Comments on: Deploying the sub-$3,000 IT-infrastructure http://www.playingwithwire.com/2007/09/deploying-the-sub-3000-it-infrastructure/ The Internet Startup Blog Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:07:30 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dale Kaup http://www.playingwithwire.com/2007/09/deploying-the-sub-3000-it-infrastructure/#comment-13607 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 02:19:23 +0000 http://www.playingwithwire.com/2007/09/deploying-the-sub-3000-it-infrastructure/#comment-13607 Another possibility would be to boot the thin clients via a CF to IDE adapter with small (obsolete) sizes in the 8 MB range. I got one for $4 on ebay…card would probably be free.

]]> By: Viktor Petersson http://www.playingwithwire.com/2007/09/deploying-the-sub-3000-it-infrastructure/#comment-13427 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 16:45:25 +0000 http://www.playingwithwire.com/2007/09/deploying-the-sub-3000-it-infrastructure/#comment-13427 Jack,
It’s true that booting up from USB flash drives would speed up the boot a bit. However, since we’re using old computers as thin clients, the likeliness of them supporting to boot from USB is unfortunately quite low.

]]> By: Jack Johnson http://www.playingwithwire.com/2007/09/deploying-the-sub-3000-it-infrastructure/#comment-13425 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 16:30:17 +0000 http://www.playingwithwire.com/2007/09/deploying-the-sub-3000-it-infrastructure/#comment-13425 You could boot from a small USB flash drive. The likelihood of them crashing is extremely low, it’s fast, and because it’s just the boot info you don’t need to worry about wearing it out with writes.

]]> By: Playing With Wire » Building a modern IT infrastructure for a small company (10 clients) with a sub-$3,000 budget http://www.playingwithwire.com/2007/09/deploying-the-sub-3000-it-infrastructure/#comment-11471 Sat, 15 Sep 2007 02:38:00 +0000 http://www.playingwithwire.com/2007/09/deploying-the-sub-3000-it-infrastructure/#comment-11471 […] deployed this solution at a company. For information about how it went, go ahead and read “Deploying the sub-$3,000 IT-infrastructure.”             […]

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