that box looks perfect! You can probably remove the tape drive and SCSI card. I doubt we'll need them during an installfest. - How much RAM does the box have? I would recommend 64MB as a minimum more is better. - add the CDRW drive that Rick mentioned - add a 2nd NIC and set the box up for NAT - install a dhcp server - install a caching dns server setup following services for installs; for ease of use, I would not require passwords or get too restrictive when setting these up: - ftp - http (apache) - NFS - samba partitioning: 4.8 GB disk (root/boot disk): make one swap 2-3 x RAM and rest for / 30 GB all one journalled partition; put all the isos here David Schiff wrote: > I Have an old Gateway 2000 server (full tower) that I could bring to the > Oct 4th LUG meeting on sat. > CPU is Pentium r 200MHz > Two Hard Drives 4.8GB & 30GB (ATA) > One 3Com 3c905 100BaseTX(Boomerang) ethernet card > Adataptec AHA-2940U/UW/D/AIC-7881U controller > Internal Seagate tape drive > Generic S3 VIRGE video card. > I know it's alittle on the slow and on the clunky side but it's got > plenty of room. If it will help the LUG I'll be glad to bring it. > I read the list and find I'm learning some good stuff from you guys. -- scot _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list