That sounds pretty cool, Kevin - but I guess it would depend on what the machine is being used for. You couldn't take it to a friend's to do homework, if it boots off the home network...
Then again, someone suggested I try a bootable usb stick for my laptop. Unfortunately, I know nothing about that sort of thing, and have forgotten who suggested it. (sigh) On Feb 11, 2014 12:39 PM, "Kevin" <m...@iamkevin.ca> wrote: > Another option is to go driveless and boot the laptop over the network for > them young ones. It would also be nice technological experiment to show > them as well. It's definitely more satisfying than plopping in a new drive > and installing a run-of-the-mill x86 OS. If you need any good pointers, > guides, or anything in this regard, let me know. I've set-up a couple PXE > Boot environments, including one which can boot into a remote X Windows > desktop via XDMCP. :D > > Here's a few YouTube videos I made to demonstrate this using a Virtual > Machine(I also did PXE from an ARM SheevaPlug back when I has full HDD > encryption enabled). > > XDMCP Thin X Server: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pu-bXla5ReI > X Thin Client over NFS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs6lgvQNkIk > > There's no audio in this videos btw. > > On Tue, 11 Feb 2014 00:06:31 -0600 > Roswyne <rosw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I was talking to a guy from kijiji who said he had a few small ones > > suitable for setting up a Linux system. > > > > If that's of interest, let me know and I'll look up his info. It didn't > > suit my needs, so I didn't follow up. > > > > A friend also pointed out some new 80gig drives he saw online for $70, > if a > > larger driver would be better (or you want better reliability). > > On Feb 10, 2014 11:14 PM, "R Rodd" <richard.r...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I have a laptop that hasn't been used in 5-6 years since it failed to > boot > > > one day. Tonight I took the drive out, hooked it up to an IDE->USB > > > adapter, and have determined that the drive is faulty as suspected > (yes, my > > > to-do list of chores around the house is that long .. and longer). > > > > > > As the kids are getting to the age where having a homework and > edutainment > > > system would be useful I would like to find a drive for it. I'm > certainly > > > not picky about speed or storage size for this system. If someone has > such > > > a drive (2.5" IDE) resting in a drawer in their home-office or > workshop the > > > kids and I would be grateful for an organ transplant. > > > > > > With thanks, > > > - Richard > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > > > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > > > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ > > > > > > -- > Kevin <m...@iamkevin.ca> > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >
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