Hi > I'd like some assistance in formulating my plan of attack for a > thin client project I'd like to implement using LTSP. Here's what I > need to accomplish: > > 1) Boot diskless thin client kernel from: > A) Disk-On-Chip Flash card if kernel image present > B) if no kernel image on DOC, use DHCP to contact TFTP > server to download kernel and copy to DOC > 2) As the client is diskless I'd like to run the OS from either > a RAMDISK or a temp file system in RAM > 3) Load X and a RDP client to access MS Term server. > > That's the general overview. I'm having trouble with some of the > specifics, such as: > > - First, how can I setup the boot environment to achieve my > first goal? I don't have problem with either booting using a TFTP > server or from the DOC but I have not been able to figure out how to > combine these two approaches. > - Secondly, is a fixed size RAMDISK appropriate for my goals? I > originally was thinking of using an absolute bar bones kernel (basically > just with RAMDISK and IDE support) and a small set of shell commands. > I'd mount all this to a RAMDISK and run the OS from there. Problems > doing this? > > Thanks for the advice,
This is OT for LTSP which uses NFS It is basically what I do for my embedded stuff. Contact me off-list if you want to talk about it James ------------------------------------------------------- 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
