ishmael
Call me Ishmael.ishmael.GEECS.org (204.252.20.9), or ishmael.nmh.northfield.ma.us, or ishmael.ml.org, is a Linux server operated at Northfield Mount Hermon School by GEECS for Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, the student computer users' group. ishmael serves more than 150 users from six continents, running on a 486DX2/66 with 16MB RAM and 170MB and 4GB hard drives. It runs Linux 2.0.33.
Some usage statistics for ishmael and web server statistics are available here; both are automatically updated every hour. The usage statistics are also available to ishmael users by typing "stats" from the prompt.
You can access an individual ishmael user's web page as "http://ishmael.GEECS.org/~userid", where "userid" is the person's username on ishmael. Send mail to root@ishmael.GEECS.org if you have any problems or questions.
If you want an account on ishmael, you can probably get one, especially since so much disk space is now available. E-mail root@ishmael.GEECS.org to request an account. There is also a SparcStation IPX kicking around under the name of cartier.
If you already have an account, but can't log in or have some other
troubles with it, let us know
via email.
Users' Web Pages
Information Available on ishmael
Information about the NMH School-Wide Information System (SWIS)Friendslink, the best way to keep in touch with friends of NMH.
Thanks To:
ishmael was created and is maintained using equipment and time donated by members of GEECS and other members of the NMH community. It was also made possible in part by generous donations to the Jonas Reed Klein '93 memorial fund.Grateful acknowledgement is made by GEECS to Hughes Pack, Tom Boulet, Bill Schweikert, Christoffer Carstanjen, and the members of the NMH Information Technology Department for their assistance in getting ishmael into its present form.
A final note of appreciation goes out to the current administrators of ishmael: Greg Chappell '98, Michael Ferguson '99, and Aaron Lanou '98. Thank you for all the time you spend keeping ishmael working for the rest of us!
Last updated 7/2/1998 by Greg Chappell
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