> > > > 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.
Thanks. I was thinking something like 256MB. I was also thinking of Clustering. Have you tried 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... Well I have some doubts about the USB modem. Hardware is all Intel sytems. Mobo is 830 I think. > > > > 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. Again, is it possible to use the local harddisk or is there a way to mount them on the server and utilse them? > > > > Their only request is that they need to utlise each > > node's harddisk. > > > 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. It this easy to setup up? Is it in the documentation? > > > > 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 The "best way" to use the local harddisks as the client does not want it to go for waste. Yes I need some way to set up local applications. > > 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. Any pointers where I can find it? Thanks Adrian ------------------------------------------------------- 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
