Matt,
Excellent! Was it as easy as I said ? Just dd the image
to a floppy ?
Jim.
On Thu, 28 Mar 2002, Matt Filizzi wrote:
> That worked perfectly (well almost, I then had a problem with X, but
> I've delt with those before)
>
> oh and the reason why we couldn't just install a small linux distro on
> the laptop in the first place is we needed to keep the OS on there
> intact. what this whole thing is for is our setup will be going to
> atleast 2 confrences to demonstrate Opensource and Linux, with having
> just a floppy we can just put it into any random persons laptop
> (assuming the nic is supported) and it will work.
>
> Thanks for the help!
>
> Matt
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Matt,
> >
> > yes, you need the wireless-ltsp package available on the ltsp.org
> > download page.
> >
> > don't let the name fool you. It was written for wireless cards
> > but as a side benefit, it also handles all pcmcia and cardbus
> > cards.
> >
> > you do have to boot from a floppy or a flash disk.
> >
> > A floppy image is included in the package. you just need
> > to dd that image to a floppy and you should be ready to go.
> > It should automatically detect the proper network card and
> > load the proper driver.
> >
> > Jim McQuillan
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > Hey, I see you are in Ann Arbor. I'm only about 45 miles
> > from you in Waterford :)
> >
> > On Wed, 27 Mar 2002, Matt Filizzi wrote:
> >
> > > I was searching through the email archives for an answer to this and
> > > only found more questions, what I am trying to find out is if there has
> > > been any progress in getting etherboot to work with pcmcia network
> > > cards.
> > >
> > > I am assuming there isn't because I couldn't find any information on
> > > this (on either ltsp or etherboot's website). if that is the case could
> > > someone suggest a way of getting ltsp to work with laptops? my
> > > assumption would be that I need to make a boot disk with the kernel on
> > > it, but I'm not positive what the configureations for that would be.
> > >
> > > If anyone can help I would be gratefull.
> > >
> > > Matt
> > >
> >
> > --
>
>
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