[Ubuntu PA] NTR Laptop Project: need volunteers

[Kevin Valentine]

Mike,

Thanks for the input.  Yes, it would be great to understand more about
the problem you had with Clonezilla.  For all we know, NTR's switches
could run into a similar problem.  I'm not sure if autosense is the same
as autonegotiate but that's a problem I ran into once when setting up a
small thin client network with really old NICs.  They wouldn't
autonegotiate properly and slowed down the network dramatically.  Sounds
like your problem was at the switch itself.

As for laptops for your picture frame, you could have many to choose
from if this this laptop project pans out.  Interested in being NTR's
first linux laptop customer?  What price range and quantity are you
interested in?

btw, these will most likely have DSL or Puppy installed.  Hope that's
not a deal breaker.  My best guess at prices are $30-60 each but that
really depends on Stan.  And of course, the specs of the laptop.  So
far, processor specs range from 100 to 300 MHz.

-kevin


silvertip257 wrote:
> I really wish I wasn't so far from where you're doing all this (I
> assume Philly).
> I have limited free time, but we do use Clonezilla in the lab at
> school.  It's such a shame Clonezilla doesn't work well with the
> autosense feature in Cisco Catalyst 2950 switches...
>
> I know very little about Clonezilla at this time b/c of the loads of
> trouble we had with Clonezilla and the 2950s.  We are running it
> through a hub b/c of that!!!  yikes I know.  I'll try and hang around
> lab a little extra and learn what I can about their Clonezilla server
> and better how to use it.
>
> Maybe if I get my network set up right and get a 16 or 24 port 10/100
> switch I'll be of some use to your imaging project.  I'm all for the
> Clonezilla and antique hacking!  If I'm able to setup a nice
> multicasting server & environment ( i.e. large port count switch),
> then it would be worth your and my while to have me assist in the
> cloning process.  If that's the case, maybe I can get some of my
> classmates/buddies involved.
>
> I'm also looking for a decent (low powered machine) for my own
> personal digital picture frame.  I wasn't able to get the bash login
> scripts (I talked about months ago) to work so I have nothing to show
> for that attempt.  I began using Debian Etch ( 4.0) for it.
>
> Later,
> Mike