Re: Help with Linux Installation for World Computer Exchange nonprofit

If it helps...

I have two towers that duplicate 8 CDRs at once from a single source
at 32X, and can pump out quite a few copies of any OSS CD if somebody
needs it for a non-profit.

Actually, it takes longer to load and label the silly CDRs than it
does for the actual burn to happen...  Bring some helpers with good
penmanship and some Sharpies :-)

The towers are sitting in my basement and living room under-utilized
at the moment.

This obviously may not help at all compared to the PXE install, but
there it is.  An open offer for any non-profit wanting to duplicate
OpenSource Software for non-profit purposes.

You provide the CDRs, of course... :-)

I could even let you borrow one of them to take onsite and duplicate
as needed, I suppose, but you have to pickup/return it, as I can't
drive until February, thanks to IL brain seizure laws.

On Fri, November 5, 2010 10:55 pm, Carl Karsten wrote:
> if push comes to shove, load the 200 boxes into a truck (or how ever
> many you can fit) and bring them over here. I can run a cat5 out to
> the garrage, hook up 32 eathernet ports we can config about 40 boxes
> per hour, plus how ever much time it takes to move them from truck to
> a spot in the garage, hook up power, monitor, keyboard, eathernet, set
> to pxe boot (either set bios, or one time boot option) and watch that
> installer stars.  once all 32 Eathernet ports are exhausted, hook
> monitor to first box and make sure it is finished.  Put it in the done
> pile, put a new one in its place, get it installing and move to the
> next one.  I am guessing a box can be removed and replaced every 5
> minutes, so 200 boxes will be 17 hours.
>
> On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 6:38 PM, James L. Mazurek
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Carl,
>>
>> I have not been able to be present for previous install sessions
>> using
>> the PXE/Network Install system so I am unsure.  In a previous email
>> Jack indicated that he has about 48 machines wired for the network
>> install.
>>
>> I plan on being there and have very good working knowledge of Linux,
>> DHCP/PXE and network installation.  So if you have other commitments
>> tomorrow I think we can get by.
>>
>> However, if anyone on the list has time to volunteer feel free to
>> come.  WCE can always use the help and people with knowledge of
>> Linux
>> is a always a plus.  It is also a good place to gain a little more
>> Linux experience for list members that would like a little more.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> -Jim Mazurek
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Carl Karsten
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 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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