Re: LinuxWorld Expo, SF, Etherboot Project preparations

[Christoph Plattner]

Hello !

Great thing !!
I cannot help you, I am sitting in Austria (Vienna), but I think,
it's great, that the etherboot project is there ...

A further word to this event.

I really like etherboot ! But my perfect diskless or what-ever
machine has always `etherboot' + `GRUB'.

I really like both ! And therefore I helped to make a DISKLESS
GRUB using `etherboot' and in the beginning `netboot'.

I really like the combination ! This make the perfect machine
loading kernels from whereever you want. Using the etherboot
menu or simple the load message ("Locally (L) or from network (N)")
then load the GRUB locally or from netwrok, or leave the the machine
locally untouched and load GRUB via etherboot and further select
from menu to load locally or from net.

Further no mknbi, ... etc, is never necessary. GRUB is built also
as "nbgrub" ready for etherboot, and users can simple load ELF
kernels
without any preperations and giving command line parameters as you
want. The user can decide to use a INITRD or not while booting !

So I think it is really a good idea, to show this to the people,
too. This is the perfect diskless system then !! Also perfect for
embedded systems !!

Etherboot and GRUB should work together, two teams of specialists.
I do not belong to any team. I try to help here and there ...

With friendly regards

       Christoph Plattner

>Marty Connor wrote:
>> 
>> Alright, it's that time again, time for us to prepare for
LinuxWorld 
Expo
>> in beautiful San Francisco, CA, USA!!
>> 
>> This year (in a rare US appearance) featuring "LIVE AND IN
PERSON" (and
>> all the way from Sydney Australia), our Fearless Leader,
>> 
>>    Ken Yap, himself!!!
>> 
>>(now you MUST attend! :-)
>>
>>This is our second LinuxWorld Expo, and you can check out a report
from 
>>our first one at:
>>
>>   http://www.thinguin.org/linuxworldny2001/
>>
>>It's a great show, and it's a lot of fun to meet people, demonstrate
>>Etherboot and thin/diskless client technology. (and there are even
other 
>>vendor, booths, and talks to check out, I hear :-)
>>
>>The LinuxWorld Expo site is at:
>>
>>  http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/
>>
>>and of course the Etherboot site is at:
>>
>>   http://etherboot.sourceforge.net/
>>
>>At the first show, we shared a booth with LTSP (http://www.ltsp.org/
) .  
>>At this show, both LTSP and Etherboot have their own booths!!   >>This
is 
>>great because we will be able to reach more people and demo more
neat 
>>stuff that can be done.
>>
>>Now, because this is of course an all-volunteer effort, we are
asking for 
>>volunteers to help at the booth, and to visit us, and to bring us 
>>refreshments so we don't lose our voices as fast from all the
questions 
>>and demos :-)
>>
>>We have some free exhibits-only passes to LinuxWorld Expo, and if
you 
>>send me your postal address, I will mail you a pass to the exhibit
hall 
>>(a $25 value!! :-) 
>>
>>I've also reactivated the etherboot-tradeshow-talk list.  If you'd
like 
>>to subscribe, send a message to:
>>
>>    address@hidden
>>
>>with body
>>
>>    subscribe etherboot-tradeshow-talk
>>
>>and you'll be on the list.  
>>
>>This should be a fun show, and to give you some idea of how it goes,
the 
>>exhibit hall at LinuxWorld Expo (http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/) is
open:
>>
>>   Tue, Aug 28, 2001   10:00-18:00 (6pm)
>>   Wed, Aug 29, 2001   10:00-18:00 (6pm)
>>   Thu, Aug 30, 2001   10:00-16:00 (4pm)
>>
>>The Etherboot Project booth is #269  and the LTSP (#367) is just
around 
>>the corner.  Too bad we don't have wireless PCMCIA Etherbooting
working 
>>yet :-)
>>
>>So that's a beginning.  I'm sure there will be a lot to talk about
in the 
>>coming month before the show.
>>
>>Even if you can't make it to the show, visit us vicariously on the
web.  
>>If possible we'll have a webcam going at the show again.  We're also
>>looking for any ideas for the booth.  We will likely have a server
and 
>>two demo thin clients, of course the 4x8 ft banner, and the webcam,
and 
>>(did I mention) KEN YAP, ALIVE AND IN PERSON? :-)
>>
>>World Domination... and fast! :-)
>>
>>Marty
>>
>>---
>>    Try: http://rom-o-matic.net/ to make Etherboot images instantly.
>>
>>   Name: Marty Connor
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>>
>>
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