From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QfHJu-0001FC-7a for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 08 Jul 2011 20:06:38 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B171521C10A for ; Fri, 8 Jul 2011 20:06:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ww0-f53.google.com (mail-ww0-f53.google.com [74.125.82.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21BD421C047 for ; Fri, 8 Jul 2011 19:36:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwf26 with SMTP id 26so2039714wwf.10 for ; Fri, 08 Jul 2011 12:36:04 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Hzk7V7sU0TnSG5z8/9dIAJbuKUI1oTHm1mZO7rZLBLk=; b=rGPU4IXs4klA7r0O2YF+QNcvZScNc3ZdaY0ShyeO+wlq/3QHYZWlgD4yz6k2An47oO QcAD3WBezbKN0OfYKoQyOruSmrQyRlPeYikLVSh5M4N0IFLIW/hURx9NksgbYlUhrU76 z7oiVu1bPwPIobg0XG3CQsWXRfooVb3ffjOGs= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.63.21 with SMTP id z21mr1065481wec.3.1310153764213; Fri, 08 Jul 2011 12:36:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.170.143 with HTTP; Fri, 8 Jul 2011 12:36:04 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <20110704203953.GB14654@vidovic> <20110707093134.GB2441@nicolas-desktop> Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 14:36:04 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Managing multiple Gentoo systems From: James Wall To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 76fc913fcefeefb762ca8aebcb556ec8 On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 2:03 PM, Grant wrote: >> And now that I look more closely at KVM switches, it looks like they >> provide a method of controlling multiple computers via a single >> keyboard, monitor, and mouse. =A0I need sort of the inverse. =A0I'd like >> to control a single Gentoo computer via multiple sets of keyboards, >> monitors, and mice simultaneously. =A0It would basically be a way to >> have the functionality of multiple workstations but the administration >> hassle of only a single system. =A0Wireless communication between the >> computer and each keyboard-monitor-mouse would be most convenient, but >> that may not be possible so wired would be fine. =A0Does something like >> this exist? >> >> - Grant > > Does this fantasy-arrangement of mine exist? =A0I guess what I'm after > is a series of dumb terminals to connect to a local Gentoo system so I > don't need to manage a series of Gentoo systems. > > - Grant Have you considered using PXE to network boot your systems? you can have various configurations set up based on mac addresses to address different hardware issues. I recommend trying out SystemRescueCD to experiment with PXE booting for the client and server. -- No trees were harmed in the sending of this message. However, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.