[CPLUG] Dual-boot Linux

[Mark Gius]

I declare this to be the official thread since it has a subject.

Mark

On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 11:07 AM, Mark Gius <mgius7096 at gmail.com> wrote:
> When you say "log in directly to your CSC account" I'm going to assume
> you mean you wish have your username/password/profile from the CSC
> building apply to your local machine, so in essence, you are going to
> have your laptop serve as a lab machine, only you own it.
>
> As far as I know, no one has ever done this (attaching their personal
> linux machine to the CSC domain), but if you're interested in doing
> it, you're going to want to talk to the CSC admins about it,
> specifically Greg, Byron, and Josh (Greg and Byron have offices in the
> main CSC lab).  Most of the configuration is very specific to the CSC
> dept, and non-CSC admins aren't exactly privy to the details.  If you
> want to try and hack your way in (which I _really_ don't reccomend)
> you're going to want to look into authentication via Windows Active
> Directory and NFS home directory mounting (neither of which I've done
> on Fedora).
>
> A much easier option (which I highly reccomend), is to have a gnome
> virtual filesystem (or the KDE equivalent) that mounts your CSC home
> directory in a folder on your desktop, and then access your files from
> there.  I've done this before, and it gives you a really simple way to
> access your files without having to deal with other software.  We can
> help you set this up fairly transparently (so that your programs can't
> tell it's a network drive), and it's going to be a LOT easier than
> trying to strap your system into the CSC domain.
>
> Mark Gius
>
> On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Spencer Ellsworth <sellswor at calpoly.edu> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> I'm trying to dual boot Windows and Fedora 9. The thing is that I want to
>> set up Fedora so that when I boot it, I'll be able to log directly into my
>> Cal Poly CSC account. Can anyone tell me how I should go about doing this,
>> or point me in the right direction (tutorials, websites, etc.) Any help
>> would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks again,
>>
>> Spencer
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