On Wed, 3 Mar 2004, John Lange wrote: > I wouldn't mind contributing by doing some of this work but you would > have to be more specific on what needs to be done :) > > For starters I can find no such thing as "ltsp_initrd_kit".
Go to the ltsp.org download page, and search for 'ltsp_initrd_kit' grab the latest one. But, it's not an easy job to update the wireless package. The stumbling point I reach is that the newer kernels (2.4.23 and up) compile to a much larger size, making the whole mess not fit on a floppy. This is rather important when trying to make a boot floppy for a wireless laptop. Probably things could be dropped from the kernel, to reduce the size, but i've not had the time to play with it. I've heard that busybox now has a dhcp client in it, which could save a lot of space, the ISC dhcp client is about 120kb in size, and that's a place we could reduce some bulk. It would be nice to include all of the wireless and pcmcia drivers, but keep in mind that space is a major concern. I may be able to help on IRC, if you get stuck, but I don't have alot of time to devote to it right now. Major projects for some customers are sucking almost all of my time. Jim. > > I'd also like to include drivers for any wireless cards that aren't > currently supported. I'm assuming this is just a matter of compiling a > new kernel image to include on the floppy. > > Regards, > > John Lange > > On Wed, 2004-03-03 at 15:26, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > John, > > > > Unfortunately, the ltsp_wireless package is a bit dated, and it doesn't > > support the DPORT option. It's not actually the kernel that needs to > > support it, it is the linuxrc script in the initrd that supports it. > > > > I'd like to update the initrd, but I don't know how soon that will be. > > If someone wanted to jump in and work on it, all the needed stuff should > > be in the ltsp_initrd_kit. > > > > Jim McQuillan > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > On Wed, 3 Mar 2004, John Lange wrote: > > > > > I'm trying to boot my laptop as a thin client. I downloaded the wireless > > > ltsp material and the machine is booting from the floppy. > > > > > > The problem I'm having is that I'm running my ltsp dhcp server on a > > > non-standard port (1067). I tried changing the syslinux.cfg to read: > > > > > > append initrd=initrd.img init=/linuxrc rw root=/dev/ram0 vga=773 > > > dport=1067 > > > > > > But to no avail. It actually hard-locks my laptop forcing me to get out > > > a pen and poke the little reset button. > > > > > > How do I pass the dport option to the kernel? Second, can someone please > > > tell me where I could have found that information myself? How do you > > > know what options the kernel will accept on the "append" line? I've > > > always wondered this... > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click _____________________________________________________________________ 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
