I sometimes got help on the #ltsp channel that didn't happen through mailing lists, sometimes the rapid back-and-forth nature of these conversations also turned up possibilities that no one thought of at first. Good luck.
David G On Oct 2, 2013, at 1:55 PM, John Hupp <[email protected]> wrote: > On 10/2/2013 2:30 PM, Jim Christiansen wrote: >> Thanks, John. I'll need to search on how to get a single nic to work with >> the current 64 install or... What kernel can I use to run a 32 bit system >> with more than 4 gigs ram? My new box is running 32 gigs ram. > > That quickly gets out of my depth. If there is a 32-bit kernel that supports > that much RAM, I don't know about it. > > But on the other point, I vaguely recall that under the classic LTSP setup, > there was a provision for using a single NIC. > > It could be that your hardware (client and server) indicates that classic > LTSP is your best fit. > > You could sign up for the LTSP mail list at > http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss and probably get > more expansive and precise advice. > >> >> >> On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 11:22 AM, John Hupp <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 10/2/2013 2:11 PM, Jim Christiansen wrote: >> Hello. I'm finally replacing my single nic 10.04 Ubontu LTSP classroom >> server with a new box. I have found Alkis' writeup on how to do a single >> nic install. My new system is a 64 bit box and I wonder how I should >> generate an i386 image for my classroom clients? >> >> Here's the page that I've been following: >> >> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuLTSP/ltsp-pnp >> >> The instruction: >> >> ltsp-config lts.conf >> >> generates /var/lib/tftpboot/ltsp/amd64/lts.conf ... a 64 bit labeled file >> >> ltsp-update-image --arch i386 doesn't work as the --arch isn't recognized... >> /usr/sbin/ltsp-update-image: unrecognized option '--arch' >> >> Also, I suppose the procedure only works with a 32 bit system as the >> ltsp.conf file listed refers to- >> >> gedit /var/lib/tftpboot/ltsp/i386/lts.conf >> >> I sure could use some suggestions. I had already ordered the parts for a >> new server and they arrived last Friday. I rebuilt an image on my old >> Ubuntu server on Monday that includes the mit app inventor. I powered the >> machine off after the image was created to blow it out only to discover that >> the power supply was bad and already fried part of the motherboard. I had >> been running it headless and hadn't noticed the video was gone. I did >> notice a smell last week though... $@#@%@ >> >> At least I have the new parts and I'm close to being back up. >> >> Thank everyone >> >> >> If you use the LTSP-PNP setup, your client and server installation >> architectures have to match. So if your clients need i386, then you have to >> install Ubuntu i386 on the server as well. >> >> If you really want x64 on the server, then you have to use the classic LTSP >> setup with a chroot environment and i386 installed there in order to >> generate an i386 client image. >> > > -- > edubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users
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