The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly
meeting on Tuesday, December 11. The meeting topic for this month is
as follows:
Putting Linux on a Stick
This talk is motivated by a problem of the presenter, Michael Doob:
when visiting universities in different countries, computer and
internet access is invariably provided. These computers, however,
come with a variety of operating systems, wildly varying hardware
(for example keyboards) as well as totally differing software
installations. Traveling with a laptop computer helps, but sometimes
it turns out that local conditions make connecting to the internet
something not be done easily. What all computers do seem to be
equipped with is a USB port that can read vfat plus other file
systems.
One solution to this problem is to put Linux on a USB flash drive.
In this presentation we'll look at some of the different approaches
for doing this that will allow us to make bootable systems. We'll
include a live demo of the construction of a rescue USB stick whose
uses might include saving a crashed system or repartitioning a hard
drive.
This presentation is meant to be of intermediate level. No deep
understanding of Linux internals is required, but enough information
will be given to allow either personal or pre-built Linux systems to
be implemented on a USB stick.
The group holds its general meetings at 7:30pm on the second Tuesday of
every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and
August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a
MUUG member to attend.
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Please note our meeting location: The IBM offices, at 400 Ellice Ave.
(between Edmonton and Kennedy). When you arrive, you will have to
sign in at the reception desk, and then wait for someone to take you
(in groups) to the meeting room. Please try to arrive by about 7:15pm,
so the meeting can start promptly at 7:30pm. Don't be late, or you may
not get in. (But don't come too early either, since security may not
be there to let you in before 7:15 or so.) Non-members may be required
to show photo ID at the security desk.
Limited parking is available for free on the street, either on Ellice
Ave. or on some of the intersecting streets. Indoor parking is also
available nearby, at Portage Place, for $3.00 for the evening. Bicycle
parking is available in a bike rack under video surveillance located
behind the building on Webb Place.
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For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their
Web server:
http://www.muug.mb.ca/
Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your
workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board:
http://www.muug.mb.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf
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Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.mb.ca>
Manitoba UNIX User Group Web: http://www.muug.mb.ca/
PO Box 130 St-Boniface Phone: (204)474-8161
Winnipeg MB CANADA R2H 3B4 Fax: (204)474-7609
