Kickstart Tips and Tricks

[Shabazian, Chip]

Thanks for the input.  I have just used Acrobat to view the file (it was
created in OOo, saved as a .pdf, and "stacked" so that it was all one
file).  I'll see about making it xpdf friendly.  The single .pdf file
was for the LinuxWorld staff so that they had a single file to print and
got it in the right order (this will be handed out in hard copy format
to all who attend).  The presentation will be just the slides in OOo so
I won't have all the white space below and the washed out look won't be
there.

The main part of the presentation is what I will be showing during the
presentation.  The appendixes are simply there because I know that I've
always wanted a nice printed copy of those options, and this was an
opportunity to put it in paper form for people with Red Hat's blessing.

As for audience, I really don't know unfortunately.  Based on past
tutorials I have attended at LinuxWorld, most assume no knowledge of the
subject they are presenting unless it's called "Advanced so and so".
With that in mind, I did lean towards newbies a bit.  Also, I have 3
hours, so I figure I'll get through the slides in 2 hours and leave an
hour to work on specific technical issues that attendees may have.  All
that said, once I get a feel for the crowd, I'll make changes as
appropriate for the next LinuxWorld in Boston.  That's the problem going
in blind, I have NO idea what my target audience is going to be :(

I'll mention stateless, it just didn't cross my mind!

And yes, BofA has been great in giving me time, space, and corporate
approval to build a kickstart infrastructure and be able to present back
what I've learned.

Thanks again!

Chip

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[mailto:kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Greg Morgan
Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 2:11 AM
To: Discussion list about Kickstart
Subject: Re: Kickstart Tips and Tricks

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Shabazian, Chip wrote:
> All,
>  
> As promised, I have finally completed the presentation for LinuxWorld 
> and welcome feedback and corrections:
>  
> http://www.shabazian.com/lw2007.pdf
>  
> Thanks, and I hope it's useful to someone.
>  
> Chip
> 

I am not sure how this will be presented.  However, when I used xpdf to
review the document, the code examples were "washed" out.  I could see
the code samples better, once I viewed the file at 200%.  My monitor
settings are 1280 by 1024.  That setting may highlight a problem your
presentation hall viewers will have.  I would suggest using a bold fix
text font for those sections of the document.  Perhaps a font size
adjustment would also help, if you can still fit you code segments on
the same page.

Your title says "Tips and Tricks".  I don't get to hear you present so
much of the "glue presentation" is missing for me as I review the
document.  When I blitzed through the document the first time, I was
wondering what the difference between the main part and the appendices?
 That comes from a programmer looking at another alphabetic api looking
document.  With that being said, how can you set off your tip and trick
sections so that I can focus on these?

This may be an audience question for you.  For people that have clicked
themselves through several server installations, finding out about
anaconda is a major tip.  If you're going for the newbie crowd, then you
may have hit the mark.  If you're going for the advanced crowd, then
covering more of the struggles that you see on the kickstart list would
be helpful.  At what level do your tips and tricks hit home?

Since you are talking about imaging hard drives, is stateless linux
worth putting in too http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/StatelessLinux  or
are these technologies that you have used?

It is nice that B of A supports your efforts.  Tell 'em thanks.

HTH,
Greg

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