I've attempted a Jaunty to Karmic LTSP server upgrade. Things weren't completely smooth but I was able to do the upgrade without too much problem. However, when I test boot a thin client, the screen goes to its regular point of the last line saying DHCP (at this point it usually grabs an image) but after less than .5 of a second it says: "PXE-E32: TFTP open timeout" then says, TFTP... (with the number of dots increasing slowly).
Thanks Harry for the link to the page at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1309835 I did what they recommended. TC still don't boot. Gavin suggests trying to restart the DHCP and /etc/init.d/openbsd-inetd so I did though that advice was for Hardy ( http://www.linux-archive.org/edubuntu-user/177090-pxe-e32-tftp-open-timeout-error.html). Still no luck--thin clients don't want to boot. I plugged my laptop into the proper nic on the server and it gets an IP, so I think DHCP is working. Not sure where to look from here. Any ideas? Thanks! David On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 9:38 AM, Harry Sweet <[email protected]> wrote: > All seem well after: > > sudo apt-get remove network-manager network-manager-gnome > > > > >>> "Harry Sweet" <[email protected]> 11/03/09 9:08 PM >>> > Three minutes and 46 seconds, to be precise : ) > > Round 1 > > Almost got there. But I restored at the end of the day. > I copied the new one to an image and I plan on returning soon. > > There were some network issues... The supposedly > static server ip and DNS kept on getting changes/lost. > I could get it working, but how it behaved after a reboot > was random. > > I think this is the problem....seems there are 2 things fighting for > control. > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1309835 > > Round 2, I'll restore the new system and try the fix from the forum. > > It fixed problems I was having with Inkscape and Gimp. > > ----------------------- > On cloning > > We use Clonezilla for our windows systems. Clonezilla uses partimage. > > We just have a 500 gig usb hard drive for server backups. Partimage > takes about 15 minutes to do a full gzipped image and about 4 to put it > back. > > We have /home in a separate partition, so there is not that much to clone. > Gzipped, its maybe 5 gigs, maybe less a bit. > > I know it works, because It worked today, and this is not the first time I > needed it. > > I'm not sure it handles ext4 yet, so I'm staying on 3 > > have fun;; > > > > >>> David Groos <[email protected]> 11/03/09 7:11 PM >>> > How's it looking Harry? > > And, how can you restore a system in <4 minutes? I use clonezilla and to > burn the server image back onto a server it takes some 3-4 hours... I > don't > use partimage though--seems like that would would only repair part of the > deal? > > David > > On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 9:05 PM, Harry Sweet <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I hope to find out tomorrow. I started the upgrade before I left work. > > > > Of course, I have a known working partimage-image so I can restore the > > existing system > > in <4 minutes if anything bad should happen. I know how long it takes > > because I borked > > the server a couple of weeks ago trying to uninstall some weird software. > > > > I would definitely recommend taking that precaution. Check out the Linux > > Rescue CD > > > > And oh, yeah, doing the upgrade will just upgrade the server. You need > to > > also chroot and > > ltsp-- help me with the command.. or the clients will still have the old > > sytem. > > > > > > > > > -- > edubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users > > > -- > edubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users >
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