Hi, This is a "request for content" - not a "request for comments" particularly ;-) Recent threads on this and other (OSE) discussions got me thinking about my proposed UK Schools Howto document again. I have updated our project pages to include a template document (sections only - no real content at the moment) that could be filled in : http://www.northants.lug.org.uk/projects/schools/ I am now after any suggestions for or comments on the document (or better yet, some submissions of content ...) As I see it, what would be useful, is a document of principles, not details. The documentation for details is very comprehensive (LDP, Howtos, Man pages), but generally there is just too much information available, in order to find what we need for a specific application. I am hoping that based on the combined experiences represented here, we could in essence, provide a document that 'filters out' the required details from the existing documentation. I would thus like the document to include a list of sample applications from education, with guidelines on the sorts of things that typically would be required to be setup. For example, could some of the details from the recent thread on squid as a web proxy be distilled down, so that someone picking up the document could see that for proxy services, squid is the way to go, with a few key configuration principles listed ... (use with external proxies, local configurations, etc) What is the general thoughts here : - This is a waste of time - The focus is all wrong - The information is already all there - Thats exactly the type of document I need - 'xyz' would be better ... - Sounds like a pain to maintain ;-) - etc If anyone has any ideas, or better yet, feels like writing a small paragraph or two on an application area (plain ascii text is fine) - then please get in touch : ukschools@northants.lug.org.uk Eventually, if this is a worthwhile thing to do, I guess I will fill it out myself, but it would be much better with details coming straight from the people who are actually using it successfully at the moment in education (I do use it successfully by the way, but just not in schools ;-) Thanks, Kevin. Northants LUG kevin@northants.lug.org.uk
hi all, you may be able to help, building a diskless workstation based around a 2.2.13 kernel (Mandrake) and having problems with NFS once the machine has booted from the /tftpboot/vmlinuz.xterm, run from the NFS-mounted root and come up with a mingetty logon. i am then trying to mount other NFS mount points (/usr and /home) from the server and i keep getting Stale File Handle errors and inconsistencies with NFS (needs restarting on the server sometimes) has anyone got a typcial diskless client /etc/rc.d/rc3.d layout, have i missed a process, currently reading TFM (O'Reilly NFS book 1991?) and number of HOWTO's. Kevin Taylors XDM document is good stuff as is the Etherboot guide, some others a little ropey. thanks in advance ------------------------------- Dr Malcolm Herbert Head of Technology R&D, Becta 02476 847126 Mob: 07801 612438 -------------------------------
-----Original Message----- From: kevin.taylor@powerconv.alstom.com [mailto:kevin.taylor@powerconv.alstom.com] Sent: 02 October 2000 13:31 To: suse-linux-uk-schools@suse.com Subject: [suse-linux-uk-schools] RFC - UK Schools Howto
Hi,
This is a "request for content" - not a "request for comments" particularly ;-)
Recent threads on this and other (OSE) discussions got me thinking about my proposed UK Schools Howto document again.
I have updated our project pages to include a template document (sections only - no real content at the moment) that could be filled in : http://www.northants.lug.org.uk/projects/schools/
I am now after any suggestions for or comments on the document (or better yet, some submissions of content ...)
As I see it, what would be useful, is a document of principles, not details. The documentation for details is very comprehensive (LDP, Howtos, Man pages), but generally there is just too much information available, in order to find what we need for a specific application.
I am hoping that based on the combined experiences represented here, we could in essence, provide a document that 'filters out' the required details from the existing documentation.
I would thus like the document to include a list of sample applications from education, with guidelines on the sorts of things that typically would be required to be setup. For example, could some of the details from the recent thread on squid as a web proxy be distilled down, so that someone picking up the document could see that for proxy services, squid is the way to go, with a few key configuration principles listed ... (use with external proxies, local configurations, etc)
What is the general thoughts here : - This is a waste of time - The focus is all wrong - The information is already all there - Thats exactly the type of document I need - 'xyz' would be better ... - Sounds like a pain to maintain ;-) - etc
If anyone has any ideas, or better yet, feels like writing a small paragraph or two on an application area (plain ascii text is fine) - then please get in touch : ukschools@northants.lug.org.uk
Eventually, if this is a worthwhile thing to do, I guess I will fill it out myself, but it would be much better with details coming straight from the people who are actually using it successfully at the moment in education (I do use it successfully by the way, but just not in schools ;-)
Thanks, Kevin. Northants LUG kevin@northants.lug.org.uk
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kevin.taylor@powerconv.alstom.com
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Malcolm Herbert