I can't speak "officially" for anybody these days but the proposal by Tao Tan sounds very much like what happens at some of our more interesting meetings. Bring it on! Bring in the system and CDs so we can hack away. (Of course, in the beneficial sense of the term.)
At 07:06 PM 4/8/02 -0400, Jeffrey Yep wrote: >----- Original Message ----- >From: Tao Tan >Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 10:56 AM > >Hi guys- > >My name is Tao Tan and I live in Plainsboro. I recently put together a >P2-333 box with the intentions of it acting as a router, fileserver, and >gameserver. I also made the huge mistake of putting Win2K Server on it. >Guess what? Win2K Server doesn't do APM! So I can either leave it on 24/7 to >guzzle electricity or convert to Linux, which, as far as I know, can be made >to do anything up to landing a space shuttle on an alligator. > >Anyway, I have absolutely NO experience whatsoever with Linux (aside from >some tinkering with FreeSco), and I was wondering if I could haul my box in >to one of your meetings, so I can get Mandrake installed and if you guys >could teach me some basics of networking under Linux. > >Thanks. > >-Tao Tan >27 Linden Ln. >Plainsboro, NJ 08536 >609-799-9410 > >P.S. Specs are as follows: > >Intel VS440FX Mobo >Pentium II 333MHz Overdrive >256MB EDO RAM >6.4GB WD HDD >3Com 509B ISA NIC (for WAN connection) >3Com 905B PCI NIC (for LAN connection) >US Robotics ISA 56k *hardware* modem (for emergencies) > >I also have a D-Link DES-3205 5 x 10/100 switch with management. Lotsa crap >there I don't know, like VLANs and stuff like that. > > > >Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: Click Here
