Hallo Stefan, Am Mittwoch, den 23. Juli 2003, schriebst Du:
> is anybody planning on going to this "Computer Camp"? Maybe already have > had some experience of what to expect at this event from the last time > four years ago: here's a link: > http://www.ccc.de/camp/2003/index.en.html Dunno yet. Possibly. Perhaps having a ride from Oberstein/Mainz/Bonn could help (or good ol' Deutsche Bahn), but I can't decide, depends on my exams, date not yet set by the authoritatives. > I thought maybe of using the time to setup a LTSP-demo Server for the duration > of the camp. My idea would be to "hand out" 3.5'' FloppyDisks with a > EtherBoot Image to let anyone interested to boot their own computer > off my server, logon and "see LTSP for themselves" . > Could this image be "tagged" in some way as to force a unique > automatic logon to KDE as a certain user (UID). Way 1/ Put etherboot (depending on the underlying NIC, probably most people having either RTL8139 or 3c stuff?) on the floppy. Everything else comes from the server. Alternatively, support PXE, but this is more difficult... > Would the (normaly downloaded) Kernel fit on a Floppy and > be able to Boot the terminal? Yes, Way 2. I don't like this. Loading stuff from floppy is a pain, it's just okay for small data packets, like 32kB. One could make an etherboot that supports several (if not all) chipsets, that would fit on one floppy too. BTW this seems to be the only way yet for notebooks with PCMCIA NICs to boot at all. (until etherboot gets PCMCIA support). > There are some problems that I would not know how to solve.... > * there will be any number DHCP-Server's on the shared network. > can the Ether-Boot Image be taught to send the initial DHCP > Request to MY Server so responding with a 'non' offical IP allowing > the requester to TFP the Kernal image from my server. > When the kernel starts up it would then need to get it's address from > a differant official DHCP Server - responsible for the whole network's > address range. Yes, it's possible. With a little tweaking (of the dhclient surroundings in the initrd) it would coexist nicely with any number of dhcp servers - two important things: a/ noone else runs a dhcp server configured on the same port with the same options as the ltsp server does b/ the ltsp server manages some IP subnet authoritatively, e.g. 172.29.0.0/16 or so. There are lots, so one could ask the CCC to assign some prvate address range to use for that purpose. If the assigned address range is large enough (e.g. /16), one could hand out even the long-term ips for the running terminals from that pool. Autologin can be done. No security whatsoever, as users could kill each other's processes and they wouldn't be able to run mozilla, but one could make up a form in the guest section (konqueror-enabled, web-based) to request a userid (generated e.g. from the requesting comnputer's MAC address or so) which then with a quota could get a 5MB limit on the harddrive. Just a thought. If you need some help with setting up (provided you bring the server), I'd be glad to. Private-mail me or call, I'm in Bonn telephone listing. I'm probably in Idar-Oberstein the first week of August and could come over one day to Speyer if that helps. > Is what I want to do possible? Yes. > Does anybody have some tips as to where to read up on this. Am I > over looking something? etherboot.org could have some tips about tweking. For the running terminal, you need to modify the initrd, get the ~kit and vi linuxrc in it. I'd be glad to help further. Gr��e aus Bonn, Anselm Martin Hoffmeister Stockholm Projekt Computer-Service <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 _____________________________________________________________________ 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.freenode.net
