[ocbug] PCBSD/FreeBSD install fest

[Scott Murphy]

I've got a dell laptop and a couple of generic boxes as well as a mini PC formerly used for playing video. I think I can dig up another box r two. Should be fun. I can also do one under parallels and vmware fusion and vmware workstation.

Scott


On Jan 7, 2011, at 18:55, Normand Fisher wrote:

> The 18th works for me.
> We could do a mini-installfest-test anywhere but if there's interest
> I'll try to arrange a full installfest teaming up with a ModLab meeting.
> Modlab meetings are twice a month on the first and third (yes, third)
> Wednesday of the month at the Artengine M70 Lab, Art's Court on Daly Avenue.
> 
> I just acquired a beautiful IBM Thinkpad (P3!) and I will try installing
> PC-BSD on it and report on my success or lack of.  Right now, it runs
> Ubuntu 10.10.
> 
> Normand
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Diane Bruce <db at db.net>
> Date: Friday, January 7, 2011 6:13 pm
> Subject: Re: [ocbug] PCBSD/FreeBSD install fest
> 
>> On Fri, Jan 07, 2011 at 10:41:53PM +0000, Dru Lavigne wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> At the last ocbug beer'n'pizza night, we had a discussion of 
>> install> > problems with PCBSD especially after Dru's talk at 
>> OCLUG. I thought
>> ...
>>> Wednesday's aren't good for me but I should be able to manage 
>> another day of the week.
>>> 
>>> Were you thinking before or after 8.2 is released?
>> 
>> Perhaps we could do a *quick* in group installfest and do some last
>> minute last minute debug for 8.2. THen do a full fledged installfest
>> with anyone else who wants to show up.
>> 
>> Normand Fisher <fishern at ncf.ca>  Suggested he could find us some
>> space for a large installfest. Obviously we couldn't do either the
>> small or large installfest at the Colonnade. I am not sure we would 
>> needmuch space for an in-group installfest.
>> 
>> Again, I was thinking we could bring *everything* spare CDs, USB 
>> sticks,various versions of BSDs so we can debug anything thrown at us.
>> Of course, we'd also need some internet for backup support for this
>> kind of venture.
>> 
>> Then with a larger installfest we'd have a lot more confidence things
>> will work.
>> 
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> 
>>> Dru
>> 
>> - Diane
>> -- 
>> - db at FreeBSD.org db at db.net http://www.db.net/~db
>> 
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