Re: [TCLUG:12209] Sisyphus (was: [Re:hello])

[Adam Maloney <adam@iexposure.com>]

I'd volunteer exposure because we're right in Mpls, but we don't have a
lot of space either.  We could comfortably fit about 20 people in here
on the weekend, but no computers :)

My favorite way of installing Slackware:
1) Diagnose and fix bad fdd cable in computer (2 hours because I'm an
idiot...)
2) spend hours trying to burn a good, bootable CD and finally give up
and setup an NFS export on another machine
3) finally boot the boot/root disk
3.5) reboot with net.i so I can actually mount the NFS-exported
directory
3.7) reboot with scsinet.s because I "forgot" about my scsi HDD
4) login, type setup
5) get evil curses thiny (curses!  It's curses.)
6) Select groups of packages that I'm interested in
7) Select individual packages from stupid menus
8) go through the configure dialog
9) accidentally choose to try out some custom fonts, and get stuck with
something that doesn't look good in curses
10) reboot with my working system, go back and run setup again to
install the packages that I always forget I need (groff for man...grrr)
11) Spill Mtn. Dew on the keyboard AT LEAST once to christen the machine
12) Spend hours getting X to work.

Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote:
> 
> >>         maybe we should have an "experimentfest" sometime. people bring
> >> their computer problems (install probelms, compiling code problems, software
> >> experiments [!]), and we collaborate on fixing them. kind of like an
> >> installfest; but more advanced.
> >Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, and yes.
>         since there seems to be a good bit of interest, I'm tentatively
> willing to host one at my house. problem is, I live out in Buffalo (1 hr W
> of Mpls.); and Net access is limited to a single dialup line (I get 31.2K at
> best, with Real-Time as my ISP).
>         also, the place might get a bit cramped if more than 3-4 people show
> up with gear. :)
> 
> anyone have a better venue?
> 
> Carl Soderstrom
> System Administrator    307 Brighton Ave.
> Minnesota DHIA          Buffalo, MN
> carls@agritech.com      (612) 682-1091
> 
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Adam Maloney
Systems Administrator
Internet Exposure, Inc.