On Sat, Mar 30, 2002 at 12:44:54PM +0100, dr Agon wrote: > > Hello, > > I got a questions on LTSP. > > Now we have little network runnig Linux. We have 1 server (IP3 733, 256Mb, 20Gb) and >5 clients - from IP150 to 486DX2 100. Every client have 64Mb RAM and 1-2Gb HDD. >Unfortunally network is only 10Mbt.
Switch or hubs? > Now all clients runing different versions of Linux - SuSE 6.4, Mandrake 5.2, >Mandrake 7.0. Every user have his own home dir on Server. > > As administrator of that little network, I would like to make one server with 5 >X-terminals from that, but I got some problems: > > 1. The boss would not like to own fast 100mbt network at this time. But if he will >see, that X-terminals working fine, hi will owh that network. > > 2. I don't know, how to write ROM's on NIC (3c509, Ne2000 ISA). Do I need some >special machine for that, or it can be done just from Linux? > > 3. I don't want to boot from diskete (afaik it will make FDD on clients unusable >during the session). It will not. The users only need to remove the start diskette and insert their own ones. Even in the case of a bootfloppy that holds the linux kernel (which is not the case when you use LTSP) the diskette can be removed once the kernel has booted, it does not even know from where it was loaded. > 4. Every machine have enought RAM and HDD space - can I use it instead floppy or NIC >ROM to boot PC's? More, maybe I can use those PC's to store some temp data and config >localy or perform localy some easy job, using server only to run hard X applications? You can, but the gains are small and maybe do not outweigh the advantage of having all configuration on the server. > 5. Two of that PC's have local printers - will it be possible to use them directly >from clients? Yes, but "directly" means via the server, but that is transparent for the user. -- Hans Ekbrand
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