Re: [K12OSN] help with TLAN NICs

[Bert Rolston <bert rolston clear net nz>]

Hi David,

As I understand it, the TLAN's didn't support Bootp / PXE. 

They may support RPL, which is alright for MS and I think Novell
networks.

It's a shame, because they are solid performers.

Cheers,
Bert


On Sat, 2003-04-19 at 02:40, David Hopkins wrote:
> Matt,
> 
> I do not think the Compaqs with Thunderlan can be used.  Adding another
> supported NIC should have worked if you disable the on-board NIC. I have
> a bunch of these systems at the school presently and certainly wish that
> they could be used as-is.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Dave Hopkins
> Newark Charter School
> Newark, Delaware
> 
> 
> On Fri, 2003-04-18 at 01:54, Matthew Easton wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > My first post disappeared into the ether, so I'll try again.
> > 
> > I joined the list a few days ago.  I'm a consultant in the Los Angeles 
> > area.  Several of my clients are nonprofits that have projects in the Los 
> > Angeles Unified School District.  I'm helping out with an organization called 
> > FSS-Tech, which runs a computer lab at the Tom Bradley Community Center.  I 
> > recently installed K12LTSP from the 3.01 iso images, and now have 7 clients 
> > booting from floppies.
> > 
> > We're doing this to (1) have a quick and easy way to "dual boot" so people 
> > using the lab can be exposed to an alternative desktop.  (2) serve as a 
> > working demonstration for area schools and others.
> > 
> > And now I have a question.  I have a number of old Compaq workstations that I 
> > would like to boot.  They have a built in NIC that uses the TLAN (Thunderlan) 
> > driver under Linux.  Unfortunately, there isn't a TLAN ROM image on 
> > rom-o-matic.org and installing a supported card seems not to work.  
> > 
> > Anyone have a floppy boot image that will work with these cards?  
> > Alternatively, I was thinking I could boot into Windows and make a VNC 
> > connection, although this seems likely to be slow, as these are low-end 
> > Pentiums.  Perhaps there's a better way?
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > -- 
> > Matt Easton
> > Sublunar Networks
> > http://sublunar.com
> -- 
> David Hopkins <dahopkins comcast net>
> 
> 
> 
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