[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > hi all, > > i bought a server to convert a bunch of pii 200mhz machines into edubuntu > terminals at my kid's school. however, i didn't quite understand the > complexity of using intel based terminals and an amd64 dual core server. > long story short - they wouldn't connect. this is likely due to my lack of > wizardry, however, i'm not trying to be a dual architecture, work through > incompatibilities wizard, i'm trying to set up a lab that kids will find > useful. > > so, it is on to plan b. i want to swap out the main board on the server and > go with an intel cpu. are there any "gotchas" i can avoid by picking the > right motherboard and cpu? do intel 64 bit cpus pose a problem? > > thanks for sharing your insight and experience. > > oe1 > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster > Total Access, No Cost. > http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text5.com > > If your server is AMD64 and your clients are 32 bit, you can still use the setup to build ltsp images (ltps-build-client) for the 32 bit client machines. In fact, I believe there's a page in the wiki on building PowerPC clients running off aa64 bit server...I'm a bit tight on time, so I cannot search right now...maybe someone else can point to it?
Also make sure your PII machines can PXEboot or are setup for etherboot. Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA 94132 USA http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://opensource.sfsu.edu/ -- edubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users
