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Old 07-03-2009   #1 (permalink)
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Question Diskless thin client for windows and linux

Hi all I m searching the concept diskles thin client. that is server as win 2003+ client as xp . there is no storage disk at client side only using PXE nic card. I hv seen it in a cyber cafe but i dont know how to setup it. if anyone know it properly so tell me how to create that .tec file and make this setup using tftpd agent.
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I've done it before. I wont say it's easy, but it is doable, and it taught me a lot

You'll have a hard time if you want it to be 2003&&Xp. That is not how diskless thin clients work.

The most important bit is to decide exactly what you want and how you want it.

Do you truly want a diskless thin client? Or wouldn't you mind if some of the OS is stored locally? Do you want to use PXE boot to push an image from the server to the clients, or do you want to use nfsroot and pull the filesystem off the serve from the clients?

I've never heard of a .tec file. But that's no matter. Many providers of thin clients provide their own file format. 64m or whatever. They are often just .tar.gz with additional pre-defined scripts and binaries inside them.

Can you be more precise about what it is that you want?
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ok i tell u the process how
there need to configure dhcp server with create a scope range
after it u need to specify boot option no 66 as 192.168.0.1 and 67 for ur image file
and need to run tftp service.
but he made an image file as abc.tec and i dont know how he creates this file
so plz let me know how can we do this stuff in winodws as well as in linux
i will appriciet ur help if u will tell me in best way with steps and configuration
thanks in advance...........
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May I be so free as to inquire why??


In the meantime: [click], [click] and [click]
That'll give you some thought about the underlying mechanisms. The .tec file somehow fits into this. It's probably a compressed image. Try:
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file abc.tec
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