Linux installation

[msoule at ix.netcom.com (msoule at ix.netcom.com)]

On 06/22/98 12:07:06 you wrote:
>
>Thanks for sending out the APB. After struggling for a while, I actually
>succeeded in installing Linux myself. To be honest, I don't really know
>how. I tried a bunch of times and it finally worked (maybe the problem
>was something simple and stupid, like an unreliable floppy disk drive).
>Linux is pretty darn cool, imho. Next step is using Apache to get a Web
>server up and running.
>
>ttfn
>___________________________________
>Jonathan Weinert
>WhiteCap Development Corporation
>http://www.whitecap.com
>http://www.edgewater.com
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:	msoule at ix.netcom.com [SMTP:msoule at ix.netcom.com]
>> Sent:	Saturday, June 13, 1998 6:10 PM
>> To:	Jonathan Weinert
>> Cc:	rodney at sabletech.com; jabr at blu.org; gaf at highway1.com
>> Subject:	Re: Linux installation
>> 
>> On 06/12/98 11:20:23 you wrote:
>> >
>> >Hi there. I got your address off of the BLU web site, and am
>> e-mailing
>> >you in hopes that you can help me.
>> >
>> >I'm in the process of writing the 4th edition of UNIX for Dummies.
>> Still
>> >with me??!? Good. I want to expand the (currently very brief) chapter
>> on
>> >Linux. I have tried and failed miserably to install Red Hat Linux 5
>> on
>> >my Intel machine at home. Is there someone you know who might be
>> willing
>> >to hold my hand while I try to figure out why I can't get Linux to
>> boot
>> >on my machine, and perhaps to give me a crash course in using Linux
>> and
>> >setting up a Net connection? All I can offer in return, above and
>> beyond
>> >my undying gratitude, is a mention in the acknowledgements section of
>> >the book (for the indivdual and BLU).
>> >
>> >I live in Ipswich, but figure that I might be able to get the help I
>> >need via phone. Pertinent contact info:
>> >(home) 	978 356 4959
>> >(work) 	781 246 6993
>> >(email)	jweinert at mediaone.net
>> >	jweinert at whitecap.com
>> >
>> >TIA,
>> >Jonathan
>> >
>> >PS: Fair warning: I have very little experience fiddling with the
>> guts
>> >of my computer.
>> >___________________________________
>> >Jonathan Weinert
>> >WhiteCap Development Corporation
>> >http://www.whitecap.com
>> >http://www.edgewater.com
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> 
>> Tell you what....
>> 
>> 	I'm in Maryland and out of reach but I know a few people in
>> Boston how can help....  They are the experts... like yourself, I'm a
>> novice. 
>> 
>> 	John / Gerry/ Rodney,
>> 		 can BLU help this poor guy? 
>> 
>> 	P.S.  I'm heading back to Boston in August as this position is
>> ending.  I plan on stoping in at BLU, see you then.
>> 
>> 								mark j.
>> soule
>> 
>> 
>
>

Did any of those BLU'ers help out?  I hope they did because they represent the Linux community of Boston...  It's important for BLU to become mature enough to support it's Linux community.  This is my big push for BLU and when I get back I'll be pushing for it again...

								mark j. soule