Editing Meeting-20070210

* '''Scott Kiesling:'''I've got this old small notebook I got on ebay for $150 I've been playing around with. I'd like to put a minimal distro on it and see what I can get it to do. It has a cdrom but does not boot from it.  It is a [http://linux.toshiba-dme.co.jp/linux/eng/spec.php3?model=PAP302U-T Toshiba Portege 3025CT] (mine has 96 Mb). [http://www.gweep.net/~sfoskett/linux/p3010-3.html Here] are the specs, more or less. It has an external CD player but I have not been able to get it to boot off of it. I had been incrementally getting to the point where I can boot, but hadn't quite made it. I've tried a few small distros like [http://www.puppylinux.org Puppy] and [http://www.featherweightlinux.org Featherweight], as well as some disk-based distros (there's an external floppy too), but now that I have just Googled [http://www.gweep.net/~sfoskett/linux/p3010.html this site] I may go with that. I will try to bring the relevant files on a CD. My last attempt had been variations on [http://marc.herbert.free.fr/linux/win2linstall.html this method], which got started booting (using Puppy if I remember correctly) but then got stuck. I hope I can get some help, if not, it will be fun to try. I'll probably have to leave around noon, or bring my kids in.

* '''Scott Kiesling:'''I've got this old small notebook I got on ebay for $150 I've been playing around with. I'd like to put a minimal distro on it and see what I can get it to do. It has a cdrom but does not boot from it.  It is a [http://linux.toshiba-dme.co.jp/linux/eng/spec.php3?model=PAP302U-T Toshiba Portege 3025CT] (mine has 96 Mb). [http://www.gweep.net/~sfoskett/linux/p3010-3.html Here] are the specs, more or less. It has an external CD player but I have not been able to get it to boot off of it. I had been incrementally getting to the point where I can boot, but hadn't quite made it. I've tried a few small distros like [http://www.puppylinux.org Puppy] and [http://www.featherweightlinux.org Featherweight], as well as some disk-based distros (there's an external floppy too), but now that I have just Googled [http://www.gweep.net/~sfoskett/linux/p3010.html this site] I may go with that. I will try to bring the relevant files on a CD. My last attempt had been variations on [http://marc.herbert.free.fr/linux/win2linstall.html this method], which got started booting (using Puppy if I remember correctly) but then got stuck. I hope I can get some help, if not, it will be fun to try. I'll probably have to leave around noon, or bring my kids in.

** I'm not sure how much it may help, another option might be to set up the disk as a boot disk on another computer.  I've got a little USB enclosure for 2.5 inch hard disks that works quite well that we could use to initialize the disk and pre-load it with installer software. -- [[User:Pwagstro | Patrick Wagstrom]]

** I'm not sure how much it may help, another option might be to set up the disk as a boot disk on another computer.  I've got a little USB enclosure for 2.5 inch hard disks that works quite well that we could use to initialize the disk and pre-load it with installer software. -- [[User:Pwagstro | Patrick Wagstrom]]

*  There's a project that maybe a couple people could help.  It involves reworking an event signup website using some html, mysql, php (or perl or other language that can speak to mysql or postgres), and emailing out a copy of the information once someone signs up.  I'm not stellar at website stuff, but if anyone is willing to help with it, it would be appreciated, and could help make someone very happy who is helping out wplug in a behind the scenes way.  [[User:Tdr | Ted]]

*  There's a project that maybe a couple people could help.  It involves reworking an event signup website using some html, mysql, php (or perl or other language that can speak to mysql or postgres), and emailing out a copy of the information once someone signs up.  I'm not stellar at website stuff, but if anyone is willing to help with it, it would be appreciated, and could help make someone very happy who is helping out wplug in a behind the scenes way.  [[User:Tdr | Ted]]