Thanks Wayne. You have been a big help. Now for a couple more questions. Will I have to do a lot of tinkering to get my M-Audio Delta 1010lt soundcard and my Dell touchscreen to work?
> To: rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org > Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 12:49:29 +0100 > From: waynemerri...@thevoiceasia.com > Subject: Re: [RDD] Need assistance > > You can dual boot with this CD. During setup it checks your hard drive > and if it finds Windows (or anything else) it will ask you what you want > to do. > > The options are: > * Erase and use entire disk (don't use this one or you'll lose Windows) > * Install side by side (this is the one you want) > > You can of course just use the CD live and not install anything but any > changes you make will be lost when you reboot (and its pretty slow working > from CD). > > Or if you're slightly uneasy about messing with your computer. Download > Virtual Box (virtualbox.org). Setup an Ubuntu machine and use the > rrabuntu CD on that. Being a virtual PC you get some weird sound cut outs > on occasion but you have no chance of accidentally formatting windows. > Its as good a place to learn as any. > > > On Fri, 09 Sep 2011 12:42:22 +0100, Troy Welch <ta_we...@live.com> wrote: > > > > > Can I use this live CD for a dual boot system? Currently I have Ubuntu > > on one partition and Windows on another. Simply because I do not want to > > just lose everything without first knowing that I am going to like and > > understand Rivendell. > > Troy > > > >> To: rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org > >> Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 12:27:45 +0100 > >> From: waynemerri...@thevoiceasia.com > >> Subject: Re: [RDD] Need assistance > >> > >> Hi Troy, > >> > >> In my opinion the best thing to do for starting out is to download > >> rrabuntu (http://sourceforge.net/projects/rrabuntu/). After that burn it > >> to a CD boot from it and click next a few times (pretty much). > >> > >> That will get you a generally working setup out of the box. It uses the > >> older Rivendell 1.7 but the principles are the same for learning as far > >> as > >> version 2 is concerned. Once you play around with that and get familiar, > >> its time to think about what you want to achieve and read the rivendell > >> wiki (http://rivendell.tryphon.org/wiki/Main_Page) as there are many > >> instructions on there for various things. > >> > >> It can be quite a process if you want to custom install everything to > >> your > >> tastes but you can't go wrong with the live CDs to get to grips with it. > >> > >> Please note that there is a CentOS based Rivendell version 2 but I find > >> that Ubuntu is easier to get started with as a newcomer. > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Wayne > >> > >> On Fri, 09 Sep 2011 03:42:46 +0100, Troy Welch <ta_we...@live.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >> > Anyone willing to assist? > >> > > >> > From: ta_we...@live.com > >> > To: rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org > >> > Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2011 14:00:34 -0700 > >> > Subject: Re: [RDD] Need assistance > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Thanks everyone. I have a person who tried last night to log in > >> remotely > >> > to install and setup Rivendell for me. That is what I am looking for. > >> As > >> > I said, all of this is totally new to me and I am learning as I go. > >> But > >> > there is still a hige learning curve for me. Anyone willing to do > >> that, > >> > please just let me know. I appreciate any help. > >> > > >> > > >> > Troy > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2011 17:53:06 +0000 > >> > From: ve4...@aim.com > >> > To: rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org > >> > Subject: Re: [RDD] Need assistance > >> > > >> > > >> > There used to be a lot of useful information in the Rivendell groups > >> > mailing list archive as well; however, unless someone here downloaded > >> a > >> > zip of the archive and can make it available via ftp or something like > >> > that it may not be available to you, as there was a warning that the > >> > archive was being unavailable as of Aug 31, 2011 > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > On 2011-09-08 17:46, VE4PER/Andy wrote: > >> > Hi Troy , > >> > some of these items are customized install packages of linux OS's that > >> > have been modified to include the Rivendell application. They often > >> > refer to them here as appliances. > >> > > >> > You have already installed and set up ubuntu, there is also an option > >> if > >> > you go through the wiki to just add new repositories (( I believe it > >> > used to be tryphon.org within the wiki text )software online install > >> > package sites) that it specifies, I believe the last one was 1.7.x > >> which > >> > is an older version but will get you started if that is what you would > >> > like to do without having to reinstall the OS. > >> > > >> > There are a couple of the install CD/DVD packages Rivendell 2.x.x and > >> > Centos 5.6 and/or Centos 6.0 ( not sure if this one is available yet > >> or > >> > not). |There is also an older openSUSE version of linux with RD > >> included > >> > in it as well; but beware these are done by pros here and have been > >> > customized for specific uses and may not include a lot of the user > >> > friendlier GUI programs that you might read about elsewhere when > >> trying > >> > to understand linux. RRubuntu is a customized version installer > >> package > >> > developed by the chaps here that does the same thing but installs RD 2 > >> > series with ubuntu OS. Again this is custom for performance and a lot > >> of > >> > linux GUI's may not be available to someone learning linux as well. > >> > > >> > The developers may have a script that will do the same thing and allow > >> > you to install without redoing your ubuntu OS completely; maybe Geoff > >> > could confirm that?? > >> > > >> > The last time I checked the online user manual, it was quite > >> > informative, but again it was only up to date to rivendell 1.7 series > >> > versions. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > On 2011-09-08 03:38, Troy Welch wrote: > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > What are these? I am willing to try anything. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 20:32:59 -0700 > >> > From: jsot...@yahoo.com > >> > To: rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org > >> > Subject: Re: [RDD] Need assistance > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > I'm with you on that one, I'd definitely go with RRAbuntu, > >> > > >> > --- On Wed, 9/7/11, Geoff Barkman <countryra...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > > >> > > >> > From: Geoff Barkman <countryra...@gmail.com> > >> > Subject: Re: [RDD] Need assistance > >> > To: "User discussion about the Rivendell Radio Automation System" > >> > <rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org> > >> > Date: Wednesday, September 7, 2011, 8:14 PM > >> > > >> > > >> > Would it be easier for a first time user to try RRAbuntu or the > >> > RDappliance versions of Rivendell? > >> > Cheers > >> > Geoff > >> > > >> > On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 3:05 PM, Rob Landry <41001...@interpring.com> > >> > wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Are you compiling Rivendell from source, or installing a package? > >> >> > >> >> Which version of Rivendell are you using? Which version of Ubuntu? > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> Rob > >> >> > >> >> On Wed, 7 Sep 2011, Troy Welch wrote: > >> >> > >> >>> Hello, > >> >>> > >> >>> I am new to Linux and to Rivendell. I have install Ununtu and seem > >> to > >> >>> be > >> >>> able to somewhat understand that. But I can not for the life of me, > >> >>> figure > >> >>> out how to install, even in the slightest bit, Rivendell. Is there > >> >>> anyone > >> >>> who is willing to assismt me in this project? Remember that you are > >> >>> speaking > >> >>> to someone who is totally new to Linux. 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