Re: [PLUG] Free distros!

2012-02-29 Thread Michael Rasmussen
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 05:41:51PM -0800, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:51:57 -0800 (PST) > "Michael R" dijo: > >> show us how to PXE boot! > > >Sure.  > >Why not?  > >PXE booting is the easy part.  Providing the > >server...I'll do that too. > > It does sound like fun. I've

[PLUG] REMINDER: March PLUG Meeting

2012-02-29 Thread Michael Dexter
MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT The Portland Linux/Unix Group will meet 7 PM Thursday Mar 1, 2012 at Portland State University

Re: [PLUG] Wanted: FreePBX Speaker

2012-02-29 Thread Michael Dexter
On 2/29/12 5:31 PM, Bill Ensley wrote: > I cannot say that I would make a great speaker, but I have quite a bit > of experience with several versions of FreePBX with my oldest version over 5 > years old and > running great. Great = know more than we do and communicate it to the best of your abil

Re: [PLUG] Free distros!

2012-02-29 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:51:57 -0800 (PST) "Michael R" dijo: >wes wrote: >> On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 1:23 PM, Michael R > wrote: >>> It stands for Fun! >>> Where >>> Fun == Preboot Execution Environment. and >combining the Clinic with an >>> AT meeting on how to do it. >>> >> You heard it everyone!

Re: [PLUG] Wanted: FreePBX Speaker

2012-02-29 Thread Bill Ensley
I cannot say that I would make a great speaker, but I have quite a bit of experience with several versions of FreePBX with my oldest version over 5 years old and running great. I am about to rebuild our outdated version with the latest build as well so it will be fresh in my mind I volunteer.

[PLUG] Wanted: FreePBX Speaker

2012-02-29 Thread Michael Dexter
Hello all, I have heard yet another person say that http://www.freepbx.org/ does not suck and is in fact is quite good. Is anyone using FreePBX and if so, would you like to share your findings at a General or AT meeting? Thanks, Michael ___ PLUG ma

Re: [PLUG] Free distros!

2012-02-29 Thread Michael R
wes wrote: > On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 1:23 PM, Michael R wrote: >> It stands for Fun! >> Where >> Fun == Preboot Execution Environment. and combining the Clinic with an >> AT meeting on how to do it. >> > You heard it everyone! Michael R just volunteered to come to the clinic and > show us how

Re: [PLUG] Free distros!

2012-02-29 Thread wes
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 1:23 PM, Michael R wrote: > > > > John Jason Jordan wrote: > > It's probably possible. But first I > need to learn PXE stands for. > > It stands for Fun! > Where > Fun == Preboot Execution Environment. and combining the Clinic with an > AT meeting on how to do it. > > --

Re: [PLUG] Free distros!

2012-02-29 Thread Michael R
John Jason Jordan wrote: > It's probably possible. But first I need to learn PXE stands for. It stands for Fun!  Where Fun == Preboot Execution Environment.  and combining the Clinic with an AT meeting on how to do it.  -- Michael Rasmussen http://www.jamhome.us/ Be Appropriate &&

Re: [PLUG] Free distros!

2012-02-29 Thread Russell Johnson
On Feb 29, 2012, at 12:37 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > But first I need to learn PXE stands for. Preboot Execution Environment. There's lots of documentation on the 'net on how to set this up. Basically, you'll need a a dhcp server, and a tftp server that can serve the install files to the

Re: [PLUG] Free distros!

2012-02-29 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 12:11:13 -0800 Mike Connors dijo: >I'm also wondering if there is a way at the Linux Clinic to provide a >PXE network boot and install? My Debian install on my Toshiba Netbook >became corrupted and non-functional. it doesn't support booting from >the usb drive... It's probabl

[PLUG] Free distros!

2012-02-29 Thread Mike Connors
> > I keep the major distros on my computer because I have pretty good > bandwidth at home and plenty of storage space. Mostly I do so for use > at the Clinic, but I am always happy to provide them to people who have > slow connections. > > I just went through my Distros folder and updated to the l

Re: [PLUG] Free distros!

2012-02-29 Thread Benjamin Kerensa
On 02/28/2012 10:05 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > I keep the major distros on my computer because I have pretty good > bandwidth at home and plenty of storage space. Mostly I do so for use > at the Clinic, but I am always happy to provide them to people who have > slow connections. > > I just went