[Novalug] PCRetro company is drowning in computers

Derek LaHousse dlahouss@mtu.edu
Fri Jul 26 11:14:10 EDT 2013


While I know a few things about PXE booting, I would enjoy the opportunity
to understand how the Debian installer can use an answers file.  I imagine
that'd be the fastest way to install on diverse hardware, rather than the
image one would use on identical hardware.
But, old computers are old.  They're power-hungry, they're slow
(comparatively).  Is there maybe a reason why PCRetro can't move them?

TL;DR: I'm in to help install Debian or Trisquel, but question the outcome.


On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 11:05 AM, Kevin Cole <dc.loco@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 10:58 AM, greg pryzby <greg@pryzby.org> wrote:
> > IF you have a place to do this, I would be happy to help. I am going to
> > guess we could get some $ for flash drives (assuming they will boot off
> USB)
> > from Google or the OS we pick is possible.
> >
> > This would be a GREAT PROJECT for someone looking for experience in
> SysAdmin
> > as you would need to figure out how to install 100 machines quickly vs 1
> at
> > a time.
>
> If folks are feeling ambitious -- really ambitious, it may be useful
> to get ideas from Free Geek (http://www.freegeek.org/) in Portland,
> OR.  Their wiki (http://wiki.freegeek.org/) contains a lot of
> information regarding how they operate.  See also, a summary of their
> operations at http://opensource.com/life/13/1/free-geek
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