Well the client is just running a minimum copy of linux and x windows. The desktop display is served from the server itself. The linux on the client end is just to make the hardware work and to give the workstation a x windows client other than that there is nothing run on the client.
It is the same thing as running ltsp except that we do not remote boot the client. I will shortly be running over 400 clients and with that many booting at a time during a manufacturing floor shift start it would just crush the network. That combined with 400 remote root mounts via nfs would cause a whole lot more network traffic. Cliff -----Original Message----- From: Chris Welsh To: Baeseman, Cliff Cc: ''[EMAIL PROTECTED] ' ' Sent: 1/19/03 6:26 PM Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] More info on the mini-itx on compact flash Cliff, I've checked around and believe compact flash to be cheaper than usb flash. My local linux store sells it too, so I'll support them by grabbing some and play. Not sure if you discussed this, but when it became time to upgrade/patch , how were you going to reflash large numbers of thin clients? Chris Baeseman, Cliff wrote: >We actually tried using a usb mini disk but I think bios is looking for >a dos partition to boot from. The compact flash can be bought for about 28 >bucks now and the adapter for 17. I would venture to say it is just as cheap >if not cheaper to go with the compact flash. > >Cliff > >-----Original Message----- >From: Chris Welsh >To: Baeseman, Cliff >Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED] ' >Sent: 1/19/03 4:53 AM >Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] More info on the mini-itx on compact flash > >Great article. > >Sorry if this has been discussed in previous posts, but had you looked >into USB 2 flash to do the job. I know you can get ones that enable >linux to boot from (not sure if those great little VIA mother boards >will). Is the flash you are using cheeper that usb memory? > >Chris > > >Baeseman, Cliff wrote: > > > >>Part of a article I am currently writing about some of this >>is at http://www.airrun.net/enterprisedesk.html . I will warn you ahead >> >> >of > > >>time it is not completely gone through and many spelling and grammer >>mistakes need to be made yet. Please do not share this link with anyone >> >> >yet > > >>as it is not really a finished product. I intend to submit it to OSDN >> >> >and > > >>some of the other sites when finished, perhaps tomorrow afternoon. It >> >> >is > > >>also a very long read and needs to be broken up into logical sections. >> >>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! 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