On Fri, 22 Nov 2002, potla murali wrote: > I dont mean the floppies of the work stations. > I mean the boot sector of the hard disks of the work > stations.
How are you booting these workstations ? Are you using an Etherboot floppy disk ? If so, then the hard drive shouldn't be getting touched at all. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Thanks > > --- Joey Officer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > when you say the boot sector of the workstations, > > are you referring to the > > floppy diskettes, this is probably due to old disks > > or even more possibly > > bad drives. i went through a number of old drives > > before finding a decent > > one, its been ok since > > > > floppy and cdrom support is documented i believe on > > the ltsp website.i think > > the files you are looking for are nbd and such, all > > can be foudn here > > > > > http://ltsp.sourceforge.net/contrib/generic_rmedia.html > > > > hope this helps... > > joey > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: potla murali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 6:06 AM > > Subject: [Ltsp-discuss] couple of questions > > > > > > > Hi, > > > I have successfully configured LTSP on Red Hat > > 7.3. > > > I am successfully running some clients over that > > > server. > > > > > > I have some small questions > > > > > > 1) I am unable to see X running on a workstation > > which > > > has 3Com (3c509) ISA NIC Card, 20 MB RAM and > > Cyrrus > > > Logic GD 5428 VGA Card. It tries to start X server > > but > > > its never succeded. I tried giving the XSERVER > > value > > > to XF86_SVGA in lts.conf file. I also tried giving > > > cirrus option for XSERVER value. But in both cases > > > it's not successful. I am successfully running a > > > similar workstation with almost same configuration > > > except a small difference in VGA Card (which is > > Cyrrus > > > Logic GD 5438). > > > How can I solve this problem ? > > > > > > 2) After running couple of workstations I noticed > > that > > > the boot sector on the work stations getting > > > corrupted. I dont know the reasons for it. Why is > > this > > > thing happened ?. The machines on which i have > > lost > > > boot sector are testing systems. Now i am > > frightened > > > to try other machines as a workstations, because > > of > > > this thing. If there is a bug or something then i > > will > > > lose my data. > > > > > > 3) Is it possible to access the local > > floppy/CD-ROM > > > devices? > > > > > > More information > > > Server: Redhat 7.3 > > > LTSP Packages: ltsp_core-3.0.7, ltsp_kernel-3.0.5, > > > ltsp_x_core-3.0.4, ltsp_x_fonts-3.0.0 and > > > ltsp_x336_svga-3.0.0. > > > > > > I am not on the list. So please cc to me > > > > > > Thanks in advance for ur help > > > > > > Murali > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site > > > http://webhosting.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > This sf.net email is sponsored by: To learn the > > basics of securing > > > your web site with SSL, click here to get a FREE > > TRIAL of a Thawte > > > Server Certificate: > > http://www.gothawte.com/rd524.html > > > > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus � Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > -- ------------------------------------------------------- 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
