[tlinux-users:07910] Re: Network PXE...

Network PXE options...

I had not thought of a USB stick, and I think I can just about manage to
get that to work. As it is the tablet does not have a CD built in so the
USB stick might be needed - even if it does compromise the form factor. 

Unfortunately my USB sticks all have various viruses on them - not mine,
I hasten to add - but there is no way any of them are going anywhere
near a computer! Maybe I will hold out for one of those posh Sony 2Gb
sticks.

Note: Dell Latitude 600 makes for a class linux box. I have 650Mhz Dell
Latitude - a skip rescue - but I have not mastered the ACPI settings
with it. Any tips for 'always on' but with no fan or disk whirr, much
appreciated, as mine doesn't standby or suspend - and the hibernate is
not what I need. I would prefer the machine to not be 'China Syndroming'
through the desk (whilst I am away at work) yet I still want to be able
to 'VNC' onto it (whilst I am away at work).

If you get a working disk in such a vintage Dell then that helps. Mine
had a CDROM that could read just enough boot sectors of a 'rescue disk'
to then install from an iso that I had to pre-copy onto the hard drive,
using a 233MHz 64Mb 'FreeBSD' box that did have a CDROM. Luckily I have
a 2.5 to 3.5 disk cable but this was a cumbersome procedure, and when I
came to 'doing it again' I used the Toshiba Tablet instead. I plonked
the disk in it and copied near effortlessly from the DVD, after booting
a LiveCD.
In comparison to the 233Mhz Dell (or the 650Mhz rescued Latitude) the
Toshiba was a dream - you can install from external CD, CF2, a USB
stick, 1.4Mb SD, Network PXE wired + wireless 
If anyone does have a Network PXE setup with 'swap' and other files in a
mounted NT partition then please advise. Maybe this near 'diskless'
approach makes for better power management, no disk whirr and a cooler
machine. I cannot believe it is too difficult...

- the list is comparatively endless. Anyway, if I go the Network PXE
route for the Toshiba it will be the 650Mhz dell supplying the packets.

I have had various success moving peripherals 
If anyone does have a Network PXE setup with 'swap' and other files in a
mounted NT partition then please advise. Maybe this near 'diskless'
approach makes for better power management, no disk whirr and a cooler
machine. I cannot believe it is too difficult...

across from the Toshiba Tablet (currently Window$) to the Dell
skip-rescue (Linux) - the intention is to have a wireless tablet that
only needs power - no other dangling leads, all data mirrored on a
server. One day the video will stream and I will be able to watch 'the
Simpsons' wirelessly from the end of the garden, flipping back to the
radio when done, ideally streamed...

After a visit to the Pound Shop I accidentally came away with four port
USB hubs at a pound a piece and all the USB le
If anyone does have a Network PXE setup with 'swap' and other files in a
mounted NT partition then please advise. Maybe this near 'diskless'
approach makes for better power management, no disk whirr and a cooler
machine. I cannot believe it is too difficult...

ads needed to see if 127 devices could be chained together, as per the
USB spec - well, I was tempted, but I only invested in two hubs. They
work absolutely fine, and combined with a PCMCIA to Firewire + USB2.0
card (£20) I have expanded the connectivity significantly beyond that
offered by the miserly single 1.0 USB port provided. Linux handles the
hop across the PCMCIA and USB hubs with no difficulties, however 'boot'
has to happen first. The USB hotplug works better with an added PCMCIA
bridge but I haven't figured out why yet.
Tragically they did not have any webcams or USB sticks in the Pound Shop
at a pound a piece, however, the hubs and leads cannot be argued with.
Printer punters can easily fork out a tenner for the obligatory USB
lead, it is funny to think that two four port hubs with a full
complement of eight leads can be bought for the same money.


Anyway, if anyone does have a Network PXE setup with 'swap' and other
files in a mounted NT partition then please advise. Maybe this near
'diskless' approach makes for better power management, no disk whirr and
a cooler machine. I cannot believe it is too difficult...



On Tue, 2006-07-04 at 20:49 -0700, Rex Buddenberg wrote:
> 12 G is more than  enough for several operating systems to multiple-boot off.  
> 
> But if you're reluctant to tamper with your hard drive, try one of the live CDs.
> 	- download an .iso file.  I like Puppy (puppylinux.org) and Knoppix.  
> 	- fry the .iso file to a blank CD.  
> 	- reboot from the CD.  In both of the above cases, your hard drive will be left alone.  You _can_ mount your hard drive and read/write files ... but you can't do it by accident.  So your precious Windows will not be tampered with.
> 
> Puppy has a fairly idiot-resistant install script in the menu.  You can install to several different devices including USB sticks and hard drives (both of which I've done - I routinely boot my Dell Lat 600 which has a failed hard drive controller - from USB stick).  The pick menu has an entry for flash but I've not tried.  I've booted puppy on an older Sony Viao which has a CD drive on a PCMCIA card; all Puppy 1.0.n versions work, but Puppy2 does not (at the moment - ack'd bug in the system).  
> 
> 
> On Tue, 04 Jul 2006 20:43:40 +0100
> Pip Squeak <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > Hello World!
> > 
> > I am new to Toshiba Linux Group and I have as yet to make my Toshiba
> > 'Linux'. I am not yet ready to tamper with the Windows installation on
> > my tablet in case the computer says no. I don't fancy installing on an
> > old slow 12Gb 2.5 drive that I could use because I like Linux too much
> > for that kind of space and disk speed limitation, plus the switching
> > back to windows would be a bit physical, requiring a screwdriver pre
> > boot.
> > The alternatives are the PCMCIA card - to have it boot from there first
> > - or 'Network PXE' from my 'Dell Linux Box' (650MHz Latitude, rescued
> > from an office clearout and working a treat under Penguin Power).
> > 
> > Does Flash work, or is it massively slow, particularly if 1Gb on a CF2
> > card, in a PCMCIA adapter? What about those microdrives, do they work,
> > or can you get any i-Pod drives to fit in there?
> > 
> > Or... is Network PXE over wireless the way to go?
> > 
> > 
> > Any help with this conundrum will be much appreciated.
> > 
> > Newbie Penguin Esq.
> > 
> > 
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