Re: [Nolug] Customizable Bootable CD

You have to set it up and try it.

On Sat, 2004-01-24 at 20:57, Jeff Lee wrote:
> Each machine needs to run on its own. It will not be possible to have all of
> the buyers connect to the net to have the software run or anything like
> that. Also it would be nice to have the entire system on CD so that updates
> could be mailed to the various companies without us going there to install
> it on the system.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jame Scott" <jhs_technical@cox.net>
> To: "NOLUG ML" <nolug@joeykelly.net>
> Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 6:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nolug] Customizable Bootable CD
>
>
> > How about you lay out the entire scenario.
> > This way we could give you some advice that was closer to the mark.
> > For instance how many "workstations" are we talking about?
> > Is this for a single location or many?
> > Are they close together or far apart?
> > Maybe the answer is a web server and the stores should contract local
> > support for their own workstations or, etc..
> >
> > On Sat, 2004-01-24 at 17:04, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > > On Sat, 2004-01-24 at 11:09, Jeff Lee wrote:
> > > > Well these would be highly graphical pages that I would need to
> display.
> > > > They are for a tire/rim store and they show the different wheels on
> your
> > > > car. Its all programmed in flash so that is why I need it to run. I
> want to
> > >
> > > Then I'd use the XFce4 WM, since it & Mozilla/Firebird both depend
> > > on Gtk.
> > >
> > > > use a minimal linux that runs off of a cd/dvd so that the machines
> dont need
> > > > harddrives to work. Also they would beable to use smaller processors
> and
> > > > this would keep costs down.
> > >
> > > Hmmm. Given enough RAM, and your definition of "smaller processors",
> > > that should work fine.
> > >
> > > Have you also considered some sort of LTSP system? That way, any
> > > changes can be made once, on the server, and would propagate in-
> > > stantly to the clients. Also, the clients could be totally disk-
> > > less, and very low-power, since the server would be doing all of
> > > the Flash computations. Of course, if you go that route, you'd
> > > have to run cat5, adequately size a server, etc.
> > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Steven Cardella" <ssc@bertucciinc.com>
> > > > To: <nolug@joeykelly.net>
> > > > Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 10:46 AM
> > > > Subject: Re: [Nolug] Customizable Bootable CD
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Hey, you might not even need X (I don't know if these support flash,
> or
> > > > > if flash is even necessary...), there are some svgalib (run from a
> > > > > console, but graphical) browsers out there.
> > > > >
> > > > > a search on freshmeat came up with:
> > > > > arachne
> > > > > links
> > > > > w3m?
> > > > > wb0
> > > > >
> > > > > Anyway, hope this helps.
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> > Jame Scott <jhs_technical@cox.net>
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