[K12OSN] old laptops

[Sudev Barar]

On Tue, 2005-03-01 at 14:02, Jeff Zidek wrote:
> Do they have cdroms?  One way would be to download the pxes iso and make
> bootable cdroms.  Then just have the click on the icon to boot from a LTSP
> server.   Why not download the  iso and try it out.  Jeff Zidek
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:k12osn-bounces at redhat.com]On
> Behalf Of Ascension Tech
> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 8:21 PM
> To: Support list for opensource software in schools.
> Subject: [K12OSN] old laptops
> 
> 
> I'm getting a lot of old laptops lately with no ethernet.  Can anyone
> recommend a pcmcia ethernet card that boots into k12ltsp with pxe,
> etherboot or a pxes cd?  I tried a D-Link DFE-690txd because it's
> based on the Realtek, but no joy.

Try wireless package for booting off PCMCIA card ethernet. Howto on the
LTSP documentation pages. Works with 3Com cards and no reason why it
should not with others. AFAIK this is independent of type of card
(chipset)
-- 
Sudev Barar <sudev at m4linux.com>