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List:       ltsp-discuss
Subject:    [Ltsp-discuss] PCMCIA Update
From:       jamacdon () hwy97 ! com
Date:       2001-12-31 0:32:49
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I have been doing some reading and from what I can put together, I think it is 
possible to create a system that boots off a floppy and contains all the PCMCIA 
components within the initial boot ROM image. 

There wouldn't be any need for a mini linux install on a floppy that contains the 
PCMCIA components.

I haven't had much time to actually try it out as snowboarding has been awesome this 
year. I will probably have something more definite by the end of the week.

Happy New year all

Joe MacDonald
Focus Computer Consulting

---- Original Message ----

Joe MacDonald wrote:
> I was wondering if anybody has had any success with using PCMCIA cards
> with the LTSP.
>
> I am going to take a whack at it over the holidays. 

Pleeeese tell us when you had any kind of success!

> Anybody have any
> suggestions?

a friend suggestet: treat it like a ISA-Card,
that means put ehterboot on a floppy and boot that
- this might work on some laptops.

my idea: to have a boot-floppy or boot-CD
with a kernel image + a little root filesystem,
that has everything to setup the PCMCIA-Card.

this is already working on my laptop:
*Boot Knoppix-linux from CD
*turn off swap to stop the local HD
*stop the local X-Server
*start the local X-Server with   X -query <server-IP>

this is slow and manual, but it is possible to make
you own knoppix-CD that boots faster and has an LTSP-like
startscript that does all this work automatically.










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