Linux, Internet Cafe, Haiti...

[Jamon Camisso]

William Park wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 17, 2006 at 02:40:32PM -0500, Jamon Camisso wrote:
>> So I'm looking at simply purchasing a number of these systems to take 
>> down to Jacmel and configure them there:
>> http://lesstech.com/catalog/product_info.php/cPath/45/products_id/170
> 
> That's P2/400.  It should have both ISA and PCI slots.  Check the BIOS
> to see if it has bootROM for the network card.  Otherwise, you'll need
> 3c905 ($40) or do floppyboot.
> 
>> I'll have the hard drives taken out since it appears that the network
>> cards (10/100) PCI have a cable that attaches to the motherboard? Is 
>> this perhaps the boot from LAN that I'm hoping it is? The systems have 
>> floppy drives so it isn't too much of a problem.
> 
> I recommend getting one here, and trying out before going oversea. :-)

Someone will be picking one or more up later in the week. I'll have a 
chance to check them over beforehand. It looks like the network cards 
are supported by www.rom-o-matic.net so floppy boot should work as well.

>> One question: would gigabit from the server to the switch and then 
>> 100mbit to the terminals make things quicker than just plain 100mbit 
>> everywhere?
> 
> Yes.
> 

Thanks,

Jamon
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