Yes, it is possible to eliminate the floppy drive if your NIC can accomodate an EEPROM with the rom-o-matic boot code. The procedure is documented on the LTSP site, though I don't remember where exactly.
PS: [Cameron]: please correct me if I am wrong (again?) ;-) On 06-Feb-03 Matthew Smeltzer wrote: > Hi there, > > I am new to this Project, my boss wants me to setit up via Network > Card Boot. He does not want the floppy disk or using a hard disk. > Would like to make these workstations as "dumb" as possible. Is it > possible to boot from the Network card, with out the use of a > floppy or hard disk.. We are trying to do this in our schools to > use the older computers that we have and give more studnet chances > to use Technology. Any webpages or documentation on this would be > greatly appreciated. > > Thanks in advance for your help. > > Matt Smeltzer > Southwest Regional School Board > http://southwest.ednet.ns.ca > Computer Technician > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > 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.freenode.net -------------------------------------------- Wouter DeBacker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 07-Feb-03 00:24:57 (SuSE Linux Xfmail) -------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- 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.freenode.net
