Diskless PC

[tommatthews]

Hi,

I would like to build a very small, very cheap diskless linux box. Sole purpose is to drive a monitor behind the receptionist's desk. I'm not sure even where to start.

Thanks,

Tom

[jdeb]

See if this PDF answers a lot of your questions and we can go from there. The hardware is a little dated but easy to overcome.

http://www.haifux.org/lectures/250/haifux-diskless.pdf

[tommatthews]

Good article. Thanks for the info. I have put together a newegg build based on the article. My plan would be to run ubuntu from a thumb drive. This box is still bigger than what I had in mind but it's not bad:

Sentey Slim 2420 Slim Flex Case w/ Power Supply SECC .7mm 2x USB/1x Fan/Micro ATX-ITX 34.99

GIGABYTE GA-G31M-ES2L LGA 775 Intel G31 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard 52.99

AMD Sempron 140 Sargas 2.7GHz 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM3 45W Single-Core Processor SDX140HBGQBOX 37.99

Crucial Ballistix 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Desktop Memory Model BL12864AA106A 22.99

Total cost = 148.96

[jdeb]

Originally Posted by tommatthews Good article. Thanks for the info. I have put together a newegg build based on the article. My plan would be to run ubuntu from a thumb drive. This box is still bigger than what I had in mind but it's not bad: Sentey Slim 2420 Slim Flex Case w/ Power Supply SECC .7mm 2x USB/1x Fan/Micro ATX-ITX 34.99 GIGABYTE GA-G31M-ES2L LGA 775 Intel G31 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard 52.99 AMD Sempron 140 Sargas 2.7GHz 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM3 45W Single-Core Processor SDX140HBGQBOX 37.99 Crucial Ballistix 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Desktop Memory Model BL12864AA106A 22.99 Total cost = 148.96

Board does not match CPU... AMD CPU and Intel Board. Stay away from Ballistix memory... here is what I would do....


Are you going to hook up and boot off a network?

Here is a non PXE PC

Board does not match CPU... AMD CPU and Intel Board. Stay away from Ballistix memory... here is what I would do....

I do not trust the power supply in that case and beside it will consume more power than needed. Here is a good case/power supply off of the Asus chassis QVL List

$83.98 (includes shipping) Antec ISK 300-65
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-068-_-Product

Very stable and solid board I have used in over 20 builds. It is pretty darn fast too, don't let the specs fool you. Perfect Linux Box. Comes with CPU

$69.00 ASUS ITX-220
http://www.mwave.com/mwave/deepsearc...0&FilterCatID=

here is the overview of this excellent board
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Int...X220/#overview

$27.99 Kingston ValueRAM 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-031-_-na-_-na

$180.97.