: Bryce C Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To: PLUG Subject: RE: Peoria Schools can't afford to replace stolen computers Date: 16 Oct 2003 14:46:36 -0700 Yesterday's Fry's Electronics ad had a 60Gb Western Digital for $40 after rebates. Sorry but I don't have $40 to spend on myself right now but if someone else does, there's a deal. On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 12:16, George Gambill wrote: > Hans, > > I am not familiar with "LTSP-like" but I can setup an LTSP box (static IP). > > For 9 clients, a 800 MHz Pentium class box with 512 MEG ram (might squeak by > with less) and 60 Gig Hard Drive should server well. Anyone got one of > those who is willing do part with it. We can always add memory. > > I am experienced with Etherboot NIC's. They can boot from a floppy (cheesy) > or from a ROM chip onboard the NIC. > > If the school has a non-Linux DHCP server (and I think it probably does) we > will need to deal with the ROM chip to configure them to ignore the > not-Linux DHCP. With floppies (cheesy) this is a piece of cake. With ROM > chips, we will need someone with a ROM burner (that is on my wish list). > > One thing, my experience shows that GNOME has (or at least had) a memory > leak with LTSP. I had to convert the LTSP system to KDE. No flames please. > > Other question. Will a server scheme work. Is there an Ethernet in place? > Is there cabling in place? Can the boxen(s) be located close to each other > such that a hub will work? > > Also. I bought a 16 port Hub (not switch) at a thrift shop (can't resist a > bargain) the other day that I could donate. > > Anyone got an 800 MHx box around (or do they)??? > > Anyone got a 60 GIG Dirve to donate (or do they)? > > In short, if we can come up with the box, I will volunteer to set up the > server. Will want help with the clients. Clients are the easy part. > > George > > -----Original Message----- > > Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 10:31:35 -0700 (MST) > > From: "der.hans" > > Subject: Re: Peoria Schools can't afford to replace stolen computers > > > > Am 16. Oct, 2003 schw=E4tzte Lee Einer so: > > > > > > > http://netscape.digitalcity.com/phoenix/news/article.adp?artic > > le=3D139416= > > 0&_dci_e_t=3Dincoming&_dci_a_l=3Dmy.netscape.com/index2.psp?cp > > =3Dmyfresh > > > > > > cle=3D13941= > > 60&_dci_e_t=3Dincoming&_dci_a_l=3Dmy%2enetscape%2ecom%2findex2 > > %2epsp%3fcp%3= > > dmyfresh> > > > > > > > > > It would be great if we could cobble together a few Linux boxes and > > > donate them... > > > > They lost 9 of 45 computers. That means they still have a > > few. AZOTO can > > donate a few boxen for LTSP clients ( thanks to UAT for that > > donation ). > > > > One or more of their remaining computers could be used to > > serve up the LTSP > > setup. > > > > Note, they may need a LTSP-like rather than LTSP, but the > > physical setup > > remains about the same. > > > > Do we have a couple of people with experience with this type > > of setup who > > will volunteer for this? Please respond on list or write me > > at AZOTO.org. > > LuftHans is my username there. > > > > Once we have a couple of volunteers lined up, and only then, > > we can contact > > them and start finding out what their needs are and how we can assist. > > > > Anybody got kids in that district? In that school? It'd be > > good to have > > someone local for the contact person. Living in/near Peoria > > would be good > > enough. Having kids in the school system would be better. > > > > If we volunteer to help, we have to be prepared to see it > > through and help > > them if they let us. If we're not going to follow through > > it's better to no= > > t > > volunteer in the first place. > > > > ciao, > > > > der.hans > > --=20 > > # https://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.AZOTO.org/ > > # It's up to the reader to make the book interesting. > > # An author has only the opportunity to make it > > uninteresting. - der.hans > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- Bryce C CoBryce Communications _________________________________________________________________ Never get a busy signal because you are always connected with high-speed Internet access. 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