Re: Installfest / two hours?

Right, you don't boot them out the door the second you have a login prompt
:)

Also, we've had people show up at 4:30:
- uh can I get a dual boot on my laptop?
- Have you defragged?
- no, why?




On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 19:39:40 -0700, Darrin Chandler
<dwchandler@stilyagin.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 06:19:54PM -0700, Michael wrote:
>> Over two hours per installation? Mepis 2003.10.02 only takes me like 30
>> minutes including config time. Simply Mepis doesn't run out-of-the-box
>> but
>> it's predecessor does.
>
> Tell someone 30 minutes and then you'd run into a snag getting X going,
> or something. If someone needs help doing an install, they might like a
> little walkthrough as well. Then there's loading up whatever packages
> don't come with the base install. I haven't been to an installfest yet,
> but I can imagine.
>
>> My machine is circa 1997. (home grown baby!) Perhaps a copy of 2003
>> should be
>> on hand for ancient machines! I'm trying to get one of my friends (I
>> know
>> nothing about her machine except that it is slow) to come down.... she
>> hasn't
>> gotten back with me yet.
>
> There are several distros that are still good for older hardware. I bet
> Dennis wouldn't mind having a 2003 Mepis handy, if you were to offer one
> to him.
>



--
Alexander
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