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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Mike,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>I can help you get a "script" included
on your very own custom Ubuntu Live-CD. I have done this at least once
before to create a custom Ubuntu distro containing various gaming programs for
friends to play D&D over the internet using OpenRPG, PCGen, and Teamspeak.
I think it would be relatively straightforward. First I'd propose
testing out the script on just a regular Ubuntu Live-CD, and once it is "proven"
then go through getting it installed on a "custom" Ubuntu distro. After
that, the process would be:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:blue;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5'><font size=2
color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Plug
the machine into your network (which should have DHCP running to give you
an IP address when you boot)...a very simple router would suffice. If
you'd like to test wireless cards as well you would just need a
wireless router running DHCP and then manually select the wireless network
from the network selection box on the top toolbar after booting.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:blue;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5'><font size=2
color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Insert
your new "custom" Ubuntu Live-CD and boot from it. (Select
wireless network if you're testing a wireless card.)<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:blue;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5'><font size=2
color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Run
the testing script (clean.sh) as root...I played around with it and
found a way to give progress on the dd command with something called "the
command line toolbar." This program needs to be installed with a
separate .deb package and will also need to loaded onto the "custom"
Ubuntu Live-CD along with the script:<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ol>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>#!/bin/bash<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'># This script uses the
command line progress bar, http://clpbar.sourceforge.net<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'># GPL - clean.sh script
written by David A. Brown (<st1:PersonName w:st="on">db@cinlug.org</st1:PersonName>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'># If you send any argument,
the script uses /dev/urandom instead of /dev/zero<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'># Make sure user is root...<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>if [ $USER !=
"root" ]; then<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> echo "You must be
root, use: sudo $0"<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> exit<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>fi<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'># Test ALL network cards...<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>for item in `/sbin/ifconfig
-s | grep -v Iface | grep -v lo | awk '{print $1}'`<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>do<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> echo "-- Testing
$item..."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> /usr/sbin/ethtool -t
$item | grep result<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>done<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'># Erase ALL hard drives...<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>for drive in `fdisk -l | grep
-v identifier | grep Disk | awk '{print $2}' | tr ":" " "`<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>do<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> size=`fdisk -l | grep
-v identifier | grep Disk | grep $drive | awk '{print $5}'`<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> cnt=$(($size/1048576))<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> echo "-- Erasing
$drive ($cnt MB)..."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> dd
if=/dev/zero bs=1M count=$cnt | /usr/bin/bar -s $size > $drive<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> else<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> dd
if=/dev/urandom bs=1M count=$cnt | /usr/bin/bar -s $size > $drive<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> fi<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>done<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><b><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";font-weight:bold'>OUTPUT WILL
LOOK SOMETHING LIKE THIS:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>-- Testing eth0...<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>The test result is PASS<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>-- Testing eth1...<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>The test result is PASS<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>-- Erasing /dev/sda (29921
MB)...<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> 29.2GB at
200.8MB/s eta: 0:00:00 99% [=========================================]<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Copied: 31374442496B (29.2GB)
(99% of expected input)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Time: 02:29<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Throughput: 210566728B
(200.8MB/s)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>29921+0 records in<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>29921+0 records out<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>31374442496 bytes (31 GB)
copied, 148.901 s, 211 MB/s <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>-- Erasing /dev/sdb (239372
MB)...<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> 9.1GB at 207.8MB/s
eta: 0:18:28 4% [== ]<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=1 color=blue
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<ol style='margin-top:0in' start=4 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:blue;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5'><font size=2
color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>If
everything passes, unplug the machine and ship it. If something fails, rip
out the part(s) that didn't work, replace the part(s), and try
again.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ol>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue;font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'>WARNING - RUNNING THE clean.sh <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">SCRIPT</st1:City> <st1:State w:st="on">ON</st1:State></st1:place> A
WORKING MACHINE WILL MAKE IT NOT WORK!!!<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue;font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Give me a call if you'd like to meet
up and do this thing. P.S. I'll be unavailable March 27 - April 6.
I've done my taxes so I'm not constrained by that at least. I made
the script use /dev/zero by default, because erasing a 200 GB disk would take
less than 20 minutes just writing zeros, but if you use /dev/urandom to
(really, really) securely erase the disk, it could take up to 2 full
days! This is why you should not guarantee "secure" erasure
and just go ahead and write zeros.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><b><font size=1 color="#00344d" face=Verdana><span style='font-size:7.5pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:#00344D;font-weight:bold'>David (Doc) Brown</span></font></b><font
color=blue><span style='color:blue'> <br>
</span></font><font size=1 color="#595959" face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
7.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#595959'>Information Specialist</span></font><font
color=blue><span style='color:blue'> <br>
</span></font><b><font size=1 color="#00344d" face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#00344D;font-weight:bold'>EDS,
an HP Company</span></font></b><font color=blue><span style='color:blue'> <br>
</span></font><b><font size=1 color="#00344d" face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#00344D;font-weight:bold'>Rolls-Royce
Account</span></font></b><font color=blue><span style='color:blue'> <br>
</span></font><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><font size=1
color="#595959" face=Verdana><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:#595959'>2001 S. Tibbs Ave.</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><font
size=1 color="#595959" face=Verdana><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:
Verdana;color:#595959'> W2C</span></font><font color=blue><span
style='color:blue'> <br>
</span></font><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=1
color="#595959" face=Verdana><span lang=IT style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:
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Zierdt [mailto:MZierdt@indy.rr.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, March 18, 2009
9:57 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Brown,
David</st1:PersonName> (Test Dept)<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: E-Cycling event</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Would you ask your membership if someone in CINLUG would like to
volunteer a<br>
little time to create a Linux distribution CD and a brief step by step<br>
process. I have looked at the websites Dave sent me and (my technical skills<br>
are now low) can't quite figure out what to do.<br>
<br>
Today our process is:<br>
We receive a machine<br>
See if it powers on and boots<br>
If so we see if the NIC card works<br>
If not and it does not have a hard drive (often a corporate machine) we<br>
install one, install XP, and check out the machine<br>
We reformat the hard drive and once the machines get to <st1:place w:st="on">Africa</st1:place>
they install<br>
a French language version of the OS<br>
<br>
This is our most time consuming task<br>
<br>
I would like (if this works) to:<br>
Have a Linux distribution on a bootable CD.<br>
Have a short written script so volunteers can execute the process (I can<br>
write this with some direction from an expert)<br>
Validate the NIC<br>
Reformat the hard drive (Dave showed me the Linux command)<br>
<br>
I have time available, and so can travel anywhere to support this. I have 3<br>
donated CPU's, mice, keyboard, and a CRT monitor for testing.<br>
<br>
Attached is a flyer describing Wings for <st1:place w:st="on">West Africa</st1:place>
- though it is aimed at<br>
drives.<br>
<br>
In addition to the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">St. Paul</st1:place></st1:City>'s
drive I sent you, we have scheduled these<br>
drives, if your members want to dispose of old machines (I am getting this<br>
data on a Gmail calendar to post on our web site)<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Cathedral</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">High School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> <st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street
w:st="on">5225 E. 56th Street</st1:Street>, <st1:City w:st="on">Indianapolis</st1:City></st1:address>,
46226<br>
(dates and times TBA)<br>
<br>
Holy Spirit Parish at Geist<br>
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">10350 Glaser Way</st1:address></st1:Street>,
Fishers 46037<br>
May 2 & 3 (times TBA)<br>
<br>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Unitarian</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Universalist</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Church</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Indianapolis</st1:place></st1:City><br>
<st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">615 W. 43rd St</st1:Street>, <st1:City
w:st="on">Indianapolis</st1:City> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">46238</st1:PostalCode></st1:address><br>
April 25 & 26 (times TBA)<br>
<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">North</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Central</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">High School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><br>
<st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">1801 E. 86th Street</st1:Street>, <st1:City
w:st="on">Indianapolis</st1:City> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">46240</st1:PostalCode></st1:address><br>
3/20 4-7pm, 3/21 9am-4pm<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
Mike<br>
<br>
Michael Zierdt<br>
5815 N. <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New Jersey</st1:place></st1:State><br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Indianapolis</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">IN</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">46220</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><br>
Home: 317-253-9418, Cell: 317-224-5967<br>
<a href="mailto:MZierdt@indy.rr.com">mailto:MZierdt@indy.rr.com</a><br>
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-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Michael Zierdt [<a href="mailto:MZierdt@indy.rr.com">mailto:MZierdt@indy.rr.com</a>]<br>
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 4:16 PM<br>
To: 'Michael Schultheiss'<br>
Cc: 'webmaster@cinlug.org'; 'Doc.Brown@eds.com'<br>
Subject: E-Cycling event<br>
<br>
This is the e-Cycling announcement you said would use. There will be more<br>
coming<br>
<br>
Second annual E-Cycling event<br>
In celebration of Earth Day, <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">St. Paul</st1:place></st1:City>'s
Episcopal, Trinity Episcopal and<br>
Christ Church Cathedral are joining forces to promote another E-Cycling<br>
event at <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">St. Paul</st1:place></st1:City>'s.
This year the collection will be limited to computers,<br>
computer parts and microwaves, only. Items we collect will be picked up and<br>
put to good use by two groups: Wings for <st1:place w:st="on">West Africa</st1:place><br>
<a href="http://www.wafwings.org/">http://www.wafwings.org/</a> and WorkForce,
Inc. <a href="http://www.work-force-inc.com/">http://www.work-force-inc.com/</a><br>
Drop-off times are Friday, April 24, 12 noon to 5:00 p.m. and Saturday,<br>
April 25, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in <st1:City w:st="on">St. Paul</st1:City>'s <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Parish</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
building at<br>
<st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">6150 North Meridian Street</st1:Street>,
<st1:City w:st="on">Indianapolis</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">IN</st1:State>
<st1:PostalCode w:st="on">46208</st1:PostalCode></st1:address>. For more info,
or to<br>
volunteer your time, contact Michael Zierdt, 317-253-9418.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
Mike<br>
<br>
Michael Zierdt<br>
5815 N. <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New Jersey</st1:place></st1:State><br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Indianapolis</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">IN</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">46220</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><br>
Home: 317-253-9418, Cell: 317-224-5967<br>
<a href="mailto:MZierdt@indy.rr.com">mailto:MZierdt@indy.rr.com</a><br>
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-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Michael Schultheiss [<a href="mailto:schultmc@cinlug.org">mailto:schultmc@cinlug.org</a>]<br>
Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 10:27 AM<br>
To: Michael Zierdt<br>
Cc: webmaster@cinlug.org; Doc.Brown@eds.com<br>
Subject: Re: Account details for jz4h3m at CINLUG (pending admin approval)<br>
<br>
Michael Zierdt wrote:<br>
> When clicking on<br>
> <a
href="http://www.cinlug.org/user/reset/1403/1236264626/2293c7f8dd109958b9339">http://www.cinlug.org/user/reset/1403/1236264626/2293c7f8dd109958b9339</a><br>
> e577e6 b872b "I get a "Access denied - You are not authorized to<br>
> access this page"<br>
><br>
> When trying to login using jz4h3m and password you sent below I get<br>
> "The username jz4h3m has not been activated or is blocked."<br>
<br>
Due to the plethora of fraudulent accounts being setup on the CINLUG<br>
website, the CINLUG webmasters must manually approve each new account.<br>
I've just approved your account - sorry for the confusion.<br>
<br>
> Please help. (actually I used to work with Dave Brown at EDS and am<br>
> trying to get his e-mail do I can ask him a question, if you could<br>
> please forward this on to him and he can respond. I entered what I<br>
> thought it might be in<br>
> cc: but it has been over a year and I could be wrong.<br>
<br>
You guessed right.<br>
<br>
> And my question is (which I will post in a forum once I get activated) is:<br>
><br>
> I am working with a charity, Wings for <st1:place w:st="on">West Africa</st1:place>,<br>
> <a href="http://www.wafwings.org/">http://www.wafwings.org/</a> that
collects old Pentium III or better PCs,<br>
> checks them out, and sends them to <st1:place w:st="on">Africa</st1:place>.
To check them out today<br>
> they erase the hard drive, install Windows XP (very slow), look at the<br>
> control panel / hardware and se if the NIC, and other devices are<br>
> functioning. This is a very slow process and I wondered if there is a<br>
> small Linux distribution that would install quickly so we can save<br>
> time. FYI: we currently have over 50 pc's to check out and 4 upcoming<br>
> events between now and May 4, so you can see that this is our bottleneck.<br>
<br>
Linux would definitely be a good fit for this process.<br>
Damn Small Linux - <a href="http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/">http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/</a>
- is what I'd recommend.<br>
<br>
CINLUG members might also be interested in helping check the PCs if you're<br>
interested in volunteers.<br>
<br>
> Also, if I sent you the dates and locations of collection events,<br>
> would you let your membership know?<br>
<br>
I'd be glad to.<br>
<br>
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Michael
Schultheiss
<st1:place w:st="on">Central Indiana</st1:place> Linux Users' Group<br>
President
<a href="http://www.cinlug.org">http://www.cinlug.org</a><br>
E-mail: schultmc@cinlug.org<br>
<br>
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