>On Sat, 2004-02-28 at 19:18, George K Cyriac wrote: >> I searching for a suitable tiny linux distribution which can offer LOCAL parallel >> port dot matrix printer support with the following configurations. >> >> 486, 66 Mhz, 4 MB RAM, 10 mbps NE2000 ISA network card with remote boot roms, 512 >> KB SVGA Card, Monochrome monitors, 130 MB HDD or Floppy drives and Telnet support. >> Remote boot support from a Redhat Linux 7.2 server will be very nice. Text mode is >> enough. >> >> The purpose is to replace the Unix Dumb Terminals using the abandoned old >> hardwares. The machine must be able to boot and telnet to the server. I searched >> the tiny/small linux distributions, but none of them detail anything about Local >> printer support. >> >> Any recommedations on small distros with LOCAL PRINTER SUPPORT? >Try using LTSP for the setup? You can use text only mode and jetdirect >for using local printer support. Not a stand alone solution but if it is >a network will work like a charm. >-- >Sudev Barar
But jetdirect is like a printer server. I require local printer support. George K Cyriac > >Learning Linux ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1356&alloc_id=3438&op=click _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
