[H-GEN] Diskless boxes for internet access

[Martin Pool]

On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, Steve Pinel wrote:

> The only problem being that i don't have any DOS licenses floating around
> that I could use, and the cost of them would probably be close to that of
> the machines themselves, if not more.

Between all it's members, Humbug must have a few score of DOS licences
currently unused.  You could use them. :-)  (Hmm, they're probably not
transferable, but it's an idea.)

> Does anyone know if I could boot them up into Linux from the Novell network,
> and then run some X browser?  Is there a neater way to do it than that?  Any
> ideas appreciated.

There's a program somewhere that runs from DOS and overlays DOS with
Linux.  Sorry, I forget the name and whether it lets you start up in NFS.
Try sunsite under boot utilities.

You could always try running Netscape on a Linux server with and using the
386s as X servers.

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Martin Pool, Pharos

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