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 1QgQWd-0006lc-TM for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:08:32 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 11D7521C128 for ; Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:08:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ew0-f53.google.com (mail-ew0-f53.google.com [209.85.215.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E4EE21C0F1 for ; Mon, 11 Jul 2011 23:39:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy8 with SMTP id 8so1713575ewy.40 for ; Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:39:49 -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=DPEaDACWu/B5fUTfLmvpZecTw5qlv7QkayzPMkTN91E=; b=oSmdRGqQmZp/3/kgqlBH2ImEKUBxzppfQ1SmtTYZCfTuKIXClBZWmGcUMqrldO43kl neLoF6p34VXVHGFI/TuRwuGo8xCUBC9XPPLJoE9ExVUCF/+Jgnxrj+AwQx0i0/xJmXG2 ligaoKZg1d2J13A8PvbhKLI9dw+yySLGwVzm4= 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 10.14.96.8 with SMTP id q8mr730880eef.214.1310427589459; Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:39:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.14.97.68 with HTTP; Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:39:48 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <20110704203953.GB14654@vidovic> <20110707093134.GB2441@nicolas-desktop> Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:39:48 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Managing multiple Gentoo systems From: Grant 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: 0071212ee4e99ad682ee0bcaaf00bd14 >>> 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 lik= e >>> 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. That sounds like exactly what I need. So, I could set up a Gentoo server and a bunch of completely diskless clients which would all PXE boot from the server? Would the clients basically each control a different virtual terminal on the server? > No trees were harmed in the sending of this message. However, a large > number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. That's hilarious. :) - Grant