On Thu, Jun 18, 1998 at 01:23:42AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > You could copy /etc/resolv.conf and other config files out of the > > server's etc directory. Most of that should be correct (though you'll > > have to do something special for 'nameserver 127.0.0.1' obviously). > > yes definitly...well really...I shouldn't need it...I mean... I am just > connecting to a host, once I have the IPs needed, what is the nameserver > needed for?
Well, you could have a nameserver entry for "xdm-server" (or something) which is looked up while your X-terminal boots. This does seem pointless to me, but who's counting. > > I've done an X terminal on a single 1.44 MB floppy. Almost all of the stuff > > on the base system is unnecessary: what you really need is a simple init > > system (calling ifconfig/route), libc, X, XF86Config, and rgb.txt. > > wow...I never thought it would fit on 1 floppy...then again... > on my system X is only 4728 May 5 23:46 X > hmm but XF86_S3V is over 2 MB :( ohg well back to NFS root :) Ah, the joys of inordinate bloat. This was about two years ago, before libc6 and egcs started doubling the size of things. You may be able to squeeze it on anyway, if you use a compressed ramdisk. (Note that if you use a ramdisk, you need more than the minimal 4 megs -- but if you use an X server that large, you probably need more than 4 megs anyway.) > > Most of the useful tools you can use to set up the system can be found in > > the "busybox" package that comes on the Debian rootdisk. Wonderful program, > > that one. > > I will have to check that out...hmm busybox...where is that? Look for the boot-floppies package. > > That said, I've also made NFS-rooted X terminals and they're easily fast > > enough -- once X is loaded, there's no more "disk" access. Mine went > > from zero to XDM in about 45 seconds (over an ARCnet network, which is > > slower than ethernet) and needed only 4 megs of RAM to run happily. > > Nice nice...what type of systems they runnign on? 486DX/33 or 486DX/40 with XF86_S3. It was quite a while ago. Nowadays they would look pretty slow compared to a "real" computer. Also, I may have been a bit unclear above -- these really were only X terminals and accessed a _remote_ xdm server. You can run a full X session in 4 megs, but you'll have to swap like crazy (which you currently can't do on a diskless client). Have fun, Avery -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
