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Re: Floppy and tftp - was Woody Freeze



On 10 Apr 2001 19:54:11 +0200, Ola Lundqvist wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 12:14:48PM -0500, Chad C. Walstrom wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 09:40:40AM +0200, Ola Lundqvist wrote:
> > > I'm working on a project to run debian (servers and clients)
> > > diskless.
> > > 
> > > Im actually sitting with a totally diskless computer running debian
> > > started with PXE, GRUB, Linux-2.4.2 and nfs-root. I intend to make
> > > diskless-server and diskless-client packages to simplify this.
> > > 
> > > Is there anyone else out there that are interested in this?
> > > 
> > > I will probably have them done sometime during the summer. Well I
> > > could make them in a couple of days but now I'm a bit too busy in
> > > packaging java packages. :)
> > 
> > Have you seen the Linux Terminal Server Project(LTSP)?[1]  The name's
> > a spoof on the Windoze Terminal Server for the benefit of the
> > Micro$oft-centric marketroids.  I haven't looked at the project since
> > I left my sysadmin job last April, so I don't know where they're at,
> > but they might be a good resource for ideas if anything.
> 

I finally hunted this project down becuase my roomate was bitching that
he couldn't access terminal server under linux. And lo and behold, there
was this project. He says it worked incredibly well (better than the
windows I think) so it may  be the solution you're looking for.

- David Nusinow
   krmt1984@ucla.edu


> Yes that is a really nice resource. Have not looked at it for some
> time byt maybe that is a good idéa too. :)
> 
> Regards,
> 
> // Ola
> 
> > References
> > ----------
> > 1. http://www.ltsp.org
> > 
> > -- 
> > Chad Walstrom <chewie@wookimus.net>                 | a.k.a. ^chewie
> > http://www.wookimus.net/                            | s.k.a. gunnarr
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> 
> 
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