[K12OSN] old laptops

[Ascension Tech]

Hey Sudev,
Thanks for writing back.  What part of the documentation do you mean? 
I only see a part that says that pcmcia booting isn't possible.

http://k12ltsp.org/phpwiki/index.php/Technical%3ABooting%3APCMCIAClients


Peace,
Peter


On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 16:18:02 +0530, Sudev Barar <sudev at m4linux.com> wrote:
> 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>
> 
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