[FADCA] Lost!

[Chuck Hast]

On 5/9/06, bud Thompson <budt at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Charles S Schuman" <k4gbb at earthlink.net>
> To: "Chuck Hast" <wchast at gmail.com>; "Bernard Pidoux"
> <pidoux at ccr.jussieu.fr>; "FADCA - News Reflecter" <fadca at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 10:10
> Subject: [FADCA] Lost!
>
>
> > Since Bill's passing I've sort-ah lost my focus.
> > I haven't done anything of note to the FADCA CD.
> >
> > I thought I'd try another approch to the system and try and get
> > my mind back into the project. I downloaded Debian's net-install
> > CD. The ISO is less than 200 Mb. This is the Official Debian release to
> > install the "Stable" version. It turns out to be kernel 2.4.27-2.
> >
> > The install is a real slick application. Just a half hour and you have a
> > basic system installed on the HD. The rest of the "stuff" is selected
> > from a menu. The install program then and downloads and installs the rest
> > via Apititude. The process takes two days via dial-up and the system ends
> > up looking like Knoppix 3.7. It is definately easier/faster to use the
> > FADCA CD.
> >
> > I'm debateing over moving on to the "Testing" version and use Knoppix
> > 3.8.2.
> >
> > <<Charlie>>
> >    k4gbb
>
> * * * *
>
> Good for you, Charlie!
>
> I just this morning sent a note to Jack KB9LEB asking if he'd been keeping
> up with all the Linux notes I've been getting in the past two weeks.  I
> appreciate you getting back in the grove - I now have two different laptops
> that I want to try the next LINUX FPAC on - and can start that whenever you
> have the ISO ready.
>
> Oppsss.. will have to wait until N3PPC gets back from the Dayton Hamvention!
>

The loss of Bill was a real blow, but we have to press on, I was telling
Bud that Bernard did a LOT of testing with Bill indeed he would do work
on Bill's machine during the early hours of the morning and during the
day when Bill was away from the machine, they would discuss it when
Bill got home (they were using Skype to get on VoIP and talk about it,
both of them had asked me to join but work just did not let me do so)
and I guess the final result was getting sent to Charlie to test and package.

Guess we need to come up with a new site and person that can work with
Bernard and try to take advantage of the time difference and other things
so that testing and work can continue, you guys had really corrected a lot
fo things as Bernard was feeding them to Linux-Hams for addition to the
base code.

Also Ray down in VK land is soon to bring a FPAC box on line and we
will then have a route to VK land to add to the international routes.

Good to see you back Charlie.



--
Chuck Hast  -- KP4DJT --
To paraphrase my flight instructor;
"the only dumb question is the one you DID NOT ask resulting in my going
out and having to identify your bits and pieces in the midst of torn
and twisted metal."