[H-GEN] Diskless boxes for internet access

[Steve Pinel]

>P5-100 would probably be mostly wasted imho.  zen is a 486DX-33 (with 
>32mb ram) which has an Xterminal hanging off it plus lots of backend
>services.  

Handy, I have a spare 486DX motherboard floating around somewhere...
>
>Also look into adding a squid proxy to improve web and ftp access times.

Ony my list of Things To Do (using MkLinux for Apple, if it works)
>
>> Anyone got eny suggestions for a DOS based X-server?
>
>There are a number of commercial ones out there, plus some free ones. I
>thought ms-windows (3.1 or higher) was pretty much a necessity for them
>though.
>
>If I were you I'd still be looking at Linux for the Xterminals too.

Alright, back to an earlier question, then.  How does this work at a
diskless workstation.  Can I mount the partitions from a Novell directory
(i.e., have root, swap and usr on the Novell server, and mount them as NFS
volumes), or do I need a boot ROM that logs into the Linux box on bootup

>
>Cheers,
>	-Robert
>
>--Robert Brockway B.Sc.  Email: robert at zen.humbug.org.au, robert at icc.net.au
>				r.brockway at mailbox.uq.edu.au
>                         WWW:   http://www.humbug.org.au/~robert
>                         President of HUMBUG (http://www.humbug.org.au)
>
>----------------------- HUMBUG General List --------------------------------
>echo "unsubscribe general" | mail majordomo at humbug.org.au # To Unsubscribe
>
Steve Pinel	<><	|
Computer Coordinator	|	God our Strength
Saint Stephen's College	|	Excellence our Pursuit
Coomera, Gold Coast	|

----------------------- HUMBUG General List --------------------------------
echo "unsubscribe general" | mail majordomo at humbug.org.au # To Unsubscribe