On Sat, 2004-02-28 at 19:18, George K Cyriac wrote:
> I searching for a suitable tiny linux distribution which can offer LOCAL parallel 
> port dot matrix printer  support with the following configurations.
> 
> 486, 66 Mhz, 4 MB RAM,  10 mbps NE2000 ISA network card with remote boot roms, 512 
> KB SVGA Card, Monochrome monitors, 130 MB HDD or Floppy drives and Telnet support. 
> Remote boot support  from a Redhat Linux 7.2 server will be very nice. Text mode is 
> enough.
> 
> The purpose is to replace the Unix Dumb Terminals using the abandoned old hardwares. 
> The machine must be able to boot and telnet to the server.  I searched the 
> tiny/small linux distributions, but none of them detail anything about Local printer 
> support.
> 
> Any recommedations on small distros with LOCAL PRINTER SUPPORT?
Try using LTSP for the setup? You can use text only mode and jetdirect
for using local printer support. Not a stand alone solution but if it is
a network will work like a charm.
-- 
Sudev Barar

Learning Linux




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