> I think we have to consider the hardware that the OSs are going to be
> installed onto, also to help determine which OS ultimately does get
> installed.
True.
> I know that Mepis will not install on 486 hardware but some of the Knoppix
> versions will. Also some OSs don't support all the latest and greatest, bells
> and whistles yet.
To be honest, we shouldn't be installing on 486en at the InstallFests. We
should require at least a pentium/amd 400 or something. If they know
enough to make a 486 useful they don't need our help :) .
We do need to consider PPC, though.
For now let's plan on x86 and expand to PPC once we get some things
organized. If someone wants help with PPC, Sparc, Alpha, Xscale/StronARM,
etc. they should contact us beforehand and we can see if we can arrange to
have someone(s) to help them. If they have an s/390 we probably need to go
to them :) .
> Also dual boots...DEFRAG prior to arriving at the fest is mandatory if the
> other OS is the one whose name we don't like to utter.
Yeah, we need to emphasize that those who want to retain m$ on their boxen
need to defrag prior to showing up for the InstallFest. Theoretically they
don't need to if they're installing on a different disk, but let's leave
that out of the instructions and just keep it simple by requiring that
everyone wanting duel-boot on a machine that already has an m$ OS must
defrag before bringing the box in.
ciao,
der.hans