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FreeSurfer Course Setup

Notes on how to do the physical setup of the computers and stuff for the course. Also see FreesurferCourseAdminNotes

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Laptop hardware should meet or exceed the recommended System Requirements for running freesurfer.
In addition to the listed System Requirements, laptops should have 17" screens to facilitate viewing of images on the screen.
Laptops should have internet access. (For following course tutorials and performing last minute updates of the data set)

Laptops should have the "Development Version" of freesurfer installed either locally, or via a central server.
Optional: If the course is doing the FSFAST tutorial, than laptops should have the Matlab runtime installed (version 8.3, no license required). However, the commands requiring Matlab have been marked and can be skipped because the output data has already been provided. So this Matlab is not an absolute requirement.

Laptops should have the "Lightweight" version of freesurfer tutorial data installed either locally, or via a central server, or via an external storage device (thumb drive, external hard drive, etc). Note that it is important for each laptop to have access its own sandboxed version of the data, with read/write access, because course participants will be creating files within their workspace.
Equipment consists of:
- 4-5 boxes of laptops, 19 laptops in total, each with a power-supply, and mouse (plus USB hard disk if old setup).
  - Laptops nmrclass7-18, external hard-disks, mice, power-supplies and wireless router are kept in the 'Savoy' cabinet in south central.
  - Laptops nmrclass 19-27 are found in the storage closet at the end of the 2nd floor hall past the brain map room (these laptops are 'owned' and maintained by the Fischl group, while Stacey maintains the laptops7-18, which are 'owned' by R. Savoy).
- box of ethernet cables, and white wireless router box, and 8 port switch, and 5 and 4 port ethernet hubs.
- box containing two 24 port ethernet switches, and 'suez': the mac mini for streaming data.
- box of power cables and outlet strips (note: there are some extra surge protector strips at nicks desk).