Dear Rob et al, There has been an expression of interest in getting iPXE running on the Pi (http://lists.ipxe.org/pipermail/ipxe-devel/2012-September/001878.html) but as far as I can tell it has not been done, so unless someone fancies completing that work then having OTC locally on the SD sounds like it would be the best option.
I have an early Pi model B, so less memory than the current ones, and find it very useful for lots of things. I'd originally questioned its use as an OTC client as it isn't exactly blisteringly fast. However, on further thought this idea may actually make a lot more sense than I'd thought. If the monitor it is used with contains a USB hub, then you should be able to power the Pi from the monitor. The big problem though is going to be getting an OTC client image for the Pi. Given that Raspbian is a version of Debian Wheezy, the general environment should be OK but I don't think it will just be an ARM port that is needed. There are other considerations, such as the selection of whether the Pi is using the HDMI connector or the composite video (/boot/config.txt in Raspbian), which are likely to need non-standard features. This sounds like it may be a significant task, and would mean cross-compiling the OTC core which I suspect does not make economic sense for the OTC developers when the target is a very specific piece of hardware. A possible alternative would be to use QEMU to emulate the Pi but with much more memory and then create an OTC development environment on the emulated machine. Given that the OTC core doesn't come from the development OS, I'm not sure that this would actually help much. Much though I like the Pi (particularly as they are that rare thing - something which is actually made in the UK!), I think a miniature x86 is more viable for OTC, unless there is someone out there who plans to use the Pi for a large number of OTC clients and thereby make it worthwhile? All the best, Mark On 27/01/14 16:04, Frank Burnham wrote: > I was interested in this too; Pi B out of the box does not, but according to > this thread it can be done with some work: > > http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1444 > > I like the idea of the cubbiebaord2 though as mentioned by Miguel; thanks. If > anyone has practical experience of implementing OTC via these devices there > appears to be some interest in the OTC community > > Regards, > > Frank > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Charlebois [mailto:r...@baytechplastics.com] > Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 5:49 AM > To: openthinclient-user@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [openthinclient-user] Raspberry PI > > Yes I was thinking model B. is the chip in the Pi not PXE compatible? > Even booting from SD would be nice as an inexpensive OTC device. Low power > consumption as well. Rig it up to a case that you can attach to VESA mount > on the back of a monitor and it makes for a real compact work environment. > > Our current use of OTC is just as a terminal for users to log into any otc > client and rdp to a certain pre-defined machine. Perhaps I am missing > something here but I thought it would be a great idea. > > Rob... > > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 22:33:46 +0000 > From: Mark D-B <newsgroup....@virginmedia.com> > Subject: Re: [openthinclient-user] Raspberry Pi > To: openthinclient-user@lists.sourceforge.net > Message-ID: <52e0474a.9070...@virginmedia.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Dear Robert, > > Would you mind explaining what you have in mind please? 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