Re: Old x486 as thin client

[Arnt Karlsen <arnt@c2i.net>]

On Sat, 7 Feb 2004 18:43:10 -0800, 
Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca> wrote in message 
<[🔎] 20040208024310.GD22469@ursine.ca>:

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> On Sat, Feb 07, 2004 at 07:16:32PM -0500, Andy Firman wrote:
> > I have always wanted to do this.  How do you have the 486s run an
> > X server without an OS? 
> 
> Heh, you don't.
> 
> > Or do they get a base Debian install?
> 
> Get a base Debian install, fetch a display manager.
> 
> > Also, what are the best hardware thin clients for this sort of
> > setup?
> 
> Dunno, I've only done it just to do it with more powerful machines.
> Considering X is 20 years old or so, it should give you an idea.

..fwiw, I _have_ run a clusterKnoppix client on a 486 with 32MiB ram 
off a PII 233 OpenMosixTerminalServer, so it _can_ be done.  ;-)

..you just need a net boot loader such as from http://rom-o-matic.net/
and then use the _remainder_ of your 300MiB disk as swap.  ;-)

-- 
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...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
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