Umm, you can just do a frugal install to a CF card and go to town.
it works GREAT!
Hi Su,
I agree with caulktel's comments; I too have tried hard to get the NetVista 2200 to boot from CF. From the network (a la LTSP) it's doable, but we're (caulktel and myself) are looking for a standalone box here.
There are a ton of these thin clients out there, they are cheap, and could put very basic and reliable computer into folk's hands. And I mentioned my mesh network goal of the Netvista 2200 paired up with a Linksys WRT54G AP running sveasoft's alchemy distro: http://www.sveasoft.com/
In any event, this is a great little project and I'm very willing to help write/edit a *Boot DSL from CF on NetVista 2200" howto...this would help alot of folks
Thanks! --scmcaulktel,
I've just been perusing the IBM website. There is mucho information there regarding the thin clients and booting TurboLinux from CF card. I even saw some stuff about "other" linux distributions and a walk through on how to configure your CF card to boot properly. It might be worth a visit.
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