Re: Using old diskless machine as X terminal

[Jeetu Golani <jeetu.golani@gmail.com>]

Hey Ross,

Haven't tried this however I believe the Network Boot Howto is what you're 
looking for

http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-HOWTO/Network-boot-HOWTO.html

Good luck :)

Bye for now

On Tuesday 23 Dec 2008, Ross Boylan wrote:
> I have an old machine without a working hard disk that I'd like to use
> to connect to my main machine and run X.
>
> I believe that I could boot off of knoppix, but is there something
> easier I could do with the stuff already on my main machine--maybe
> setting up an image and transmitting over the network at boot time?  The
> machine has a CD drive, but I'm not sure it's working.
>
> If I can use stuff I've already downloaded, it will go faster.
>
> Thanks.