Re: how to set up VM, or is there a freeware equivalent to Deep Freeze Software

[Antonio Olivares]

> ----- Original Message ----
> From: David Timms 
> To: For users of Fedora 
> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 4:49:08 PM
> Subject: Re: how to set up VM, or is there a freeware equivalent to Deep Freeze Software
>
> Kam Leo wrote:
> > On 8/14/07, Antonio Olivares  wrote:
>
> ...
> > > > ----- Original Message ----
> >
> > If your friend needs to only restore a machine after each semester or
> > quarter use Norton Ghost or equivalent.
>
> Let's make that week or day or class !
>
> In fact I have heard of a system that auto reloads an image each 
> midnight or so - I don't remember what that was.
>
> Hopefully the friend is using the obvious things like: bios password, 
> only boot HD, locking network access to specific mac address, etc, 
> disabling auto-run of cd/usb, etc.
>
> About the vmware notion: In the ms way, a powerful machine could be 
> installed as a terminal server. Remove the hard disks from the student 
> machines. Network boot the PC's to an linux LTSP server. Only one 
> application would be available / installed: tsclient {Terminal Server 
> Client}.
>
> Install a master power switch that feeds all the student PC's. At the 
> end of each class, ask the students to save their work {to their linux 
> network drive}. Then cycle the power. Machines BIOS set to auto restart 
> on mains application - in 3 minutes every machine has a spanking fresh 
> image loaded. That can only connect to the terminal server {which is 
> properly locked down}.
>
> It might also be possible to config your storage file system to allowing 
> save of only the document types that you actually need -
>
> DaveT.

School starts on August 27, and my friend and I will be at school on Aug. 20, we have a week before the students get to school.  We have to ask permission to be sure that they will allow us to implement the VM.  I'll try to keep you posted on this.  Hopefully they will allow us the use of Linux to help us overcome many problems. Thanks David and Phil and all who have provided feedback and suggestions.  We'll see how this goes.

Thanks,

Antonio

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