Re: diskless systems
> I was wondering if Debian supported diskless systems? I plan to get a very
> high performance system for myself and wanted to set-up a diskless terminal
> for my daughter that would have full access to X Window via either a
> null-modem cable or a 10baseT connection and was wondering just how cheap a
> system I could get for my daughters PC? I was hoping I could get away with
> just a 386 or less set-up as a dummy term with a good video card for X
> Window and not much else that would boot from my PC. Is this possible, or
> do I have to at least have a minimum root installation on the remote PC to
> be able to connect? Thank you for your assistance.
One problem you may have is getting a decent display - pick.sel(my
machine) is an old 486dx4 100 and has only ISA buses, for which it seems
to be impossible to get cards with a decent amount of memory :((((
Matthew
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Selwyn College Computer Support
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http://www.cam.ac.uk/CambUniv/Societies/tolkien/
http://pick.sel.cam.ac.uk/
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