LTSP

[Patrick Fleming EA]

On 10 May 2003, Carl Parrish wrote:

> Quick questions. What is PXE? and does Win4Linux work with Win2K?

My understanding of PXE is a combination of the motherboard BIOS and an
eeprom on the nic allowing boot from the network.  
Win4Lin (if that's the one you want at www.nettraverse.com) only supports
up through WinME and last I heard was not expected to support anything
higher. I did consider a Win4Lin option but VMWare seems to support more 
recent Win versions including 2003 Server. Due to my personal preference 
for 2k (longer supprt cycle) VMWare is my choice.

> 
> On Sat, 2003-05-10 at 11:01, Patrick Fleming EA wrote:
> > I would like to read about your installation as you move forward.
> > I'm looking at an LTSP myself for a 'small' office setup. What I am 
> > considering:
> > 1. Dual PIII raid server with 1.5g RAM.
> > 2. K12LTSP install (because it's already patched)
> > 3. Microtel clients from walmart.com with PXE.
> >    ( I know someone who rolled out 70+ of these recently and loves them.)
> > 4. VMWare running on the server. There are just some things I *can't* get 
> >     away from Windows on. 
> > 5. Due to pricing, I tossed the idea of running a seperate NT or 2k server 
> >     with rdesktop in favor of a slightly more beefed up server with 
> >     VMWare. Win licenses are still an issue but only half the price or 
> >     less once Terminal Services isn't any issue any more.
> > 6. Currently there are three clients on this server. It will probably be 
> >     scaled up to eight to ten depending upon the needs of the business.
> 

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