A little research on google works wonders 8)
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Exhibit a:
Q: I want to install K12LTSP but I only want to use one ethernet card and use another DHCP server. Can I do that?
A: Yes, You'll have to edit the list of files on the install page and add entries for your clients in the dhcpd.conf file of your DHCP server. Here's an example from our server:
host icue5 {
hardware ethernet 00:d0:09:27:67:55;
fixed-address 10.171.13.5;
allow bootp;
server-name "beast.riverdale.k12.or.us";
next-server 10.171.0.11;
filename "/tftpboot/lts/vmlinuz-2.4.9-ltsp";
}
In this example we're using IP numbers in the 10.x.x.x range. Our LTSP server is called "beast" and its address is 10.171.0.11. To get your host MAC address (hardware ethernet line...) just run tail -f /var/log/messages on your DHCP server and watch the DHCP request come in from the client.
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Exhibit b:
A group group {
next-server termserv;
use-host-decl-on;
}
has to be added. termserv is the name of the terminalserver. next-server termserv; tells all terminals in this group the name of the next server. This is the server that provides the linux kernel. With use-host-decl-on; the terminals are getting their names in addition to their ip-addresses. If this entry is missing, they are not able to find their section in /tftpboot/lts/ltsroot/etc/lts.conf. If more than one terminalserver is used, each gets its own group.
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Exhibit c:
Then you define the filename that specifies the kernel image to download and also the next-server which specifies where it should go to get that kernel from.
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Exhibit a:
this text comes from here
http://www.riverdale.k12.or.us/linux/terminal/faq.html
Exhibit b:
this text comes from here
http://termserv.berlios.de/documentation/en/html/x325.html
Exhibit b:
this text comes from here
http://www.pcxperience.org/thinclient/documentation/dynamicdns.html
Piotr Giza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello everyone. It is my first post to this group since I subscribed
to it and tried to use LTSP only yesterday :(
I have been using x-terminals created by Solucorp Exterminals Project
since 1999 (http:www.solucorp.qc.ca) and I have installed a rather
powerful server with about 50 terminals in my rather big university network.
Most of the terminals have the printer access, some have the souncard
access and all of them have a floppy and cd access. All this has been
implemented by xterminals since 1999 and gradually improved.
Nevertheless, I intend to switch to ltsp, mostly because of bugs and very
little support for recent versions of xtermkit.
I have two questions:
1. Is it possible to create a boot floppy in such a way that the etherboot
(I got the image from www.Rom-O-Matic.net) after detecting the local dhcp
server and setting up the ip parameters, wouldn't try to get the kernel
(via tftp) from the dhcp server would use anover machine instead, namely
my server. It is also important to me thet the terminal wouldn't try mount
the root filesystem on the dhcp but on my server. This was possible at the
stage of creating bootdisk by passing kernel startup options via
lilo.conf.
This is iportant in large networks like my university network where there
already is a dhcp server, machines have their external addresses and I
just want to do a relatively small additional network with a server (the
application server with X, ftfp, nfs and everything that ltsp needs) and
terminals that may boot under Win (if people need it) or as linux
terminals.
I tried that yesterday and I failed (at anover university in my town) just
because that: the etherboot, after initializing, wanted to get the kernel
from the dhcp instead of my server. I even configured the dhcp on my
server, but it didn't help because my server and the terminal were in
different subnets. Besides, the local admins would not be happy to see
another dhcp server working in their network, I am afraid.
This is a serious problem that may prevent some peaple from using ltsp,
but I believe some of you know the solution.
2. Is there support in ltsp for usb printers (like some HP Laser- and
Desk- Jets) and if so, how to set things up? I didn't find it in the docs.
Finally, thenks to all of you for spotting and forcing Macromedia to fix
the flash problem with x-terminals that that plagued my 250 users for
ages.
All the best
Piotr
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