[Gllug] linux terminal server client "live cd" distro?

[budgester at budgester.com]

On Sat, May 13, 2006 at 07:31:29PM +0200, Martin A. Brooks wrote:
> TreeBoy wrote:
> >mentions only the one XDMCP CD - look for PXES.
> >  
> 
> Sadly this one doesn't support the USB or PCMCIA network interfaces the 
> laptop has.
> 
> >Alternatively, if your laptop is PXE enabled, it might be worth 
> >considering setting LTSP which is not half as hard as you might presume.
> 
> No PXE option unfortunately. It's a very old, very dumb laptop.

If it's got a floppy, then you could try the http://rom-o-matic.net/
site to get it booting across the network to a main LTSP server.

Of course that all depends on which NIC you have.

Again I can vouch for LTSP being very good, and certainly a lot easier
to set up now.

Regards

Budgester

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