Re: [LUG] Laptop recommendations please

[Mike Callaghan <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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At 15:20 28/11/03, you wrote:
>Quoting James Wonnacott:
>
> > I'll be using Mandrake.
> > Sound etc doesn't bother me.
> > As far as network boot what I want to do is actually
> > do a network boot off our Linux system which runs a thin client
> > so I need a network interface which will do a remote boot.
>
>I'm not aware of any laptop nics that are network boot capable, it
>would seem like an unlikley thing for a company to want to develop
>to be honest, the  idea
>of a thin client is rather at odds to the stand-alone (anywhere)
>facilities that a laptop provides.
>
>I do however reserve the right to be wrong about them existing, as I
>don't often get to play with much x86 hardware these days.

I use an HP Pavilion ze4111s, bought last Christmas, and I have no
problems 
running WinXP Pro and Mandrake 9.2. All facilities recognised and
usable.

I have never used it, but the boot menu offers 'boot from network'.

regards

Mike Callaghan
Newquay, Cornwall
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