Thinknics work out of the box, with no changes to the server when you use the k12os distribution. this is rh7.2 with ltsp and other great additions. julius
On Mon, 8 Apr 2002, Jesse McDonnell wrote: > On Mon, 8 Apr 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > [ snip of digest header etc.] > > Message: 1 > > Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2002 15:18:28 -0400 > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James Bittner) > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [Ltsp-discuss] ThinkNIC and LTSP 3.0 > > [ snip] > > > > >.....I'm so close, up to the point where > > the kernel mounts /opt/ltsp/i386 successfully. At this point I get > > the famalir 'unable to open initial console'. > > > > I have a stock set up where pxe and dhcpd and tftpd and NFS appear to > > be getting along, with one cavet, i get a warning message from tftpd > > that says 'client does not accept options', and that happens about the > > time the kernel fires off and begins configuring itself. (and this > > makes me a little suspicious). > > > > The kernel loads and configures itself, the ip configuration prints > > and looks good, fress memory, mounts the /opt/ltsp/i386 directory and > > thats as far as I've gotten. > > > > Welcome back, James! What distribution/what version of tftpd are you > running on the server? When I set up a ThinkNIC booting off a Redhat 6.2 > server I had to replace the stock tftpd daemon that came with Redhat with > a version compiled by H. Peter Anvin of Syslinux fame: tftp-hpa-0.21 (or > a more recent version) can be downloaded from > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/software/network/tftp/. > > It's been about a year or so since I did it and I don't recall if I was > getting quite as far in the boot process as you. After I was convinced > that my configuration was correct I started to wonder about the installed > tftpd daemon (which was working fine for other thin clients). I did some > searching and found that H. Peter Anvin had patched the tftpd code. I > installed his version and *magically* my ThinkNIC booted successfully. > > Hope this will be of some use to you or at least points you to > a possible solution. > > Good luck, > > Jesse McDonnell > > PS: I'd like to echo some recent comments re postings - *Please* edit the > OP's message and drop the html-ized postings. Everyone, and especially > those of us who read the digest version, will be eternally grateful if you > do!! Thanks. > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > 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 > > Sponsored by http://www.ThinkGeek.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
