>I am wanting to make/purchase a machine to run Linux on a factory floor.

>Now the other interesting bit is that it does not need to do any local IO
>once up and running so I could probably get away with a flash disk or
>something. What about remote boot?

If there is no I/O why does it need to be in a particular place?  In fact
what is the point of it at all?

> Any suggestions for setting up Linux for this environment?

>My main concern is someone turning the machine off and on. The software
>will startup okay but I am worried about a file system check halting the
>machine until a fsck is done. Problem is no one will know it needs doing,
>or how to do it.

I recently bought a couple of rack mount Macase cases.  They seem sturdy.
Some have filtered air.  One has an external front accessible keyboard
socket.  All have a lockable swing up door preventing access to floppy. CD
ROM and power switches.

The bad points seem to be cost and they wont fit on the telescopic slides
so I had to mount them on fixed rails.

regards
Steven



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