I meant the installation of the small linux distro on the disk, and the lilo/grub part, with that Id rather still load the tftp kernel though ,since my ws will be 386 8)
--- "Baeseman, Cliff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well I am putting together a big website devoted to > our setup since I have > gotten tons of questions on it. To put together a > system in the fashion that > we do it takes just two steps. > > Turn on xdm on the server and make it available for > clients to connect > to. This takes care of the server nothing else needs > to be done. > > Load a client with whatever distro you want. Make a > single line change to > the bottom of the /etc/inittab file. Change the line > to point X at your > server. I think the correct format for the line is > > x5:respawn:/usr/X11R6/bin/X -query server.domain.com > > All this does is to tell the client to query the > server for it's display. If > you get rejected by the server only two things can > be wrong, either the > server cannot resolve your clients name and or xdm > is not set to accept > outside connections. > > As long as xdm is set to accept outside connections > on the server when you > boot the client it will jump straight into a login > screen. > > It really does nothing different than ltsp other > than the fact that the > client is running linux and minimal x windows > locally. > > > Cliff > > > -----Original Message----- > From: pedro noticioso > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 1/18/03 9:45 PM > Subject: RE: [Ltsp-discuss] More info on the > mini-itx on compact flash > > can you make a mini howto on this? I am looking > forward on using old hard drives to boot 386 > machines > with no PCI cards and my last attepmt at booting > linux > from them was just a mess 8) > > > --- "Baeseman, Cliff" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think I had at least 10MB still free but I could > > free up a few megs if I > > got rid of vi, telnet, bash, X11 fonts which I am > > not even using anyhow. > > Actually I think that it could be squeezed into a > > 16MB card if I worked at > > it a little. > > > > Cliff > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rick Gatewood > > To: Baeseman, Cliff; > > '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > Sent: 1/17/03 5:22 PM > > Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] More info on the > > mini-itx on compact flash > > > > On Friday 17 January 2003 03:38 pm, Baeseman, > Cliff > > wrote: > > > http://www.greenheck.com/cliff > > > > > > Here are some nice high res pics of the insides > of > > the mini itx and it > > > running peewee linux > > > connecting to our terminal server. > > > > > Cool! Totally cool and solid state! Totally solid > > state! How much room > > did you > > have left on the flash? > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.NET email is sponsored by: Thawte.com - A > > 128-bit supercerts will > > allow you to extend the highest allowed 128 bit > > encryption to all your > > clients even if they use browsers that are limited > > to 40 bit encryption. > > Get a guide > > > here:http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0030en > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > 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.freenode.net > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up > now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.NET email is sponsored by: Thawte.com - A > 128-bit supercerts > will > allow you to extend the highest allowed 128 bit > encryption to all your > clients even if they use browsers that are limited > to 40 bit encryption. > > Get a guide > here:http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0030en > _____________________________________________________________________ > 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.freenode.net __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: Thawte.com - A 128-bit supercerts will allow you to extend the highest allowed 128 bit encryption to all your clients even if they use browsers that are limited to 40 bit encryption. Get a guide here:http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0030en _____________________________________________________________________ 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.freenode.net
