Re: KLUG: Next meeting

[Bruce Smith <bruce@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Given the fact that the mail server was doing strange things, I thought I 
should send this again.

Good idea!  I hadn't seen this email.

> Hi folks,
> 
> If you don't have a program prepared, I volunteer to bring my PC to the altar 
of Red Hat for dual boot setup. I put a new HD in and purposely didn't create a 
Linux partition. I'd like to shrink the existing Win95 (FAT16) partition (FIPS?) 
and make room for Linux and install it. I have 4.x on CD, unless someone has 5 
available. I'll probably have networking questions as well, especially dialup to 
Net-Link and LAN uses. (DHCP, web server, mail server, etc)
> 
> One thing though: I hafta leave by 5:40 PM at the latest. Is it do-able in 
that amount of time? 
> 
> Tony Gettig

That sounds good to me.  We should be able to install everything in 
that amount of time.  We might not be able to answer *ALL* your 
questions in that time, but we should be able to get you running.

To save some time, you can reorganize your Win95 partition right 
before you bring it in.  That will create some free space at the 
end of the partition leaving room to shrink it.

Also, any specs you can gather on your PC before hand will be helpful.
Video card type and video ram, monitor specs, chipset of lan card,
CD drive, disks (especially if non-IDE, i.e. SCSI), tape drive . . .
And make sure you bring it all (monitor, keyboard, mouse, . . .).

I'll bring my Redhat 5.0 CD if you would rather use the newer version.

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
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