Am Dienstag 16 Oktober 2007 15:51 schrieb Ronny Aasen: Hi Ronny,
thanks for your reply - it is quite helpful. Just few questions are left: ... > > As for option 2, I wonder if there is any boot options to prevent > > Grub from being used? Does usplash work with lilo as well? The boot > > loader needs to fit to one sector, I am afraid. > > any boot option you set might be reset by the preseeding, you can try > to chaneg the preseeding files default.* before selecting a profile. > they use the regular preseeding values. examples for lilo and grub > are in http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/example-preseed.txt Mh, this means, during installation, I switch to a busybox and change some default.* like this: ### Boot loader installation # Grub is the default boot loader (for x86). If you want lilo installed # instead, uncomment this: #d-i grub-installer/skip boolean true # To also skip installing lilo, and install no bootloader, uncomment this # too: #d-i lilo-installer/skip boolean true Right? > > > As for option 3, I now installed a 2nd LTSP server (Etch). However, > > I don't have a combo-Server, and my Tjener is one year old (Sarge). > > Now I wonder what network topology could be used to support both > > systems on those machines: w2k via Samba (10.0.x.x) and diskless > > 'lowfat' clients. > > > > I remember some posting that it is possible sticking DHCP services > > to my Tjener, but providing tftp/pxe boot (on demand) from another > > machine. Any howtos available? > > > > Cheers > > Ralf > > On our windows/diskless dualboot machines, we have a list of mac > addresses on the dhcp on tjener, those that are in that list get tftp > information to pxelinux from the diskless server. > The diskless server display a pxelinux meny with the choise of local > harddrive windows and diskless workstation. This sounds very feasible to me - all one needs to do is accordingly: - adapt /etc/dhcp3/dhcpd-debian-edu.conf (any samples?) - promote fresh LTSP to become a diskless server (URL/howto?) - create grub/pxe boot menu (sample file?) Thanks Regards Ralf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
