[clug-talk] bringing broken computer on 6th

[Dafydd Crosby]

Certainly, that could be done. A lot of hardware can still run modern Linux.
I'll bring each CentOS version in case anyone needs some old-school Red 
Hat love (as well as the brand-spanking new discs).
Maybe someone could bring in the older Ubuntu LTS's?
John could head up the Slack support :-P

-Dafydd

Greg Saunders wrote:
> you mean redeploy the old hardware? with a recent O/S?
>
>
> 2009/12/30 Dafydd Crosby <dcrosby at userful.com 
> <mailto:dcrosby at userful.com>>
>
>     Hey, that's a good idea: data migration day at CLUG. People can
>     bring their old computers to the meeting, and we'll try to backup
>     the data and bring it into the new decade. I've got an external
>     USB to IDE adaptor and a DVD burner that can be plugged into it.
>
>     -Dafydd
>
>
>     Ralph Boland wrote:
>
>         I'll bring my computer.  That way anyone so inclined can take
>         a look at it.
>         Perhaps there'll be some new insights as to what's wrong with it;
>         I have blank DVDs.  I can't bring a monitor though because
>         I'll be taking
>         the C-train and my hands will be full.
>
>         Regards,
>
>         Rocky
>
>
>          
>
>                 I'll bring my old computer on the 6th.  Will I need to
>                 bring a monitor?
>                 One dvd can burn all I need.
>                 I think I'm going to have to buy one of these external
>                 HDD => USB dongles.
>
>                      
>
>             Ralph (Rocky)
>                
>
>
>          
>
>             If you only have 1 DVDs worth of stuff, why not just bring
>             the old HDD
>             and one of us can copy those files from the HDD to a DVD
>             and you can go
>             home with that.  Beats lugging a whole computer around.
>                
>
>
>          
>
>             Otherwise, I can bring an LCD Monitor and I've got some
>             blank DVDs that
>             need to used up too.
>                
>
>
>          
>
>             Let me know by the 5th what you need and I'll bring it
>             with me on the
>             6th.
>                
>
>
>          
>
>             Cheers,
>             J.J.
>                
>
>
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