[Ltsp-discuss] (Newbie post) Apropriate use?

[Dan S. <da...@oz...>]

I need to build a number of diskless workstations along the following
steps:
	1. PXE boot
	2. DHCP resolution
	3. Load an OS (A shell session is fine, I don't need a GUI
interface)
	4. Map a network share (where the application bits live)
	5. Launch an application that runs on the workstation not the
server (Read: Not a TS client)
	6. Connect to the internet for updates

Has anyone setup something similar using LTSP as a starting point?  From
my limited understanding, it appears that the end goal in most
situations is a Terminal Server client, but since I want to harness the
CPU power of the workstations I need the application to run locally.

I tried using the "Thinstation" project that I found on sourceforge and
it works great, except that it is a pure TS client.  If I could find an
appropriate NBI file that just drops me to a networked Linux shell
rather than launching a TS session I would be golden :)

I am fluent with Micro$oft products and have a Win2k box and a Mandrake
one as well to load and run any services/application/session managers
that may be needed.  The client hardware is PXE enabled and currently
they have 128mb of RAM on each. 

I am rather new to Linux, hence the "newbie" questions, any comments are
appreciated!