Hi, I was thinking about access to local devices too. The simplest way I can concive is put a minimal Linux system on the local hard disk of the client with the necesary stuff to make that local devices (floppy, cdrom, etc) works and load the graphical X from the ltsp Server.
I will be working on that in the end this vacations if my time lets me. So I can share any progress. Cheers, Offray El jue, 04-07-2002 a las 16:39, Hal Vaughan escribió: > After reading over the linuxrc script, I've started to wonder -- before doing > a pivot_root, isn't it just an almost normal Linux kernel running on the > client system? And shouldn't it be able to act like it's running on the > client normally (except for swap), with the root fs in the ramdrive? So > wouldn't it be possible to mount the local hard drive at that time? > > Would it be possible to do this by doing this: > > 1) Modify linuxrc in the ramdrive to NOT do a pivot root. > 2) Sill mount any needed directories on the server. > 3) Add an appropriate line to /etc/fstab in the ramdrive with the data for the > local hard drive? > > Hal > > On Thursday 04 July 2002 04:35 pm, Hal Vaughan wrote: > > I am looking for a good way to access my local devices on my ltsp client. > > I am using ltsp to install software on client systems. The idea is that I > > can take the client system, plug it in, hook it up to my lan, and turn it > > on and ltsp and a few scripts will do everything I need. > > > > Part of the setup is formatting a blank hd in the client system. I'm > > looking for ways to access the hard drive on the client system to first > > format it, then copy over the system files I will need, then install GRUB > > or LILO on it. > > > > I'm currently reading through the documentation on ENBD, but I'm confused. > > When I set up a box using LTSP, the box booting is the client and the one > > supplying all the LTSP info and kernel is the server. I'm not sure, but it > > seems to me that once I get this running, since the drive I want to access > > is on the client, for the purposes of ENBD ONLY, the client is the server. > > > > Have others used ENBD? Is this the only way or best way to access local > > devices? Can I use ENBD to be able to format the drives in the client > > system? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Hal ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Bringing you mounds of caffeinated joy. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _____________________________________________________________________ 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
