Ken,
>
> > Thanks. I was thinking something like 256MB. I was also thinking of
> > Clustering. Have you tried it out?
>
>
> I just ran across something that might be of use to you. A friend of mine is
> experimenting with setting up a Mosix cluster (www.mosix.org). This would be
> perfect fo
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> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 4:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] best solution
>
>
> > On Wednesday 24 July 2002 04:26 am, Adrian D'Costa wrote:
> > > > > I am being assigned a project for a sch
I prefer OpenMosix
Take a look at http://www.ltsp.org/contrib/ltsp-om5r3c.html
Best
John
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From: "Ken Barber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Adrian D'Costa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 20
On Wednesday 24 July 2002 04:26 am, Adrian D'Costa wrote:
> > > I am being assigned a project for a school. They have a
> > > tight budget.
> > > Right now the are on a windows 2000 server and 28 nodes.
> > > The server is P III 800 Mhz, 64 mb ram, 40 GB hdd and a
> > > DSL connection
> > > using
On Thursday 25 July 2002 02:02 am, Adrian D'Costa wrote:
On Wednesday 24 July 2002 07:54 pm, Ken Barber wrote:
> > I have the skills needed to make this work, and I would be willing to
> > come and help you with this if there were only a way to get me from where
> > I am (West Coast of the United
Adrian D'Costa wrote:
>>Yes, you could mount them with ENBD, but to what end? What data would
>>
>>
>
>Now this word ENBD is gettting famous and curious to me ;)
>
Stands for the Enhanced Network Block Device. What it does is allow a
kernel running on machine A to access and utilize block
>
> >
> > Thanks. I was thinking something like 256MB. I was also thinking of
> Clustering. Have
> > you tried it out?
>
> I haven't tried clustering yet. I'm not sure it would relieve the
> memory crunch. If your server is swapping, however, your users will
> notice it in the form of slow pe
> > I wish I could take your advice, but this client of mine has already gone
> > into say Linux or nothing. Have to say my prayers.
>
> Adrian, it really hurts to hear myself saying this, but the best thing you can
> do for your client (and yourself) is walk away from that project.
Ken, thanks
>
> >
> >>improving all the time, but I don't think it can handle scanners or
> >>CD-ROMS attached to workstations. One shared scanner attached to the
> >>server may not be quite what they want.
> >>
> You should be able to gain access to local floppies and CDROMs using the
> new modifications to
On Wednesday 24 July 2002 04:31 am, Adrian D'Costa wrote:
> I wish I could take your advice, but this client of mine has already gone
> into say Linux or nothing. Have to say my prayers.
Adrian, it really hurts to hear myself saying this, but the best thing you can
do for your client (and your
On Wed, 24 Jul 2002 17:43:12 -0400, "Jason Bechtel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[snipped]
> >> I guess you could use the HDs for that and for swap. I
> >> don't understand what you're asking with regard to "the
> >> best way" though. Do you want details of how to set it all
> >> up? As far as
> Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 16:56:11 +0530
> From: "Adrian D'Costa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>> > I am being assigned a project for a school. They have a
>> > tight budget.
>> > Right now the are on a windows 2000 server and 28 nodes.
>> > The server is P III 800 Mhz, 64 mb ram, 40 GB hdd and a
>> > D
On Wed, 24 Jul 2002 10:28:54 -0500, "Jason A. Pattie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> I know this is slightly off the wall, but 28 40GB hard drives aren't
> going to fit in a single server machine. Why not leave them in the
> clients, inform the users that they can never turn their computers off
Adrian D'Costa wrote:
>>And what do they use those scanners and CD-ROMs for? I know LTSP is
>>
>>
>
>No idea. The problem with them is that some one comes and tell them that each system
>needs a scanner, printer and a cdrom they buy it.
>
>
>
>>improving all the time, but I don't think it
HD?
>
>Joey
>
>
>-Original Message-
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Adrian D'Costa
>Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 4:34 AM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: [Ltsp-discuss] best solution
>
>Hi,
>
>I am being assigne
>
>
> > I am being assigned a project for a school. They have a tight budget.
> > Right now the are on a windows 2000 server and 28 nodes.
> > The server is P III 800 Mhz, 64 mb ram, 40 GB hdd and a DSL connection
> > using a usb modem.
> >
> > The nodes P III, 450 Mhz, 64 mb ram, 40 GB HDD. So
> Just a thought -
>
> Start with setting one of the workstations up as the server with one or two
> workstations booting from floppy
>
> Progress to getting it working the way you want including software and then
> switch
> the HD to the PIII 800 - in fact the difference between the PIII 450 and
> >
> > I am being assigned a project for a school. They have a
> > tight budget.
> > Right now the are on a windows 2000 server and 28 nodes.
> > The server is P III 800 Mhz, 64 mb ram, 40 GB hdd and a
> > DSL connection
> > using a usb modem.
>
> Yeah, the server RAM will need to be *much* high
>
> Check carefully what your users want to do. Make sure you have a Linux
> equivalent for *all* their applications. I'm willing to bet there will
> be a few 'must have' applications that are Windoze only. You probably
> need to reserve one PC as a Windoze ghetto just to run those apps. Put
> it
On Tue, 23 Jul 2002 15:04:21 +0530
"Adrian D'Costa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am being assigned a project for a school. They have a tight
> budget. Right now the are on a windows 2000 server and 28
> nodes. The server is P III 800 Mhz, 64 mb ram, 40 GB hdd and a
> DSL connection us
oducts are the best in the world!
Hamish
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John
> McCreesh
> Sent: 23 July 2002 08:56
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] best solution
>
Check carefully what your users want to do. Make sure you have a Linux
equivalent for *all* their applications. I'm willing to bet there will
be a few 'must have' applications that are Windoze only. You probably
need to reserve one PC as a Windoze ghetto just to run those apps. Put
it in a really
/needing to use the local HD?
Joey
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Adrian D'Costa
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 4:34 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Ltsp-discuss] best solution
Hi,
I am being assigned a project for a school. They h
> Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 15:04:21 +0530
> From: "Adrian D'Costa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> I am being assigned a project for a school. They have a
> tight budget.
> Right now the are on a windows 2000 server and 28 nodes.
> The server is P III 800 Mhz, 64 mb ram, 40 GB hdd and a
> DSL connection
>
Hi,
I am being assigned a project for a school. They have a tight budget.
Right now the are on a windows 2000 server and 28 nodes.
The server is P III 800 Mhz, 64 mb ram, 40 GB hdd and a DSL connection
using a usb modem.
The nodes P III, 450 Mhz, 64 mb ram, 40 GB HDD. Some have cdroms some
sc
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