-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 27 March 2004 12:02 am, Lester Caine wrote: - --------snip------------
The network interface is already configured for DHCP addressing, and TFTP or PXE download, so all I need is something to 'feed' it with to get a working machine.
Add PHP on the server end, and you can add interactivity to the dumb terminal, at no extra cost. Hence the need for 'Diskless SUSE Install', but it looks as if I have to switch to some other distribution based on the responses so far :)
(I've considered trying to run my extra box diskless a few times, just haven't gotten around to trying) I was going to suggest the 2 programs you mentioned above (as well as ltsp which seems to be the most ambitious effort), are you saying those won't do it? http://www.ltsp.org/ claims to be distro agnostic. What about mknbi, netboot or etherboot, all on the SuSE install disks? http://www.etherboot.org/ http://netboot.sourceforge.net/english/index.shtml PXE should work diskless if you have the ability to use Netboot http://syslinux.zytor.com/pxe.php but I don't know if it works w/SuSE (not included on the disks) bootpc sounds like it may be past its prime but here's some info. http://www.busan.edu/~nic/networking/tcpip/ch09_04.htm I haven't set up a diskless system yet but these are the programs that I was considering trying when I get to it.. From their descriptions it seems that one of these programs should do the job. I did about 5 minutes of research and came up with the preceeding info ;-( Good luck, let us know how it turns out. - -- dh Don't shop at ZipZoomFly.com! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAZUzABwgxlylUsJARAidNAJ4zhY+/QAHk99YtVqOg3GnOM8YPjwCfbQ2E H0NHPM8oixfJOjcyJXgtDSw= =dz05 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----