Thank you for your reply Anselm, Please see the included information at the end of this email...
> Hello Schardenzar, > > Sunday, December 15, 2002, 3:47:15 AM, you wrote: > > S> Greetings. > S> Being new to LTSP, I want to check whether anyone has > S> any particular opinion about whether a Neoware Capio 504 > S> terminal will suffice for building an LTSP proof of concept at work. > S> It has no floppy or hard drives, but does have 8MB flash memory, > S> 32MB SDRAM and a LAN card supporting BOOTP. > S> I can/will give more complete specs if that is necessary. > S> Thank you in advance for your assistance. > S> - Schard > > Generally speaking, 32MB SDRAM is by far enough. i386 compatible CPU > is required (though my short google search let me call to thought if > Geode was some kinda mac thing, which would NOT work with LTSP so far), > as well as X11-supported graphics hardware (you know the > chipset?)... the LAN-card supports bootp, well, but does it PXE too or > do you have the tools to make a bootable disk image for that boot > protocol used by that board? Or could you address that flash-mem like > a floppy disk (but how to get data there when not booting via > network...) and put an etherboot .lzdsk there? > > -- > Best regards, > Anselm mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Answers: - Yes, i386 compatible. - Although I could not find the chipset, the specifications imply that it supports X11. - I do not know how possible it is to change the boot image through the mechanisms you mention but page 2 of the specs may answer that for you: http://www.neoware.com/docs/specs/5xx.pdf Thank you again for your assistance, - Schard ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility Learn to use your power at OSDN's High Performance Computing Channel http://hpc.devchannel.org/ _____________________________________________________________________ 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
