[frgeek-michiana] Lab Notes, 7/11/2006
- From: Tom Brown <tbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: FreeGeek Michiana <frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 11:57:37 -0500
:: Minor Work on Lab
Goose used Andrew's drill bits to punch a hole in the server closet
and has the network cables in the closet. Mike arrived later than
usual after a dinner date with his wife and didn't feel up to
demanding manual labor. Goose may have updated Debian on the server.
:: What We Really Did
Albert and I drove to the warehouse and gathered a half dozen old
Compaq laptops donated by a local bank. We took them to the lab where
Mike and Albert tried to get DSL and Knoppix to boot on them. The
test laptops had only 16 MB and 32 MB of RAM. So Knoppix was out of
the question. DSL was also too much for the laptops. Unless we can
find RAM to beef up these puppies, they are not too useful as
standalone PCs. The cpus were weak, 133 MHz, and the displays were
smallish. On the upside, they came with docking stations, and the
batteries work.
But wait...there is more. The laptops function adequately as
workstations for a portable LTSP network, great for demos! All they
need is a cheap PCMCIA nic, some CAT5 cables, a hub and server. Once
the lab is up and running, once the deman/recycle operation is
booming again, we can make a portable demo lab. Goose told us about
his good experience with Dynex PCMCIA nics, a fairly inexpensive card.
John has to do some critical scripting for his employer's MRP system
and is in the midst of deciding whether to commit to MS or FOSS
tools. We had a long discussion about scripting in TCL.
Tom
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