win98 as linux console?

[arch]

Hello, I have a newbie-ish question for all who are interested...

I have a Mandrake 7.2 box, and a win98se box, both with NICs, although the one in the linux box is a new install and I haven't got it working right yet. I only have one monitor though, so what I want to do is use my windows box as a console... I figured once I got the network configured I could telnet into the linux box to run commands and use ftp for file transfers... so first of all, is this the best option or is there a better way to use windows as a linux console? Should I just map the linux HD in windows? Are there any windows-based X client possibilities?

thanks for the advice

arch

[slacker_x]

ssh would be a better way to access the linux box from the windows 98 box. There is a free client called putty. Search for it on google. You could run an FTP server on the linux box to send and receive files or run samba on it so that it can use windows networking. It is possible to run X sessions remotely from a windows machine, but I don't know if there is any free software to do tbat.

You could also look into getting some kind of monitor switching box.

[fracture]

Every X for windows client I know of is commercial, but a good alternative is Virtual Network Computing (VNC). The link is
http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/

It requires a server installation on the Linux box and a client on the windows machine, but it allows you to run a full linux session from the windows box.

[Helical Cynic]

There's also VNC. It'll let you (if you have X up and running on the linux box) log into an X window and run anything you could run in X from that window. I use it at school to log into the box in my dorm (Slack 8) from the Win2K/NT/98 comps in the labs. Do a google search to find the website.

[arch]

thanks, i'm thinking samba+vnc... I'll check it out.