From owner-freebsd-current Wed Nov 25 20:48:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA23950 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 25 Nov 1998 20:48:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles143.castles.com [208.214.165.143]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA23943 for ; Wed, 25 Nov 1998 20:48:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA00402; Wed, 25 Nov 1998 20:47:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199811260447.UAA00402@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Christopher Hall cc: Andrzej Bialecki , Mike Smith , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Using Dos Partition, was Re: /boot/loader what to set rootdev to? In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 26 Nov 1998 10:28:07 +0800." <199811260228.KAA21785@hsw.generalresources.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 20:46:59 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I have a client who want to make a PC function as an X terminal, there > is little space on the hard disk (single Win95 C:). Maybe I could > make an absolute minimum FreeBSD system, make an image of this save as > dos file, put this and a kernel in c:\freebsd and boot. Could the vn > device be used to implement this? Get an X server for Windows. This will stop them whining about not being able to run Word at the same time. Alternatively, if they don't want PC functionality, nuke the Windows stuff. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message