We did consider a pxe boot also but we hate having to maintain all of the pieces, dhcp, pxe, nfs root etc plus the added network load.
Cliff On Thu, 2003-01-09 at 13:29, alvin wrote: > Baeseman, Clifford wrote: > > >Well guys I found a solution to booting a mini-itx from compact flash > >and pointing it to a linux server running xdm. I downloaded a 32M > >compact flash image from this site. I then replaced the startup scripts > >with my own and overwrote the password and shadow files with my own. > > > >>http://locustworld.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Downloads&file=index&req=viewdownload&cid=4 > > > >I am not ready to release the hacked image yet as I still have some > >cleanup to do but if you wish to play this is a great way to start. > > > >You will need a 17 Dollar compact flash to ide adaptor and a 32 M > >compact flash card 20 - 30$ and a usb reader writer to burn images. I > >personally use a pny flash card reader. Burn the image to the compact > >flash and then mount it to make your changes. Once you get a image that > >you want you can duplicate it with dd. To produce numerous cards you > >just cat the image to a card and you are ready to go. > > > >You should be able to get the box together for 250 to 275 dollars and > >best of all, no moving parts ... > > > >Cliff Baeseman > > > > > > > > I had to develope a similar capability here. The main difference is that > I hacked up a litte pxe bootable configuration program that will > initialize the flash. > So All I have to do is config the bios to boot from IDE and then PXE and > then let the device boot from the network, download the programing > software and then setup the flash. > > The programming software is based on toms root boot. > > I set up the flash disk with grub to boot the final image and currently > down load 3 images; a wireless boot, a regular network boot and a copy > of toms for rescue work. > > It is not likely to see a lot of clean up work but I can make it > available and answer some questions for anybody who is intersted. > > -- > Alvin Starr || voice: (416)785-4051 > Interlink Connectivity || fax: (416)785-3668 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] || > > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net
