[clug] linux diskless low power workstations

jm jeffm at ghostgun.com
Mon Nov 3 01:30:47 GMT 2008


It's interesting to see other peoples suggestion. I didn't even know of 
the existence of some of these.

I'll add the Asus EEE Box to the list. It comes with a HDD, but you 
could remove that and network boot it as it  supports PXE booting. Just 
verified that this does work.

Jeff.

Tomasz Ciolek wrote:
> Hi all
>
> does anyone have any information on systems suitable for acting as low
> power diskless workstations? What I am hunting for is specs, proces,
> who to buy
> +them from, etc...
>
> Intended use: povide a Web-application/web-browsing kiosk
>
> Typical requirements:
>
> 10/100/1000 copper NIC (10/100 a must)
> PXE boot
> Graphics that can run X out of the box, VGA out (single or dual)
> USB (with at least some ports accessible on the fron of the machine)
>
> any information on suitable devices would be very helpful.
>
> Regards
> Tomasz
>
> PS - appears that we have an expired SSL cert for
> https://lists.samba.org/mailman/
>
>
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