Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 03:58:53 +0100 From: Alex <freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl> To: Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: diskless workstation - minimum requirements? Message-ID: <17753878503.20021229035853@dds.nl> In-Reply-To: <20021228135828.A26212-100000@m20.unixathome.org> References: <20021228135828.A26212-100000@m20.unixathome.org>
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Dear/Beste Dan, Saturday, December 28, 2002, 8:02:39 PM, you wrote: > As part of an upcoming Open Source Weekend (http://www.osw.ca/) I'm > putting together a small demonstration network > (http://www.langille.org/osw-demo.php). It was suggested that a diskless > workstation would be a nice addition to the suite. > How practical is this from both a FreeBSD-demo perspective and from a open > source perspective? What does it demonstrate? ow useful is it given that > we are catering in large to the business community? The benefits: - You can install a system without a CD-rom - The working station's don't need to be maintained. - You can provided a alternative OS even when existing HD on the working station is full. ... more? The downside: - Everything has to be loaded over the network. It probably works best for a terminal setup, where you don't do a lot locally but uses a telnet/rsh/ssh/x11 session over the network. -- Best regards/Met vriendelijke groet, Alex To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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