On 06/02/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Tuesday 06 February 2007 10:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] > Well, maybe I wasn't clear about my intentions because I tried to avoid > tiring you with details, so here is the deal: > > We have this Toshiba Satellite 4030CDT ( > http://linux.toshiba-dme.co.jp/linux/eng/spec.php3?model=PAS403U) which > runs Windows 98 and which behaves worse and worse every day. My wife won't > let me install Linux alone on it and it doesn't have enough disk to keep > both Windows and Linux. [snip] * You REALLY need to re-install windows every year or so * LTSP does a very good job of using old HW
That was my first choice but so far I didn't manage to get the client-side working and google'ing around finds that many people think its setup procedure is not exactly easy to follow. * KNOPPIX and say icewm is a good low-power-machine solution (and nice!) The live-cd phase is just a tool to get the nfs-root configuration right, once I have nfs-root I prefer it to be Etch. * VNC is a workable solution
* sticking to your 'invented here' solution is cute, satisfing and probably has the worst performance
What do you mean by that? All these live CD's are mostly a an easy way to get the right Debian packages configured easily for newbies or when the situation fits the prescription (LTSP). Debian has a super-set of all these tools so I expect that once I get the loadlin+kernel+initrd+X11 matter solved I'll be clear to do what I plan. As much as I like tinkering with this stuff, I don't have time and would prefer to use some "apt-get install" solution but the closest one (LTSP) didn't work so far. Cheers, --Amos -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
