--- Hans Ekbrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Abdullah A. Al-Humaid wrote: >> >> An additional DHCP server is just out of the >> question. Our clients will be scattered across >> the network in different subnets, a dhcp server >> in every location a client exist is not worth it. >> Is this a limitation with the LTSP diskless client >> or are all diskless clients the same? > > DHCP is the standard way to boot diskless clients. > > An alternative is to load the kernel locally, but > having the rest (NFS root and display managers > /applications) served from a LTSP server. The > kernel can be loaded from a floppy or from a local > harddisk. Not quite diskless though.
In addition to the kernel being local to the client, the IP configuration needs to be there too. The LTSP pre-built kernel won't work that way, so you have to build your own kernel for the client. Using SYSLINUX from a floppy or ISOLINUX from a cdrom means you no longer need a DHCP server or TFTP server, just an NFS server. You can either modify the ltsp_initrd_kit and hack out the DHCP stuff from /linuxrc or if you can do without kernel modules, skip the initrd all together. This is in the kernel documentation file 'nfsroot.txt' as well as the Linux BootPrompt-HOWTO. Regards, Peter __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - Tired of that same old cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390 _____________________________________________________________________ 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
