<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9"> <TITLE>Thin Client: New User Guide</TITLE> <LINK HREF="Thinclient-HOWTO-1.html" REL=next> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="Thinclient-HOWTO-1.html">Next</A> Previous Contents <HR> <H1>Thin Client: New User Guide</H1> <H2>Stephen Noble <CODE>stephen7 at bigfoot.com</CODE></H2>30th November 1999 <P><HR> <EM>1.How to turn inexpensive legacy computers into fast terminals using the power of your main computer, you will need : A fast computer to act as Server, A client computer (old and unwanted). Linux compatible network cards. A connection between computers. 2.How to centralise system administaration by useing NFS, ie placing the entire file system of a faster client on the server.</EM> <HR> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc1">1.</A> <A HREF="Thinclient-HOWTO-1.html">Introduction</A></H2> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc2">2.</A> <A HREF="Thinclient-HOWTO-2.html">Hardware and Documentation</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="Thinclient-HOWTO-2.html#ss2.1">2.1 Hardware</A> <LI><A HREF="Thinclient-HOWTO-2.html#ss2.2">2.2 Documentation</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc3">3.</A> <A HREF="Thinclient-HOWTO-3.html">Server setup</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="Thinclient-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.1">3.1 Check your network services on your server</A> <LI><A HREF="Thinclient-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.2">3.2 Setting up a dhcpd daemon</A> <LI><A HREF="Thinclient-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.3">3.3 Tftpd setup</A> <LI><A HREF="Thinclient-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.4">3.4 Kernel image</A> <LI><A HREF="Thinclient-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.5">3.5 Security</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc4">4.</A> <A HREF="Thinclient-HOWTO-4.html">Client setup</A></H2> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc5">5.</A> <A HREF="Thinclient-HOWTO-5.html">Network files system</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="Thinclient-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.1">5.1 server specific</A> <LI><A HREF="Thinclient-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.2">5.2 client specific</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc6">6.</A> <A HREF="Thinclient-HOWTO-6.html">X-terminal</A></H2> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc7">7.</A> <A HREF="Thinclient-HOWTO-7.html">Acknowledgments & further exercises </A></H2> <HR> <A HREF="Thinclient-HOWTO-1.html">Next</A> Previous Contents </BODY> </HTML>
