It really depends on what you are going to do. If you are just going to introduce the users to the desktop, then a smaller server (we are using a dual 266 Intel). It will get sluggish though if you have 30 people launching star office at the same time though.
We are currently booting from floppies that have "boot images" on them for whatever NIC you are using. Almost all of the commonly used NICs are included in the LTSP package that we are using (www.k12ltsp.org). The nice thing is that if you built a server and got the workstations configured correctly (X server specs). You could pretty much walk in with the server and a stack of disks and have a fully functional linux lab without worrying about what is on the workstation HD's. kw On Wednesday 03 April 2002 16:37, you wrote: > Yas! Just the kinda thing I was thinking. We discussed > exactly this idea via BOOTP capable NICS, and burning > EPROMS, but what are the reqs for LTSP? > > I was also thinking of using the numerous small HDs at > CCCC for minimal diagnostic/support Linux installs per > workstation, and using GRUB to do network boots and > run apps off the network. Centralize software > maintenance that way. > > John Hebert -- Kris A. Wotipka, WOTIPKA! inc. 337.739.5180 human__337.893.1289 fax__KD5QYV amateur radio ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
