[CentOS] custom cd's

[Les Mikesell]

On Fri, 2006-06-09 at 15:45 -0400, Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu wrote:

> LTSP has it's good points, but based on your answer, I think you might
> like Thinstation a whole lot better.
> 
> Same concept: PXE boot thin client.  But:
> 
> 1. Doesn't use NFS
> 2. Run apps on the server or on the thin client, or both at the same
> time (on different virtual terminals).
> 3. XDMCP, NX, RDP, VNC, Tarantella, Citrix ICA, ThinLinc (wtf?), Telnet,
> tn5250, VMS term and SSH.

LTSP can do some of this too. 

> 4. Boot from PXE, floppy, CD, HD, flash disk
> 5. Local device support: HD, flopper, CD, USB keys, printers

This too - and sound.

> 6. Easily customize up the wazoo
> 7. Local light desktop option: icewm or blackbox

This runs on the server, so anything you have there should work.

> 8. Auto install/update HD/flash disk installs, and schedule reboots!
> 9. Excellent wireless support.

That's a problem - but any way of getting to an xdm login will work,
including booting a knoppix into runlevel 2, then starting X with
"X -query server"

> There's more, but that gives you an idea.

Do you know if there is any handy way to make a local multi-boot install
offer a choice of network booting or not?   You can pxe-boot pxelinux
which can have a lilo-like selection but in some cases it would be
nicer to have a local boot menu that could boot either your local
HD installations or a selection from the network.  I thought I saw
a network-aware version of grub a long time ago but nothing seems
to use it.

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  Les Mikesell
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