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Date:      Wed, 25 Nov 1998 20:46:59 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Christopher Hall <hsw@acm.org>
Cc:        Andrzej Bialecki <abial@nask.pl>, Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Using Dos Partition, was Re: /boot/loader what to set rootdev to? 
Message-ID:  <199811260447.UAA00402@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 26 Nov 1998 10:28:07 %2B0800." <199811260228.KAA21785@hsw.generalresources.com> 

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> I have a client who want to make a PC function as an X terminal, there
> is little space on the hard disk (single Win95 C:).  Maybe I could
> make an absolute minimum FreeBSD system, make an image of this save as
> dos file, put this and a kernel in c:\freebsd and boot.  Could the vn
> device be used to implement this?

Get an X server for Windows.  This will stop them whining about not 
being able to run Word at the same time.

Alternatively, if they don't want PC functionality, nuke the Windows 
stuff.

-- 
\\  Sometimes you're ahead,       \\  Mike Smith
\\  sometimes you're behind.      \\  mike@smith.net.au
\\  The race is long, and in the  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
\\  end it's only with yourself.  \\  msmith@cdrom.com



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