[School] Re: [LeapList] School Install today

[Phil Barnett]

On Sunday 06 August 2006 23:03, Hale Pringle wrote:
> Hi All.
>
> We had 7 or 8 people show up at the InstallFest site today.  With school
> starting tomorrow the school staff were anxious to have "something" they
> could use.   Evem though the server isn't available yet we were able to
> do the following today.
>
> 1.  Phil did yoe-man work getting IPCop reconfigured and Dan's Guardian
> blocking porn.

Yes, I just had to spend a few minutes with it to see where the problem was. 
Once I found it it was simple. And now the kids in the school will not have 
their tender sensibilities shredded by nasty stuff from the internet.

> 2.  We drew temporary Ethernet runs and using some of the small hubs
> that Disney donated we got three teacher machines and 20 student
> machines connected to the Internet.  Since they are currently using a
> shared DSL link the pipe is limited, but they can at least start to do
> their research.  Even though the wire is temporary, a full box of
> Ethernet disappeared into the drop-down ceiling.

And, it's not wasted. We can use it for the permanent installation in the next 
few weeks.

> 3.  A good bit for their curriculum is on movie type DVD's.  We plan to
> serve these from the server when it arrives, but for now we got one
> Linux box with a DVD drive up and viewing in each of the three
> classrooms.

This worked pretty good. I loaded up the livna repository and yum installed 
xine. It worked first time.

> 4.  Phil got work from Disney at 4:00 PM Friday that he could come and
> pick out a server.  He hopes to snag a doozy this week.  Stuff that
> retailed for $50 to $100K a few years ago.  Talk about sweet.

I'll have specifics on this later in the week. It'll be a donated Compaq rack 
mount server. Probably a DL-380.

> Thanks to all for the cable/twine pulling, cable crimping, testing,
> software/hardware installing, etc.  It isn't all there but we left them
> a lot more than I was thinking they would have yesterday.
>
> (We'll pass on the singing of songs meant to remind you how the wires
> are ordered when adding an end to an Ethernet cable.  You know who you
> are. heh heh heh.....)
>
> As I mentioned before we have a second school for learning disabled kids
> who want to participate.  Their paper work is "in the mill" as Disney.
>
> Hope to see you there next time.

I, too, would like to thank the fantastic help that we have had so far in this 
project.

And, we have put up a wiki to document the project so that others may follow 
in our footsteps.

The wiki is at:

http://www.leap-cf.org/wiki

Here's how you can create your ID on the Wiki. I'll use my name as an example.

1. Go to the main page of the wiki.
2. In the lower right corner, log in with a wikiword. I used PhilBarnett.
3. Immediately hit the Preferences link at the top of the screen.
4. Give yourself a password and save it.

When you first log in with your wikiword id, your password will be blank. 

BE SURE TO GIVE YOURSELF A PASSWORD IMMEDIATELY.

You will notice a ? to the right of your wikiname. Press the ? and create your 
user name home page for others to see who you are.

You can't edit a page until you log in. Anyone can view them.

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