Re: PXE linux server for Disk Imaging software

In comp.os.linux.networking maxchock@xxxxxxxxx:
Hi all,

I'm operating a cyber cafe with 50 PCs in my outlet. my daily
maintenance routine, I usually take out the hard disk and put in
another one which have CD-ROM and run ghost version 8 on the bootable
cd.

Dunno why you use a hd at all in your clients? It just makes
noise/heat, they tend to break and make lots of work.

Something like this just asks to run something like LTSP
http://www.ltsp.org/ which should reduce maintenance in order of
magnitudes. It might be a good idea to run most needed apps
(presuming browser) local on the thin clients if they are strong
enough, though this would need some testing. If you run anything
on the LTSP server you want to look into restricting client
resources.

Good luck

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