I suggested a similar idea a while back and Peter volunteered me to setup my laptop has the DHCP server at IFs. I've been to every single one of the IFs with my DHCP-ready laptop ever since... unless I couldn't make it for some reason (translation: done it once.)
-Mark On Thu, 25 Apr 2002, Ken Bloom wrote: > You probably already have this set up on the computer and just forgot to mention it >in the > overview, but the computer needs to act as a DHCP server at Installfests so we can >set up > computers for DHCP networking and not have to wait for two minutes each time as we >restart > computers repeatedly while we are troubleshooting them. > > Since I'm sure the woody mirror is also intended for Installfests, DHCP would help >greatly for > that too. > > > --- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --- > > Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 16:03:10 -0400 > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [vox-tech] Lugod Demo Computer Software suggestions? > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Contents: > > - Overview. > > - Installed Debian package list. * > > - Pruned kernel config. * > > > > *: I was going to include the last two but that increases the size of the > > message by about 70k, so I'll probably just send it to Bill and post > > the URL. > > > > > > Overview > > ======== > > > > Major installed packages include: > > - X11 4.1, Gnome, KDE, > > - Abiword, Gnumeric, Koffice, Openoffice, > > - Mozilla, Konqueror, lynx, links > > - Most of the development tool chain: > > C, C++, Perl, Python, > > - Many games: > > nethack, tuxracer, defendguin, gemdropx, etc... ;) > > the Loki demo archive... :{ > > > > > > Machine is running kernel 2.4.18, it has the following module > > packs: alsa, i2c-sensors, lm-sensors. The kernel and module packs > > are compiled into Debian packages in apt-getable /home/debian/local. > > > > There is a local debian mirror of woody in /home/debian/mirror. > > The machine is configured to apt-get from it's own mirror. The > > mirror is updated every 24 hours via cron. > > > > All three of the major X windows login systems are installed: > > gdm, xdm, kdm. They are setup to start at boot on consoles > > 2, 3, 4. Once the graphics settle the machine should be at the > > gdm login banner. Text consoles are running on 1,5-12. > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > -- Mark K. Kim http://www.cbreak.org/ PGP key available upon request. _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech