ke4nt1
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Posted: July 13 2004,16:23 |
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While I'm typing this, I see cbagger01 has also replied, so much of this is repeat.
| Quote | | Save my self money in the hard drive issue i can have a whole bunch of PC's without H/D's in them.. |
Correct!.. now expand this idea to schools, organizations, etc...
The concept of a "virus-free, spam-free, secure, bootable" liveCD ,
containing an entire OS capable of running PC's from read-only media,
is a powerful tool.
The goal behind DSL is to make a usable and functional desktop in as little ram
and cpu as practical, making most any 486 or better PC usable again.
| Quote | | Can i make a package that will start on boot ? |
Sure.. placing the extension in the root of the cdr, or using the
"mydsl=hd?" option on boot will load the extension to your system from any location. ( floppy, usb key, second cdrom, etc... )
Then, placing a command in your .xinitrc will start the app automagically.
( see the "dillo" line in your .xinitrc for an example. )
( backup your new .xinitrc file to floppy, and use it next reboot )
For adding an extension to your boot cdrom, search the forums for "multisession".
Sounds like you have have a "rack" in the works..
I wonder if you can boot from floppy, and load the cd image from the network?
Then you'd only need a floppy, cpu, ram, and nic.
SSH into the rest of the boxes from your main box. 
73
ke4nt
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