| 摘要 |
A network computer including, a chassis, a power supply affixed to an interior surface of the chassis, a motherboard powered by the power supply, the motherboard including a clock generator, a boot code storage device, a processor, and a system memory, and a network interface suitable for interfacing the network computer to a server computer via a network. The network computer lacks a disk drive, but includes local permanent storage such as a compact flash card. Preferably, the network computer includes one or more peripheral devices connected to a peripheral bus of the computer. In the preferred embodiment, the network interface provides is an Ethernet compliant connection with an RJ45 connector. In one embodiment, the power supply powers the motherboard via a single power plane. In one embodiment, the network computer includes disk drive facilities for receiving a disk drive. The invention further contemplates a method of testing a network computer including connecting a disk based storage device to a network computer that lacks a disk based storage device but includes local permanent storage, such as a compact flash card. A disk based operating system is then loaded on the network computer via the disk based storage device. A test suite supported by the disk based operating system is then loaded and executed on the network computer to verify its functionality. In one embodiment, the method further includes similarly installing the disk based storage device in each of a plurality of network computers, whereby a single disk based storage device is used to verify each a plurality of network computers.
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