Well, I got netBSD running on a 150mhz system with 64MB of RAM. I don't have
it with X yet but will look into that soon.
On Saturday 08 January 2005 13:45, Alan Dayley wrote:
> > On Saturday 01 January 2005 10:59 pm, Craig White wrote:
> > On Sat, 2005-01-01 at 21:58 -0700, Alan Dayley wrote:
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> > > A non-profit agency has recieved a donation of older computers.
> > > Something along the lines of 200 MHz for the processor. I don't know
> > > all the details of the five systems yet but they all have CD-ROM drive,
> > > a few GB hard drive and a decent monitor. The key here is that I don't
> > > know the amount of RAM in them yet so I am planning (hoping) for at
> > > least 128MB. They were all running Windows 98 before being wiped clean
> > > prior to donation.
>
> Checked out the computers today. They are 133MHz with 8MB of RAM!
> Originally the programs used on them were all DOS apps. Any sort of
> stand-alone "modern" OS on these boxes is out the window (Heh!).
>
> > You dismiss the best idea out of hand as being too expensive but you
> > cannot overlook practicality and usefulness of a well conceived solution
> > that undoubtedly will cost less in the long run and probably short run
> > too.
> >
> > LTSP is the way to go - no question about it. A system with the right
> > hardware for the server could probably be done on the cheap.
>
> LTSP is the only way to make use of these boxes, as Craig said. So, I have
> a couple of final questions from the understanding that they will be
> running as terminals:
>
> 1. Do we need to find more RAM to use them as terminals? In other words,
> is 8MB local RAM too little even for a Linux terminal?
>
> 2. We'll need to get a box for a server. What is the minimum server speed
> and RAM needed to run 3-4 terminals? I plan on using K12LTSP as the distro
> (http://www.k12ltps.org). I hoped to get one of those $200-ish boxes with
> extra RAM to use as the server. Keep in mind that these terminals will be
> used for basic word processing and web surfing.
>
> They have the network infrastructure to support the wiring. We will have
> to get 100MB PCI netword cards for each terminal box and another switch to
> have the terminals and server on their own subnet. A total budget of
> around $350 for a server, switch and NICs is painful but probably
> acceptable to them. Cheaper than buying 3 or 4 stand-alone computers.
>
> I'll keep reading up on this but if anyone has any input or comments, I'll
> gladly take them.
>
> Alan
>
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