On Sunday 07 January 2001 11:15, Sunil Thomas Thonikuzhiyil saw me fit to
inform :
okay sunil there are other ways to do it also
here is how i do it
i normally do it 2 ways
first method
download mulinux from sunsite.dk this is small linux with X11 and ... and
.... and etc and it can load on DOS PARTITION once it is loaded with X
server properly configured u can run X from the Linux server using the
following command
X -query <Ip address of LTSP server >
the above setup takes just 16 MB
The disadvantage of mulinux is it is based on libc5 and all programs compiled
in latest versions o f linux wont run
method 2
download Linux Embeded this is just 8 MB with X11 server
here u can have the latest kernel and all apps compiled with redhat 6.2 and 7
provided u copy libraries
to do this u have to install lilo and chose between linux n dos or use lodlin
The embeded linux can be customised by adding window manager like icewm or
fvwm once done u can run ltsp apps in a window using Xnest or come to shell
and run X -query <IP of LTSPserver>
hope this helps
regards
yunus
> On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 03:52:00PM +0100, Yunus Shaikh wrote:
> > On Sunday 07 January 2001 09:20, Sunil Thomas Thonikuzhiyil saw me fit
> > to inform :
> >
> > yes check hdload in etherboot
> >
> > > Hello
> > > We are trying to recycle a number of old 386 and 486 by coverting
> > > them to diskless workstations. We have successfully installed ltsp and
> > > etherboot Now some of our "diskless" w/S have 640Mb hard disks which
> > > boots to dos Is it possible to load a rom image using loadlin (or any
> > > similar utility) after booting to dos
>
> I have gone through hdload.S. What i get after compiling is a 512 byte
> bootsector image which can load a bootrom image.
> My existing dos setup will be lost if i use it. I want to set up
> a batch file so that student canuse dos or linux. Is there any way
> Ican make a dos executable which will load the image
>
> I have also tried lilo-etherboot as per
> http://www.thinguin.org/pub/hacks/lilo-etherboot-README.txt
> I made an image as per this I can boot it from lilo . When I try to use
> loadlin the following error message pops up
>
> /*********************/
> LOADLIN v1.6 (C) 1994..1996 Hans Lermen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Your current configuration needs interception of "setup.S,"
> but the setup-code in your Image file is *very* old (or wrong)
> Please use BIOSINTV/REALBIOS or try an other Image file
> Please enter name of kernel image file followed by optional
> command line parameters for Linux (e.g. root=XXXX)
> or @file ( file = param file ) or "empty string" to abort:
> /************************/
> Any clues
> Sunil
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