[LUG] Linux Terminal Server Project (and Mac Linux)

[Rob Beard <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi folks,

I was wondering if anyone has any experience of the Linux Terminal 
Server Project, or booting a Mac into Linux over a network?

I've decided after much nagging from the kids to setup a computer in 
each of their bedrooms.  I want to keep the data they create 
centralized, and also limit what they have access to (i.e. net access etc).

I've got a Debian machine running again and I'm in the process of 
installing the LTSP packages.

One of the machines is a Duron 1.4 PC with a PXE boot compatible network 
card so I'm hoping that shouldn't be too much of a problem to get 
running (have got it running in a private network on VMWare).

The other machine is an old Indigo iMac running at 400Mhz.  It's not 
particualy  fast at running OS X 10.2 and for some strange reason, it 
keeps hanging for a minute or so in MacOS 9.2, so I figured using it as 
an LTSP client would be a better idea.

The only hurdle I've come across so far is finding a kernel to boot on 
the Mac.  From what I understand, the LTSP packages include a basic 
version of X.org and a 2.4 & 2.6 kernel to enable it to boot and connect 
to the main server.  Unfortunately the only instructions I've found on 
the Mac side relate to the really old NuBus Macs.

If anyone has tried anything similar, I'd love some advice on setting 
the Mac side up.

I'll keep you posted on my progress (or lack of! :-P)

Rob


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