Given enough RAM in the thin client machine you can boot of the network and don't have any storage at all on the client.
I once worked at a company where many of the desktop machines for office workers had zero local storage and all user files and the OS were stored on a file server. It was fast enough for most users and it did two things 1) Anyone could sign onto any computer in the building and his files and desktop were there. Any machine was equally good for any user 2) When a computer failed the IT staff simply unboxed a new machine and plugged it in, zero configuration. The broken machine fit back in the same box and was shipped off for repair. Almost all PCs have a BIOS setting to allow a boot of the network On Sun, Feb 5, 2017 at 2:56 PM, Les Newell <[email protected]> wrote: > I wouldn't use a SD card as main storage. SD cards are slow. I used to > use CompactFlash cards before SSDs became affordable and they are pretty > slow as well. You can get laptop IDE to SATA adapters. That would allow > you to fit an SSD. Ideally you want an adapter with a male connector so > you can use a short ribbon cable. Many thin clients have enough room > inside for the SSD if you get a little creative. > > Les > > > On 05/02/17 09:58, Gregg Eshelman wrote: > > I decided to check the part numbers on the Apacer IDE flash disks in my > 3 WYSE S30 thin clients, after flashing the last Windows CE 6.0 update on > the newest one shrunk its storage space from 128 meg to 64, and resetting > the other two to factory defaults so Dekstop mode could be used *increased* > their storage space from 32 to 64 megabytes. (So I hit both of them with > the CE 6.0 update.) > > Turns out the two older ones actually have 512 megabyte flash disks > while the newest one does have a 128 meg. 512 meg is enough for the distro > of XP Embedded WYSE used in the S90 and 128 meg is enough for their distro > of LinuxV6 6.6.2.12 That should also install on 512 meg, dunno if it will > use the whole space or if it will be like WinCE and not use it all. I'm > going to get a female to male 2.5" IDE adapter, plug one of the Apacer > modules into a desktop and see if AOMEI can resize the partition. There are > inexpensive 2.5" 44 pin IDE boards with SD slots which should work in place > of the flash disk modules. > > > > 512 meg storage should be plenty for that Linux and quite a bit of other > software. Should be able to go up to 1 gig RAM, perhaps using some of that > for a RAM disk. Don't know how large of an IDE drive the Sx0 can use, seems > nobody has ever tried to go big on one. > > > > If LCNC can be squeezed onto one of these, then the limitation is there > not being a parallel port, just a serial port, 10/100 Realtek 8100CL and 4 > USB 2.0. > > > > The Vx0 series does have a parallel port, three USB 2.0, Ethernet, PS/2 > mouse and keyboard ports. There were many options, serial port, VGA or DVI, > two DVI ports - but not with the CardBus and SD slots on the back, > SmartCard reader on the front (secure access to the CNC control?) and > possibly more. Unlike the Sx0 that only had one major and one minor > hardware revision but always with the same CPU, the Vx0 series came with a > 1GHz VIA C3, then dropped to a 800MHz VIA C7, and the last of them used a > 1.2GHz VIA Eden. The largest flash disk used in those was 1 gig in the XP > Embedded V90, with 512 meg RAM, can probably go up to 1 gig. > > > > The Linux files can be downloaded here https://appservices.wyse.com/ > pages/serviceandsupport/support/dlOraFW.asp?which=58&model=S50 > > > > Here's the release notes https://appservices.wyse.com/ > supportdownload/5series/RN_%20LinuxV6%20-%206.6.2_12.pdf > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------ > > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > > engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
