Hi > > After a long delay I am finally ready to put together a small training > network in my apartment. First I have some basic questions. > There are 3 machines one AMD 586 133 /64 mg (my primary machine) and 2 > Intel 486 66 /8 mg. All have ISA NE2000 cards > > 1. Can I live with 8 mg in the 486s?
yep... probably no X though... have 386sx 20 / 8m with debian hamm and ISA NE2000 based network > > 2. How much of Debian/Gnu Linux do I actually need to install on the > 486s? base system and maybe just few packages more. On 100meg disk i have about 50m filled and 16m swap > For example only one machine in the network should have the MTA, > or be a DNS server. But if I only install the bare minimum how is that > differnt than just setting up a terminal. > > 3. Come to think of it how do you just set up mutiple terminals? why do you need terminals if network will do all what you need? > Do I need special video cards? no, AFAIK > > 4. What is the best way to simulate user activity on a training network > when there is really only one person? write app which simulate user pressing keys and doing something? just a guess... > > 5. I have a couple of other operatiing systems lying around.(Freebsd, > Solaris7, win311, I could probably borrow 95 or NT) Can I mix and match > them on the network. How do you do that? > > Any recommeded reading material is appreciated. Thanks for any help Ethernet-HOWTO and NET3-HOWTO > Tom OK
