Philip,

Glad to hear it is working.

How about a quick writeup or summary of how you did it?

That would make a great addition to the LTSP website.

Thanks,

Jim McQuillan
[EMAIL PROTECTED]


Philip A. Roa wrote:

> Hello Kai and everyone,
> 
> Just was able to get my setup running thanks to the good guys back at the Etherboot 
>discussion list (great 
> resources await there related to LTSP) esp to Ken Yap who personally took the effort 
>to look into my problem 
> (great thanks to Jim McQuillan of LTSP for suggesting the mailing list). Thanks also 
>for those who helped me 
> on both mailing lists  c",
> 
> I got stuck really on the Etherboot part and spent most of my 'fiddling' there. i 
>would be glad to assist anyone 
> who has a similar problem as mine.
> 
> Thanks again guys, my next step now is to clone my setup to the rest of 'fleet'.
> 
> best regards to all,
> 
> phil
> 
> "Kai Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quoted last 12/21/01 4:57:20 PM as follows:
> 
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Philip A. Roa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>To: "LTSP discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 9:17 AM
>>Subject: [Ltsp-discuss] Option to boot desired OS
>>
>>
>>Hi Philip and everybody else,
>>
>>
>>>I need some help with this one.
>>>
>>>My setup:  diskless clients (to run DOS & Linux) + linux server running
>>>
>>LTS apps (DHCP, TFTP)
>>
>>>Access: a) DOS, so client machines can reach the Novell server running
>>>
>>legacy text based applications
>>
>>>                 b) Linux, so they can run StarOffice.
>>>
>>>I was able to successfully boot DOS and Linux separately but am now at a
>>>
>>loss as to how the boot process
>>
>>>can be controlled on the client side.
>>>
>>I am also investigating DOS legacy apps in conjunction with LTSP-clients. So
>>I would rather go for only booting Linux (with Etherboot/LTSP) and configure
>>your Linux-Server to run your DOS apps using [x]dosemu additionally. It is
>>also possible to mount your Novell server to the Linux FS.
>>Without going into details, I find this approach working for me. You can
>>have more than one DOS-based window on your Linux-screen (KDE or whatever) ,
>>possibly using a virtual screen for DOS apps.
>>You might even copy those Novell mounted legacy files into your Linux
>>FileSystem, start your apps from there and power down the Novell server
>>(RIP).
>>
>>I'd rather investigate in Linux plus DOS guest system, than to boot an
>>legacy OS like good but old DOS.
>>
>>Please tell us how you proceed.
>>
>>All the best
>>
>>Kai Schmidt/ Stuttgart Germany
>>
>>
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