On Wed, Oct 14, 1998 at 08:12:21AM -0700, Kenneth Scharf wrote: > I have an old 386-25 computer with 8m of memory, a 100mb hd, et4000 > based video card with 1m of display memory. The mb has no cache, and > only ISA slots. I would like to use this machine as a networked > station tied to my k6-233 acting as a server. I have an acton ne2000 > clone I can put in the 386. > > Can I boot linux off the network? Can I put most of the file system > on the network (IE the workstation would mount /bin, /usr, /etc from > the network and maybe even /host/xxxx. What would be then minimun > filesystem that would have to be on the local drive? >
Network bootng is easy... you could get away with no hard drive and just a boot disk! (or as little as a few megav=bytes of disk space) I would check out my web page http://people.delphi.com/sjc/linux/poor.html this is the "Poor Man's XTerminal" it is for setting up a diskless netbooting XTerminal from a aPC.... it could be adapted for non-X use (ie as a network terminal etc) -Steve -- /* -- Stephen Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>------------ */ E-mail "Bumper Stickers": "A FREE America or a Drug-Free America: You can't have both!" "honk if you Love Linux"
