i've 2 thinkpads with ailing CDs and HDs, otherwise fine. would seem my choices are * $repair 'em * $recycle 'em * run with ltsp * run them wireless running them wireless is apparently outside the scope of ltsp. it intrigues me because it seems so entirely within well understood linux technology, yet it appears to be entirely a fringe configuration, undocumented and unsupported. i imagine a reasonable approach might be ramfs root to get pcmcia/wlan/nfs going, then either pivotroot, bindmount, or unionfs. but it's all just a tad beyond my horizon of familiarity. any good pointers, anyone? tia, gregwm