Hello King Fred, Vimal Kumars Live DVD is a great way to test Koha, even use it in production. But I would encourage you to install koha from packages and using Debian Squeeze. Please see http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_3.x_on_Debian_Squeeze I hope it helps you.
On 6 May 2013 16:46, King, Fred <fred.k...@medstar.net> wrote: > Hello everybody, > > ...and greetings from the US. I'm Fred King, medical librarian and general > computer geek at MedStar Washington Hospital, in Washington, DC. > > Last Friday, I finally got the go-ahead to install Koha in my library. > We're a teaching hospital, and the library serves mostly medical residents, > staff doctors, nurses, and other hospital staff. Our collection has maybe > 5000 bibs and 25,000 items, soon to become much, much smaller when we move > down the hall to space about half of what we have now. We circulate maybe > 100 items per month; most of the information our users need is in journals. > I looked into Koha at great length a few years ago, but we stuck with our > old system until now. We're cancelling our contract with the old system > (and saving $10,000 US per year by doing it), and we hope to have Koha up > and running by mid-June. Yes, five weeks from now. > > In order to show my director what could be done, I installed a working > version of Koha 3.10 on a spare computer, using Vimal Kumar's Koha Live > DVD, which I think is running Xubuntu 12.04. That's probably the way I'll > install Koha on our production server, too. I configured the system, > uploaded our bibs, item, and patron data, and everything's running > beautifully. > > Well, almost beautifully. > > I'm still stuck on two problems. First, when I search on a keyword in the > OPAC, the list of items comes up with each item showing "Availability: No > copies available. Checked out (1)." In the Global System Preferences | OPAC > page I have the OPACXSLTDetailsDisplay and OPACXSLTResultsDisplay > stylesheets set at Default. > > I looked through the list archive and it looks like I need to run > fix_onloan.pl. However, when I tried to run it, I got an error message > "Couldn't find C4/filename.pm in @INC. I moved that file into a directory > in @INC, but got another "couldn't find" message. I could keep moving > files, but there must be an easier way. Can anyone tell me how? Or if > that's not the problem, could anyone tell me how to fix the availability > problem? > > Second, when I display a single item in the OPAC, the item type displays > correctly (with icon, even) in the item description, but under Holdings, > where Koha displays Item Type, Location, Call Number, Status, Due Date, and > Barcode, there's a blank spot under Holdings. I've looked through the > manual and tried different item mappings, but nothing I've tried works. > Where is that field getting its information? > > I should add that I'm pretty much self-taught with computers, and although > I can build a PC from parts, design a web page, and slowly find my way > around a Linux system, there are some odd gaps in my knowledge. So if I ask > something that everybody knows, it's probably because I haven't run across > it yet. > > Cheers, > > Fred King > Medical Librarian, MedStar Washington Hospital Center > fred.k...@medstar.net > 202-877-6221 > > > > CONFIDENTIAL: The information contained in this communication, > including its attachments may contain confidential information and > is intended only for the individual (s) or entity (ies) to whom it > is addressed . The information contained in this communication may > also be protected by legal privilege , federal law or other > applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient of this > communication , you are hereby notified that any distribution, > dissemination or duplication of this communication is strictly > prohibited. If you have received this communication in error please > immediately delete and destroy all copies of this message and > please immediately notify us of the error by separate communication > . Thank you. > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org > Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > -- Charles Lwanga College of Education, P. O. Box 660193, Monze, ZAMBIA. Mobile: +26 0979 869471 SKYPE: Libsitali _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha