Re: Help with Linux Installation for World Computer Exchange nonprofit

How are the installs going?

How many boxes can you get installed in an hour?

I don't really have any free time, but if you really needed help I
could abandon some of my own projects.

On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 2:19 PM, James L. Mazurek
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Carl,
>
> The address for the World Computer Exchange space is 1809 West 95th
> Street,Chicago, IL 60643.  Look for the store front with the "Curves"
> sign on it.  The Beverly Hills - 95th St station of the Rock Island
> District - Metra Rail is near by.
>
>  -Jim Mazurek
>
> On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 9:08 AM, Carl Karsten <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 95th and Wood
>>
>> google street view shows a metra station, and a hardware store at
>> 1765 West 95th Street
>>
>> Is that the right place?
>>
>> I do PXE installs, including preseed files so you don't have to type
>> anything, and a local repository cache to speed things up.  full
>> install takes about 30 min.
>>
>> How did things go Oct 23?
>>
>> Er, Oct 23 *to* Nov 6 - so you are doing some each day?  (I read it as
>> just those 2 days.)
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 11:45 AM, Jack ODonnell
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm the Chicago Coordinator for the World Computer Exchange.
>>>
>>> We are a 503c international education/technology organization.  Our main
>>> mission is to collect working computer refurbish them and send them to
>>> partners(Peace Corps, Rotary, USAID, UN, ministers of education etc)  in
>>> developing countries who place them in schools
>>>
>>> We install a modified version of Ubuntu on all machines,  Recently a
>>> linux programmer from Walgreens has created system for doing a PXE
>>> install.  Previously we installed via CDs
>>>
>>> We've tested the PXE install and it works well.  However our Linux
>>> programmer cannot attend our weekend events when we do the installation.
>>>
>>> I am very new to Linux.  I'm looking for volunteers who may help during
>>> these installation events should something go wrong.
>>>
>>> Currently we have 200 machines ready for installation.  These machines
>>> are headed for schools in the Dominican Republic and Haiti
>>>
>>> We will be doing the instillation from Oct 23rd to Nov 6th.  Our storage
>>> are is located near 95th and Wood in the Beverly neighborhood.
>>>
>>> Might there be a good way to contact your group and seek help
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>> Jack ODonnell
>>> Volunteer
>>> Chicago Coordinator
>>> Regional Manager for Latin America
>>> 773 316 2944
>>>
>>> World Computer Exchange
>>> www.WorldComputerExchange.org Expand young minds, not landfills!
>>> * Connecting 2,500 schools, libraries & orphanages in developing
>>> countries to the Internet via reused donated equipment.
>>> * 700 volunteers building capacity in 500 partner groups in 67 countries
>>> in planning, fund raising, content & partnerships.
>>> * Sending teams of volunteer tech professionals on their vacation time
>>> to train & help upgrade and troubleshoot networks.
>>> * Promoting responsible recycling of electronic waste in developing
>>> countries.
>>> www.WorldComputerExchange.org is a global educational & environmental
>>> nonprofit that provides services and computers to help connect more
>>> youth in developing countries to the resources, opportunities and
>>> understanding of the Internet ~ while keeping working computers out of
>>> landfills.
>>> Our 700 volunteers provide our 450 Partner organisations in 65
>>> developing countries with assistance in sustainable project planning,
>>> partnership development, fund raising, shipping logistics, technology
>>> support, digital libraries and responsible e-waste disposal ~ as well as
>>> over 26,000 donated working used computers that have helped connect
>>> 2,500 schools, libraries, orphanages and youth centres that report use
>>> by over a million youth per year.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> Carl K
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