"Katsonis, Dennis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said the following on the auspicious date of 2002-05-30:
> He he! Kernel and X wont run on 8086 architecture! The kernel and X >are 32 bit, so an 'XT' system just wont do it. There is an option >though, you may be able to use it as a character based terminal by >hooking it to the server using a serial port. I'm going to give this a >try, as there is an XT I have that I've been meaning to use as a text >based terminal. I suggest trolling through the Linux howto's. You will >find some info on using the serial port as a terminal. Actually, there is no reason an 8086 couldn't run a TCP/IP stack and a X server, just not the Linux kernel and XFree86. There may even be some old and forgotten software out there for 8086 PC's that provide some or all of this functionality. >> Dear friends, >> >> * How to convert 8086 architecture machine as LTSP WORKSTATION. >> >> * Need any extra steps ..or LTSP documentation is enough to convert..... >> >> * I didn't try yet...but i want to know whether it's possible or not... >> >> * Thanx in advance.. >> >> Regards, >> sherfu -------------------------------------------------- MS Windows -- An entomologist's dream Jeff Jackowski http://ro.com/~jeffj/ "Luncheon meats make the sawdust in your stomach explode." -- Crow T. Robot _______________________________________________________________ Don't miss the 2002 Sprint PCS Application Developer's Conference August 25-28 in Las Vegas -- http://devcon.sprintpcs.com/adp/index.cfm _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net
