And even when you get it working, it will invariably pull some other tricks later. Lose the winders box and good fortune will return.
You have a linux box running ltsp. Let it be the dhcp server too. you will be much happier on down the road. Kinda like dealing with flaky hardware. I allow myself one hour of testing then it gets flung into the trash. On Wed, 20 Feb 2002 10:28:31 -0000 Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spewed into the bitstream: ~Made the change as suggested... it now goes to the correct server... BUT.... despite only specifying the "Root Path" as below, the client tries to mount /opt/ltsp/i386000. ~I've tried putting it in quotes and various other things, but it always appends "000" to the end! Has anyone else seen anything similar? ~Am pulling my hair out now - windows - argh! ~ ~ ~ ~>Martin, ~> ~>You need to change your 'Root Path' to: ~> ~> 192.168.0.254:/opt/ltsp/i386 ~> ~>Of course, you can substitute the proper IP address and ~>it should be fine. ~> ~>Jim McQuillan ~>[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~> ~> ~> ~>On Tue, 19 Feb 2002, Martin wrote: ~> ~>> Thanks for the tip. I've created a "Reservation" in the W2000 server's dhcp config for the linux client & added options according to my setup: ~>> ~>> Root Path = /opt/ltsp/i386 ~>> Boot Server Host Name = 192.168.0.102 ~>> Bootfile Name = /lts/vmlinuz.ltsp ~>> ~>> The client now boots up - gets it's IP address and name fine. Unfortunately it all stops when it gets to "Running dhclient". It attempts to mount the ~>> filesystem from the server that is running dhcp (the windows server!). Of course, windows adds it's own default options to each reservation, things such ~>> as "WINS/NBNS Servers", but I don't see how this could be affecting things. ~>> ~>> Any ideas? ~>> Cheers! ~>> ~>> >I use a Windows NT box to serve DHCP information to both my LTSP ~>> >clients and nonLTSP clients. ~>> > ~>> >Each LTSP client must have a static entry in the DHCP server and must ~>> >have an associated name (or the process will fail). ~>> > ~>> >Also, you need to have the following options specified (either ~>> >globally or for each machine): ~>> > ~>> >Root Path -/lts/ltsroot ~>> >Boot Server Host Name 10.1.X.X ~>> >Bootfile Name - /lts/boot/bootp/vmlinuz.all.bootp ~>> > ~>> >yea yea I am still running an older version of LTSP. ~>> > ~>> >Anyway, give the above a try and if it doesn't work email me and we ~>> >will see if we can figure it out. ~>> > ~>> >Scott ~>> >-- ~>> >-- ~>> >Scott Sherrill ~>> >Technology Coordinator Hancock Public Schools ~>> >Hancock, MI ~>> >http://www.hancock.k12.mi.us ~>> > ~>> >_____________________________________________________________________ ~>> >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 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~_____________________________________________________________________ ~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 ~ -- Michael H. Collins http://www.linuxlink.com Admiral Penguinista Navy Good Music? http://www.kpig.com _____________________________________________________________________ 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
