[SunRescue] NetBSD v. Linux v. Solaris 2.51

[Mike Hebel]

>>On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 11:26:45AM -0600, Mike Hebel wrote:
>>> >>(I also have a Wyse x-terminal sitting in storage because I
>>> >>don't have the server software for it to boot from...)
>>>
>>> I thought that since it was remote X that things like display are
handled by
>>> the terminal not the server?  If that's the case then why do you need
>>> software to run the Wyse?
>>
>>Most X terms netboot rather than having their info in ROM or wherever, and
>>thus require some software to boot.  However, some do have ROMs, and do it
on
>>their own.

Aahh..the light dawns.  At least a little bit.  So it's a driver issue with
the netboot setup then?  (Terminal requests booting info, takes kernel and
drivers off of server, and then executes kernel and so forth, etc...)  Am I
understanding it correctly now?

>>> I bet I'm misunderstanding something again...maybe the snow lowered my
IQ
>>> like it seems to have done with most of the other people here in
>>> Chicagoland.
>>
>>You think it's bad when it snows up there?  Imagine snow and/or ice in
Houston.
>>Talk about sudden driver IQ loss.

You know it's especially funny because of the election but the last time I
heard anything about loss of IQ because of snow they were talking about
Florida. *grin*  People actually driving off the road because of a "dusting"
of snow.

As for around here the IQ loss is temporary, for most people, and goes away
after the snow settles.  Either they become too afraid to go out because of
more snow or they wake up and deal with it.

Mike