On Tuesday 27 March 2007 07:25, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've got a laptop with a PCMCIA ethernet adaptor and I'm sick of running > Windows on it exclusively. > > Because its only NIC is PCMCIA, I can't just PXE-boot it. > > So I copied the LTSP kernel and initrd into the laptop's /boot/ > directory and booted from it, and since the LTSP initrd doesn't have > drivers for PCMCIA stuff, it can't boot. (Drivers? Modules? I don't know > the terminology) > > I know that if I (for example) installed a full-blown distribution of > Linux, I could use XDMCP every time I log in to connect to my LTSP > server, which is almost like it being a real thin-client. But then I'm > potentially installing a huge distribution on the laptop, which is > basically wasted. The nearest distro I have that I could use is Fedora > Core 5 or 6, and that is an awfully big distribution for this laptop. > > Is there a lighter distro that I could install, and easily configure to > automatically connect via XDMCP to the LTSP-server, rather than log into > itself? Is there maybe a distro made specifically to this task?
If you download the kernel kit, build the existing kernel, then change the config to include PCMCIA you are away, with your existing setup. Mail me if you need more info James ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _____________________________________________________________________ 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
