[ubuntu-za] Thin Client on Ubuntu 8.04

[Hilton Theunissen]

Hi Barry

we have over 150 tuXlabs running off old pc's (P2,3,celeron,etc.) they
work fine. slow but fine on Hardy

Kind regards.

Hilton Theunissen
Inkululeko Technologies
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Barry Wyatt wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Anyone had any luck installing old pcs as thin clients?
> 
> I am still struggling to get thin client working on Hardy.  The server
> works, I can PXE in with my Laptop - no problems, works well.
> 
> I am now trying to etherboot three old PCs (the reason I want to go thin
> client) - downloads kernel, but after RESET I get a kernel panic.
> 
> I tried installing Hardy on the actual machines from live CD and the
> installation hung - are the machines just too old to run Hardy?  Surely
> not.
> 
> I keep reading useful threads to find out they are for an older version
> of Ubuntu and don't have the correct paths etc.  
> 
> Any help or a pointer where to look would be appreciated. 
> 
> Thanks
> Barry
> 
> 
>