[TriLUG] Next installfest

[Jon Carnes]

It's been ten years, but I've installed OS's onto Cubix cards.  You have to 
generate an OS and boot files, then load them onto a server running TFTP... 
Then you toggle a switch on the cubix card and boot up.  The card 
broadcasts for the TFTP server and then downloads anything and everything 
it has.

Depending on the rev of the boards, you will have either a fully x386 
compliant PC on it, or a proprietary POS that will only run a bastard 
version of MS.

You should be able to find out exactly what you have by tracing the Rev 
number on your daughter boards.

If you get these up and running, you are sure to have some fun... They make 
greate Remote Access boxes for folks who want to VNC to a local box and 
work on the local net.  They are much faster to use than having folks VPN 
across a limited bandwidth.

Jon

On Monday 07 January 2002 23:25, you wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 09:24:09PM -0500, Justin Johnson wrote:
> > I would like to see an installfest in the near future. North Raleigh is
> > fine with me.
> >
> > Actually, I have a 'potential platform' for a linux install. We have a
> > Cubix box at work that
> > we inherited during a merger, and no one (including me) knows much
> > about it. I do know that it is
> > basically 6 pc's on a board all in one box. Any interesting ideas?
> > Other than anchor?
>
> Guess what? I have a Cubix box also. I think it should be
> possible, I once found an online reference to someone who
> was going to try. I think the box uses a special I/O switch
> for keyboard/mice/vga, that I don't have.
>
> What processor cards does your Cubix contain? They have
> some information on the Cubix website.
>
> John
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