Tim,
hey :) you cheda hed! Diskless workstations are cool. There are many
aproaches to this:
1) Network card with boot rom (and bootp server)
2) no hard disk, but cdrom, and only if the system allows booting from cdrom
3) external zip/ zipslack (slakware system that fits on a zip drive)
The first situation is really the only diskless, but the second option
(cdrom) is generally considered a diskless workstion (remember Seth's
I-Opener.... Thats how that works...)
So... If your system does infact boot cdrom's, then try out the suse 6.4 live
demo (anybody got a copy we could send tim?). Ive used it with systems that
have hard disks, and it does put some files on the disk (settings and stuff
that you dont want to setup each time you boot it...), but it should work
without any hard disk (but it means that you will need to configure x, and
other apps every time you boot.
On Wednesday 27 March 2002 23:38, you wrote:
> I have the Dorio dumb terminal and was using a null modem cable to connect
> it to my box. I was thinking about connecting it to a hub. I know I would
> need a serial to cat5 connector. Does anyone have a spare one? I know the
> terminals which stan gave away had them attached. I have 2 dorio's. Would
> there be any configuring I would have to do?
>
> I fried my other computers hard drive (1.2 gig) the other day. I had to
> buy a 486 cpu fan. The wires on the extension cord (to get the power for
> the fan and connects to the hard drive) were switched. So the 5 volt was
> the 12volt and the 12 volt was 5 volts. I called the place and told them
> they said it was basically "to bad" parts like that are sold as is and I
> could replace it with a new fan. I was thinking about making this one into
> a diskless x terminal and was wondering if anyone ever made one work. Do
> you need a boot rom for this to work or a floppy or what?
>
> I search freshmeat and they had some thin client workstations.
> http://netboot.sourceforge.net/english/introduction.html
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/netstation
> http://freshmeat.net/projects/pxes/?topic_id=139%2C158
>
> Any suggestions.
>
> Tim
