I have now had success with this - interestingly it works very well with the 5.06 dfe530tx-old pxe rom image (an old via-rhine driver). I may experiement with diferent Thanks to all for advice received, much appreciated.
David > Our installation also uses SuSE server, LTSP-3.0, and VIA-ITX-based clients. > > I used the etherboot approach for booting with PXE, where > PXE -> etherboot -> load kernel (DHCP, TFTP, etc.). > > To get this working I did not use the pxestuff package. > > From www.rom-o-matic.org I downloaded version 5.0.7 (production, latest), > driver VIA-rhine for the integrated VIA VT6103 EthernetPHY NIC in the VIA > boards. ROM output format: PXE-loadable ROM image. > > This approach allows you to use the LTSP kernel as-is. This approach has been > documented previously on this list by Conrad Lawes under the subject > "PXEstuff vs PXEetherboot". > > Hope this helps. > > On Wednesday 30 October 2002 15:13, you wrote: > > Subject: [Ltsp-discuss] > > > > Dear list, > > > > Firstly my apologies for the length of this post, but I hope it will help > > someone to help me :-) > > > > I have got a SuSE server configured with LTSP-3.0 that I can use to > > successfully 'Etherboot' a VIA-ITX based system with one of the boot images > > from Rom-O-Matic. (Instead of booting from a floppy image, I have to write > > it to an old harddisk and boot from that instead). > > > > I have the complication that my LTSP server is separate from my DHCP server > > but it works OK. > > > > When I use the PXE-2.0 boot ROM on this board I start hitting problems... > > By cobbling together information from the BpBatch website and the pxe-stuff > > downloaded from ltsp.org (plus some other odds and ends) I setup my > > dhcpd.conf as below: > -- ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: See the NEW Palm Tungsten T handheld. Power & Color in a compact size! http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?palm0001en _____________________________________________________________________ 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
