Re: Using a debian desktop as a remote boot server?

[Bruno Buys <bruno.grupos@gmail.com>]

Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:

>On Wed, Sep 20, 2006 at 08:48:07PM -0300, Bruno Buys wrote:
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>>    Is it possible to use a debian sarge dektop as a remote boot server?
>>Please notice the desktop was installed without this use in mind, its a
>>rather conventional desktop, with lots of multimedia apps, office
>>software and personal files. And I'd like to keep using it this way
>>after installing the necessary remote-boot packages, if this is possible.
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>Yes.  You want to look at LTSP.  I have deployed this at my church quite
>successfully.  In your case, I would not worry about how powerful the
>machines are, since you will likely not be running a dozen users
>simultaneously :-)
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>Regards,
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>-Roberto
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Thanks for the good news, Roberto! Just one more thing: do the terminals
need the eth remote boot function? I don't think my dinosaurs have this...