Also--I need to add what alkisg recently posted on irc: alkisg: dgroos: a quick answer for your mail: when you clone a linux pc, the > ethX names change (e.g. eth2/eth3) and you need to update your files with > the new names. A way around this is to delete this file and reboot: > /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules > [3:16pm] > alkisg: This way the names will become eth0/eth1 again. >
I'll try all ideas and post results/what I learn on Monday :) THANKS! David On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 4:26 PM, David Groos <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Gavin McCullagh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> On Sun, 04 Oct 2009, David Groos wrote: >> >> > I believe that cloning, 'golden servers' from one machine to another can >> be >> > an effective implementation strategy for educators who are novice >> Edubuntu >> > users advocate FOSS. >> >> I guess there's an argument for it anyway. >> > > I'm not advocating it as the best solution, only as one I understand and, > as a Linux novice, can implement (with a bit of help). I guess what I'm > really advocating isn't this particular solution, but some *simple* solution > that an enthusiast needn't be an expert to implement, a solution that allows > for the simple set up of a thin client server with local-apps. I've got to > say that you developers are doing a great job, Jaunty is a big step up from > Hardy from my nubie-perspective. Also true is that I easily spent 80-100 > hours this summer, along with another 30+ hours of other, knowledgeable > Linux (though not to LTSP) users locally to get the server working like I > need it to work. Add to this the various people who have helped give > solve/add depth of understanding through this list server and through the > wiki. AND, especially alkisg who spent hours on #edubuntu as well helping > me solve problems I encountered/created in the setup process and sbalneav > who got Sabayon working. So, a semi-simple solution (from a novices point > of course) of setting up a robust server would be a great goal. > > >> > Hopefully it is simple. I'm having a problem on the cloned machine >> dealing >> > with network settings. Besides /etc/network/interfaces, what other file >> or >> > files do people think that I need to look into and maybe adjust to get >> my >> > server functioning with a new static ip address for the WAN-side NIC >> while >> > keeping everything else the same? The server is serving thin clients >> using >> > localapps. >> >> /etc/network/interfaces is certainly the file you should be modifying to >> change a static IP address. If that's really the only change I'm not sure >> what other file you should need to alter. You would need to then restart >> the networking service (sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart) to actually >> apply that change. >> > > It took the network person a bit to even get the restarting to work, but it > finally does. > >> >> What problem exactly are you finding? >> > Please see above reply. > > Thanks Gavin! > >> >> Gavin >> >> >> -- >> edubuntu-devel mailing list >> [email protected] >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-devel >> > >
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