I don't know how well it scales, but I know the Desktop Access Client can run under Wine, so it might be possible just to modify the LTSP scripts to start "wine alpclient.exe" instead of an X server.
William Yang > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:sunray-users- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Philippe Schwarz > Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 9:56 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [SunRay-Users] Sun Desktop Access Client on PXE : Silly question ? > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi, > I'm excited about this new feature for my WinXP home-based colleagues. > No need for a complicated VPN client, no more giant hole in my firewall > to open, cool indeed ! > > But, as usual, i'm thinking forward for a new way to use it. > > I've got a lot of outdated PC (P3,P4) used for LTSP (linux based > Thinclient solution) with PXE boot, TFTP, Dl of bzimage of kernel ..etc > to the gnome login screen. > > Instead of maintaining both solutions (LTSP+SRSS), i'd be happy to use > only SRSS's one. > > But, i don't want to increase my workload by reinstalling WinXP on those > diskless machines. > > Is it weird to think about a network boot solution (PXE) wich could load > Sun Desktop Acces Client? > > I searched about network booting WindowsXP and found nothing simple and > costless (Remote Boot Server for Windows 200X Server is far more > complicated and expensive that my LTSP solution). > > Sorry for the noise if my question is too far from reality. > > Thanks for your answers. > Best regards. > > References : > Remote boot Windows > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms838569(WinEmbedded.5).aspx > > LTSP : > http://edubuntu.org/UsingEdubuntu > > - -- > Cordialement. > - - Lycée Alfred Nobel,Clichy sous bois http://www.lyceenobel.org > KeyID 0x46EA1D16 FingerPrint 997B164F4F606A61E7B1FC61961A821646EA1D16 > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iEYEARECAAYFAkqZM2kACgkQlhqCFkbqHRbFFwCeOoOSdqXt6rVTNgmX2Zh5863P > bwsAoJE6S4BZKmSXx3j4vlWVWwVcd8i4 > =pGqy > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > SunRay-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users _______________________________________________ SunRay-Users mailing list [email protected] http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users
