Am 2010-01-28 14:57, schrieb Michael George: > On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 10:39:13AM +0100, Jakob Unterwurzacher wrote: >> Am 2010-01-26 12:20, schrieb Michael George: >>> I'm trying to move to LTSP 5 on my Gentoo system. I have the client >>> system built, the TFTP (tftp-hpa) and DHCP (dhcp) working to provide the >>> necessary files, but the terminal hits a kernel panic when it tries to >>> mount / over NFS. It says that there's no network available. >>> >>> I know the connection is good, because it pulled the kernel and >>> initramfs. It looks like it picks the tg3 NIC driver to use for network- >>> ing, but the system uses the 3C950 chipset and would need the 3C95x driver. >>> >>> I'm wondering if anyone here uses LTSP much and might be successfully >>> using old Dell Optiplex GX1's and could perhaps give me some insight. >> >> I think i use one, and that it needed IPAPPEND 3 to boot because it >> couldn't get an IP after the PXE boot >> (IPAPPEND explained here: >> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuLTSP/ProxyDHCP#Adjusting ).
Uh, the full Link is > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuLTSP/ProxyDHCP#Adjusting > pxelinux.cfg/default but i'm afraid it's killed by the space in the anchor. >> >> If this does not help, posting a screenshot of the kernel messages >> wouldn't be bad. > > Did you need this even without a proxy DHCP server? Well, my setup is a little strange. I have the LTSP DHCP server (not dnsmasq, the regular dhcpd) and also one in a router that i cannot turn off. They hand out different ranges so this should be fine. PXE worked well from the start, but the kernel (or the dhcp client) on some machines failed to get a IP adress afterwards and paniced. IPAPPEND 3 fixed that, everything works fine now. > > Most of the docs I find on setting up LTSP 5 use a different DHCP server > (dnsmasq) and TFTP server (atftp) than I am using (dhcpd and tftp-hpa). > However, they should function similarly. I have LTSP 4 working and I > am hoping to avoid making lots of changes in trying to go to 5 -- in > case I have to fall back to 4 for the summer. > > I'll try the IPAPPEND 3 option and see what that does for me. Then I > think I'll try different hardware and see if it behaves the same way. Good luck! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
