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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I was wondering if anyone could offer any advice on the following
scenario:</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The student network is a mixture of Windows 2003 servers and
Windows 2000 Professional clients. DCHP is enabled. I would like to
introduce Linux to the network.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Rather than buying (or revamping) old terminals, can I use a
boot image on an existing workstation without modifying the locally installed content?
(I’m pretty sure that this is one of the main points of a
thin-client solution, but I thought I should check)</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>As disabling the DHCP services for the windows platform is
not an option (in-house restrictions), can the boot image use a DHCP config
from the Windows DHCP service? </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>From what reading I have done, is it possible to create a
boot image that obtains DHCP information from a DHCP server over none-standard
ports - an option on </span></font>ROM-o-matic.net <font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>is to obtain such information over
ports 1067 and 1068, and if it is, how can the DHCP server be configured to
answer these clients?</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>As I have mentioned on a previous post, I am new to
Linux. If I have missed some point of information that is needed and is glaringly
obvious by it’s absence, please let me know.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Luke Maslany</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'>**************************</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Luke Maslany</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>l.maslany@jmc.ac.uk</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Network Engineer</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Network Services</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Josiah</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Mason</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>College</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'>**************************</span></font></p>
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