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 >> >> >>_____________________________________________________________________ >>Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss >>For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net >> > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net > _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net
