[ale] December ALE NW meeting FOOD!!

[Matthew Magee]

First, thank you Bob for the pizza!  You 'da man!

Second, Dow, I will bring a UPS with me, maybe two if you're nice.  Not top
quality stuff, but they work.  They are small, of course.  But if they will
help, I can pull them for the night.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dow Hurst" <dhurst at kennesaw.edu>
To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 5:04 PM
Subject: Re: [ale] December ALE NW meeting FOOD!!


> Good news!  I've been informed that Fly-by-Day Consulting will provide
> pizza for the meeting!!!  Bob is going to put his firewall technology
> into the mix via his laptop for the evening.  He is also bringing a
> crossover cable and possibly some medium length ethernet cables.
>
> My current plan is continue the Gentoo install this evening but download
> and burn some the ClusterKnoppix distros that were posted about today.
> I'll see if I can get a simple cluster running at home this evening.
> That way I'll have more possibilities of success tomorrow night.
>
> The meeting is quite informal and can break up into subgroups if
> wanted/needed.  No classes are in session so I don't think we will have
> any problems with finding the Clendinin classrooms being available.
> Just look for the noise and food when you come.  If anyone would like to
> post a link to some test codes for running on OpenMosix, just in case we
> get something going, then please do.  I am shooting for  the ultimate
> goal of a 16 node cluster before the evening is over.
>
> Current equipment available:
> 1 (16 port) 10/100 unmanaged switch Linksys
> 30 PII Dell GX1's
> 1 monitor/keyboard/mouse
> Several ethernet cables
>
> I do have concerns about UPS power but for just the evening I think some
> power strips and extension cords will have to do.  I have one UPS I
> might could spare but am not sure I want to shut down a couple of
> servers to get it.  If anyone wants to permanently donate a UPS, PII or
> better PCs to include, RAM for the PCs I've got, then, of course, I
> would accept it. ;-)
>
> Thanks and I hope you can come,
> Dow
>
>
>
>
> Geoffrey wrote:
>
> > We are trying to throw together a presentation for the ALE NW meeting
> > which would be this Thursday.  We're looking for folks who would be
> > interested in assisting/watching setup of a cluster.  We need a couple
> > of warm bodies to get in early and help move some hardware into the
> > room.  Please let me know if you might be able to assist with this
> > effort.  If so, you'll need to be at the school by 7:00.
> >
> > Let me know as soon as possible so we can move forward with the meeting!
> >
>
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