RE: [SLE] DIskless SUSE install

From: John Scott (joscott_at_hsc.usf.edu)
Date: 03/27/04

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    Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 21:10:17 -0500 (EST)
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    > Lester Caine <lester@lsces.co.uk> wrote:
    >
    > > Can anybody point me in the right direction to building a
    > > setup that will allow me to use a diskless machine as a simple browser.
    > >
    > > Obviously I need a kernel with just the basic elements for
    > > an Via ITX computer, but what is the best way of providing a
    > > minimum set of graphics and a basic browser?
    > >
    > > I have got past the stage of getting the machine to download
    > > an image to boot from, now I need to build a more practical image :)
    > >
    > >--
    > >Lester Caine
    > >-----------------------------
    > >L.S.Caine Electronic Services
    > >
    >
    > Hi Lester,
    >
    > did you check out lynx?
    >
    > lynx is a text-based WWW browser
    > Description: Lynx is an easy to use browser for HTML documents
    > and other internet services like FTP, telnet, and news.
    > Lynx is fast. It is purely text based
    > and therefore makes it possible to use WWW resources on text terminals.
    > and it's on SuSE's ftp site and needs less graphics support.
    >
    > Change of subject, your subject line intrigued me.
    > I did a little googling re "diskless"
    >
    > Could you in brad brush terms explain what you did?
    >
    > Thanks,
    >

    Another option is to install linux as usual on disk based system and
    then run it in kde kiosk mode or create bootable cd system that is set
    up to run in kiosk mode. Not what I would want, prefer ltsp project.
    Just depends on what the end goal is and how much work you want to do.

    http://dot.kde.org/997748764/
    http://www.kde.org/areas/sysadmin/

    John 

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