Support Needed for Edubuntu PXE Installation in Chicago

Jonathan Carter (highvoltage) jonathan at ubuntu.com
Fri Oct 22 16:06:04 BST 2010


Hi Jack

On 21/10/2010 12:51, Jack ODonnell wrote:
> 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 Edubuntu 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 people in Chicago who may be
> interested in helping out.  I've contacted Linux/Ubuntu groups in the
> city and haven't gotten any replies
> 
> Currently we have 200 machines ready for installation.  These machines
> are headed for schools in the Dominican Republic and Haiti

I'm too far to be of any assistance, but I posted about it and linked to
your email on the Edubuntu identi.ca/twitter/facebook pages. Hopefully
someone who read it will know someone in Chicago who may be of assistance!

-Jonathan



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