[ale] ALE CENTRAL for Thursday, Feb. 8th, 2007

[aaron at pd.org (aaron)]

With thanks to Brian MacLeod for rescuing your
distracted meeting moderators, the ALE Central
presentation for Thursday, February 8th will be:

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   Fixing computers with
   SYSLINUX and PXELINUX
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"Help me! My windows broke and it can't boot up!"
Are these the words that haunt you every day?
Don't you wish there was an easier way to diagnose
and repair computers than to haul about a hefty stack
of CD-ROM disks?

Join Brian MacLeod as he explores two options using tools
from the SYSLINUX package by H Peter Anvin.  Learn how
to use SYSLINUX to make a USB drive with several useful
tools that will get you into (and clean) nearly any computer.
See how PXELINUX can allow you the same functionality
through your local network and without carrying anything
at all .



Bio:
Brian MacLeod is an Enterprise Systems Administrator at Georgia
Gwinnett College.  Since 1998, he has worked for Georgia educational
institutions as "that computer guy" and has tickered with Linux since
1999.  Currently, he serves as the Linux Administrator at GGC and
continues developing tools for the tech support folks so that they too
will never have to carry a CD again.