> Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 15:04:21 +0530 > From: "Adrian D'Costa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I am being assigned a project for a school. They have a > tight budget. > Right now the are on a windows 2000 server and 28 nodes. > The server is P III 800 Mhz, 64 mb ram, 40 GB hdd and a > DSL connection > using a usb modem.
Yeah, the server RAM will need to be *much* higher, especially if you are planning on users running big apps, like Netscape and StarOffice. For 28 clients, figure at the bare minimum 256MB and try to get 512MB. See how much the mobo can take. If RAM is cheap, just max it out. Also make sure the USB DSL modem is supported under Linux before you make the leap. Of course, *always* make sure your hardware is supported before switching to a new system... > The nodes P III, 450 Mhz, 64 mb ram, 40 GB HDD. Some > have cdroms some > scanners. All the NICs are Rl8193 Comfortable amount of RAM, but not enough for much local apps work. If you can double it to 128MB, that's a start. > Their only request is that they need to utlise each > node's harddisk. Why? What do they care? If they really want to use the hard disks, they could put them all in the server in a huge IDE RAID array, but those generally aren't reliable. The only real use for hard disks in LTSP clients is for local swap, which you will definitely want if you want to do local apps. > They would be using Netscape, StarOffice, Java and the > usual stuff for > schools. I have some knowledge in Linux but not > successfully in > installing ltsp on my home systems. I think I can use > local > applications and would use each harddisk etherboot to the > server using > etherboot's lilo option. So I need you people's > assistance in what > would be the best way. I guess you could use the HDs for that and for swap. I don't understand what you're asking with regard to "the best way" though. Do you want details of how to set it all up? As far as I recall, local swap is not a simple option in LTSP 3.0. You'll have to modify rc.local to probe for the IDE disk, setup the swap partition (or probe for an existing one), and then mount it and enable it. This has all been done before, but it's not standard yet. Jason ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. 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
