[ale] Edubuntu Local Apps and Hard Drives : was Need Help sending PCs to Haiti

[Sergio Chaves]

LOL!

Thanks for the update Jim.

On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 6:22 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:

> Running into a problem. Need ide controller to dban ide drives. None of
> the old systems I've tested today will settle to let dban do it's job. I
> have ide to usb at home. Will bring to work to continue this Tuesday. Can't
> take drives out until wiped.
> Ugh. Old slow stuff.
> Spoiled rotten hardware junkie.
> On Aug 8, 2012 12:43 PM, "Jim Kinney" <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I have drives I can supply. I need to do a dban first and then they are
>> yours.
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > checking for drives. will ping back later.
>> >
>> > On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 10:23 AM, Sergio Chaves <sergio.chaves at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >> I got Edubuntu 12.04 up-and-running.
>> >> Clients login fine.
>> >> Problems are the usual ones - Firefox, Flash, etc.
>> >> Using Local Apps to help.
>> >> *My* problem is that all client PCs are diskless. Does anyone have 06
>> old
>> >> HDs (PCs are 486s); size does not matter in this case  :-)  - 20 Gig?
>> >> Also, does anyone know if there are any changes for setting up Local
>> Apps in
>> >> 12.04 LTS?
>> >> The most recent page I could find googling was this page -
>> >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LTSPLocalAppSetup
>> >> Is it still valid?
>> >>
>> >> BTW, I am in McDonough/Hampton area.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks for any help on this. I must have everything ready by 09/02 and
>> she,
>> >> "the one that must be obeyed" is starting to comment on too much time
>> in
>> >> front of the computers when at home :-)
>> >>
>> >> Sergio Chaves
>> >>
>> >> Systems Administrator
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> GENCO ATC
>> >>
>> >> PRODUCT LIFECYCLE LOGISTICS
>> >>
>> >> The Home Depot RLC#8616
>> >>
>> >> 180 Westridge Parkway
>> >>
>> >> Suite 300
>> >>
>> >> McDonough, GA 30253
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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>> Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you
>> gain at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his
>> own tail. It won't fatten the dog.
>> - Speech 11/23/1900 Mark Twain
>>
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