Hello all,
This is with reference to the wireless linux download idea that I had posted a month ago. Just to refresh your memories, it consists of a stand alone repo server that is linked to a WAP. So anyone and everyone who want to download CD/DVD ISOs can visit the location with their wireless enabled laptops and locally download the required isos. We can also keep some LAN cables for older lappys.
Recently I bought a secondhand pc, an HP, AMD K6 450 MHz. with 128 MB RAM, 40 GB HDD, CD ROM. It also came with a colour printer that was serviced today. It only needs new cartriges now. I am keeping the printer for personal use and it will be used to print the linux brochures. A few at a time as per the need.
The pc box will be used for the WLD idea and I want to install it in any institution which is willing to run it for 24 hours. The HDD was cleaned and installed with the Debian Etch base package CD that I had downloaded last month. So now Debian is up in command line. Net is up too. Apt is giving some trouble as I did not use the mirrors during installation. I tried various entires in the sources.list but it hangs midway and then throws errors. It should be resolved with the blessings of the experts.
There are 4 primary partitions created in the box as follows:- 100 MB /boot 3 GB / 36 GB /var (for the web pages) 2 GB swap
Now the actual installation and setup stage begins and I would like to know if anyone is interested in setting up the system. I feel that a one or two day session in any place would be ideal where we meet as a group and finish it up. We document the procedure to help others do the same. Right now I don't have the budget to buy a wireless AP but I/we can pool in later or use a secondhand one. Right now we can test the same with a LAN cable and a laptop. I will bring the box with kb and mouse to the venue.
JTD also had an idea of setting up Linux Radio Station through the WAP and we can implement this idea too on this box.