Hello Mr. O, Ben and Mike are volunteering to get the show on the road. Since we all work double time, getting the hardware to you would be more than we could take on at the moment. If the Ben and Mike team isn't able to make the time to do the job, I will try and figure out how to get the machines to you. Thanks for volunteering to help! lorraine
> From: Mr O <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group <euglug@euglug.org> > Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 18:44:57 -0700 (PDT) > To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group <euglug@euglug.org> > Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] Looking for a savvy Linux tech > > I'd be willing to do it if you could scrounge up a couple flat > tube monitors for me. I prefer 17" but could take 19" as well. I > have two tubes in my garage now and a spare 17" LCD that could > be used for the project. If the machines are nearly the same I > could store a master image on my fileserver and restore them all > over the network. Anything that could be brought up to at least > 512MB RAM would be beneficial for the performance of most modern > distros. I could literally have all those machines done in under > 30 days if they could be transported to me. > > Let me know what I can do for you. > > Mr O. > > > --- Lorraine Kerwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hey hey, >> We have 170 dell 800 MHz 1.3 GHz PIII machines that we would >> like to >> configure so we can place them locally or with an >> international placement. >> We have to go into the BIOS and delete the donor¹s info and >> the computers >> serial numbers before we can reuse the hardware. There are no >> CD or floppy >> drives in the machines (built so employees couldnt mess with >> them). >> I was thinking this could be a fun project for a Linuxhead. >> They are >> designed not to boot from the USB port, but, can take a >> network install. Our >> network system is not set up for this type of installation >> process, so I was >> thinking if someone wanted to help us get these machines up >> and running, we >> could pull the hardware together for a Linux server just to >> work with these >> machines. >> >> If anyone out in Eugene Linuxland would like to help us on >> this project, we >> would love to get these machines new homes. We would need the >> volunteer to >> work independently and plow through the boxes. We are culling >> off the dead >> units now. We have about a 25% failure rate, so we are looking >> at 120-130 >> working units, Lemme know if you would have an interest. >> Lorraine >> NextStep >>> _______________________________________________ >> EUGLUG mailing list >> euglug@euglug.org >> http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug >> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > euglug@euglug.org > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list euglug@euglug.org http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
