[K12OSN] Basic LTSP Question

[Robert Arkiletian]

On 7/24/06, Dan Young <dyoung at mesd.k12.or.us> wrote:
>
> Brian wrote:
> > In reading about K12LTSP, it seems like to connect to the Terminal
> > Server, you need to do a network boot of sorts.
>
> This is typical, but not required.
>
> > Is this true or can you 'RDP' in to the server like a Win Terminal
> Server?
>
> An RDP equivalent can be used; VNC, NX, and X are all options.
>
> > I was looking to experiment with K12LTSP on an old 500MHz machine and
> > was going to connect to it from my laptop, but in reading, it looks like
> > you need the client machine to be dedicated and not running another OS
> > and then connecting to the Terminal Server.
> >
> > Am I correct or could I boot in to XP and then connect to the LTSP
> server?
>
> You certainly could use a VNC client, FreeNX, or X/Win via Cygwin in
> Windows.



Or run a VMware Virtual Machine in Windows and use pxe boot.

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