[K12OSN] iMac thin clients

[cliebow at downeast.net]

the 5260 will work as a chubby client to ltsp with a dayna card instead of
the default soniccard..new world beige machines will netboot from linux as
a true thin client..fruities and chicklets wont't .....yet..chuck

> Thanks, Shawn.  My old tech - he quit about 4 months ago - was working 
> with this.  I have not been able to spend the time needed to get it 
> working.  (Not a huge need but I do have some old Macs running around 
> that I would like to use as clients.)
> 
> 
> Shawn Powers wrote:
> 
> > Jim Hays wrote:
> >
> >> In reading the Ubuntu site on the ppc side of things, it says that 
> >> the CD won't boot with anything older than an iMac.  Do you have it 
> >> running on a Beige G3 All-in-one or a 5xxx series PPC?
> >
> >
> > None of the pre-fruity macs will boot installer cds (ok, there are 
> > some exceptions, but for the most part it's a rule) -- you have to 
> > install a mac partition first.  It's possible ubuntu was not designed 
> > to work that way, and might be a challenge to install.
> >
> > I know yellowdog 3 has intructions on their manual about how to 
> > install it on older machines...  That's what I did.
> > -Shawn
> >
> 
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