Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 15:21:07 +0100 From: albi <albi@scii.nl> To: Mark Jayson Alvarez <jay2xra@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 1 cpu + 2 monitors + 2 keybord/mouse + FreeBSD, is it possible?? Message-ID: <41F3B2D3.7070203@scii.nl> In-Reply-To: <20050123130704.53807.qmail@web51606.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20050123130704.53807.qmail@web51606.mail.yahoo.com>
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Mark Jayson Alvarez wrote: > FreeBSD is multi-user right? yes > I know this setup but > only when other users are logging in remotely via > another pc. I just want to know if it is possible for > me to just buy 1 more monitor, a mouse and a keyboard > and just dig a hole between my brother's room and mine > and share with him my pc. I really wanted him to learn > the inner workings of computer, but we cannot afford > to buy another computer. Used computers are cheaper > but not as cheap as just buying another used monitor > and a keyboard. I've heard something like a dumb > terminal but I guess it still requires another cpu. i've been looking for a similar thing, and i know it's possible for linux, as you can see here : http://cambuca.ldhs.cetuc.puc-rio.br/multiuser/ http://www.scii.nl/projects/3hm/ the idea is to have more than 1 extra videocard in the machine and then use 2 or more keyboards and mice, personally i think this is a great hack and i've been searching for something like that for FreeBSD but have not found it one other thing you can do however is to get yourself at least a pentiumI with 32 Mb RAM and a NIC with PXE and make that a diskless client attached to your machine see here : http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-diskless.html http://www.the-labs.com/FreeBSD/Diskless/
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