From what I read it should be possible to flash the chip with your own image *inside* the neoware box itself. There's a discussion on this topic on http://forums13.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/bizsupport/questionanswer.do?threadId=1273155
One of the contributors to this discussion has posted a link to a method that involves PXE booting the device into Linux and then run a flash routine. The download includes a TFTP server for Windows and the images for XP embedded. It shouldn't be too hard to hack into this method and do other stuff, such as creating a backup of the current image. Gordon Ralph Green wrote: > Howdy, > They may well support pxeboot. But, it won't help. The goal is to > turn these into firewalls and access points. The devices need to be > able to boot on their own. For example, I'll take one to a meeting to > serve as an impromptu access point. I won't have a configured tftp > server handy. I want one that has more features and is more secure than > inexpensive commercial offerings. The device needs to boot Linux and > the best place to put that would be in a diskonmodule device. > These thin clients don't have any place for a CD drive or IDE hard > drive. Mine are not unusual. That is common for thin clients. > Thank you for the suggestion, though. > Ralph > > On Sun, 2009-05-17 at 20:07 +0200, KP Kirchdoerfer wrote: >> Am Sonntag, 17. Mai 2009 12:17:40 schrieb Ralph Green: >>> Howdy, >>> I was reading some older posts in this mailing list and I found >>> references to people using diskonchip modules. I have a few thin client >>> machines I would like to setup. >> As thin clients they may support pxeboot >> >> See >> http://leaf.sourceforge.net/doc/buci-ide3.html >> >> for more information. >> >> hth >> kp >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/
