From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Dec 28 19: 0:30 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F96137B401 for ; Sat, 28 Dec 2002 19:00:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp01.wxs.nl (smtp01.wxs.nl [195.121.6.61]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5643443EA9 for ; Sat, 28 Dec 2002 19:00:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl) Received: from cybertron.kruijff ([213.10.151.186]) by smtp01.wxs.nl (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with ESMTP id H7V1NC01.LFR; Sun, 29 Dec 2002 03:59:36 +0100 Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 03:58:53 +0100 From: Alex X-Mailer: The Bat! (v1.62 Christmas Edition) Personal Reply-To: Alex X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <17753878503.20021229035853@dds.nl> To: Dan Langille Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: diskless workstation - minimum requirements? In-Reply-To: <20021228135828.A26212-100000@m20.unixathome.org> References: <20021228135828.A26212-100000@m20.unixathome.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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