Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 20:43:35 -0600 (CST) From: Conrad Sabatier <conrads@home.com> To: hal Lynch <hal@sticky.usu.edu> Cc: FreeBSDQuestions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Diskless (kiosk) Message-ID: <XFMail.000121204335.conrads@home.com> In-Reply-To: <l03130300b4ae640cd092@[129.123.1.184]>
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On 21-Jan-00 hal Lynch wrote: > here are my requirements(today). > > 1. diskless (none that are writable that is). > 2. X windows. > 3. Auto login to a captive shell running Netscape only. > 4. Ethernet. > 5. boot from and run off a cdrom. > > What I have in mind is a kiosk that students can use but > can't abuse. In addition the only application available to > them will be netscape which will start automatically when the > machine is booted, which can happen at any time. If somehow the > user manages to exit netscape the machine should restart netscape > or reboot, of which rebooting is preferable. > > If this is do-able using FreeBSD where can I look for some hints > on how I might proceed? > > What haven't I thought of that I should? Netscape needs to write to a directory *somewhere*, even (I think) with cacheing disabled. You're going to have to have something writeable. Perhaps MFS would do the trick. -- Conrad Sabatier http://members.home.net/conrads/ ICQ# 1147270 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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