Do not forget to make sure you have the omdiscd or openmosix map with setpe installed to your terminal home.
Evan On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 14:48:42 +0200 Maurice Libes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 03:37:42PM +0530, Ashwin Gami _00007020_ wrote: > > Dear Maurice, > > > > Thanks for your kind help. > > Actually I am able to do the things you described till vmlinuz--- > > only. > > so you mean that you followed every steps in order > to produce the good new LTSP kernel pathed with > openMosix let's say vmlinuz-2.4.xx-ltsp+oM > > now you just have to put this new kernel on a tftp directory tree > lets 'say in /tftpboot/lts/ in order it can be accessible via tftp > at boot time > > cp ./vmlinuz-2.4.xx-ltsp+oM /tftpboot/lts/ > > > I have onboard lan and supports pxe boot > > so I need bzImage--- and initrd--- for that purpose. > > Now question is How to get this images after the steps you have > > described. > > Sorry, for not being very clear at the question. > > if i understand well it is just a matter of a PXE or an Etherboot boot > phase? > you just need to know how to boot a LTSP > client from network with the > help of a tftp server and a dhcp server > the only difference is that , now the kernel that the LTSP client will > download, is a oMosix patched kernel ! > > > you have some "ready to use" etherboot kernel on http://rom-o-matic.net/ > to put on a floppy.. it allows the first phase of the boot... > this etherboot kernel will contact the dhcpd server in order to > get an ip address and the big kernel in a second phase... > > 1. install and configure your tftp server in your xinetd.d/tftp file > service tftp > { > disable = no > socket_type = dgram > protocol = udp > wait = yes > user = root > only_from = your.ip.domain.class > server = /opt/tftp-hpa/sbin/in.tftpd > server_args = -s /tftpboot > } > > > 2. install and configure your dhcpd server > > the dhcpd conf > 0. give an ip address to the client PC > 1. tells to the client PC > a. where is the kernel file that the client PC must download > filename "/lts/vmlinuz-2.4.xx-ltsp-1"; > b. where is the file system root > option root-path " ip.of.your.server:/opt/ltsp/i386 > > hope this helps... > i 've done that last year > > ML > > > > > Very best regards, > > Ashvin. > > > > On Thu, 15 Jul 2004, Maurice Libes wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 11:39:50AM +0530, Ashwin Gami _00007020_ wrote: > > > > Dear Friends, > > > > I am using mandrake 10 + ltsp 3 > > > > Does anyone know how to create > > > > bzImage-2.4.16-om5 > > > > initrd-2.4.16-om5.gz > > > > after the following steps as per > > > > LTSP+OpenMosix: A Mini How-To > > > > document by James Jensen > > > > > > i didn't read this howto, but i read another one > > > http://www.lpmo.edu/~daniau/ltsp-mosix/ > > > > > > here is briefly what i've done last year with ltsp-3 and oMosix-2.4.21... > > > it shoud be the same with recent versions > > > in theory it is simple.. in practice a little less ;-)... > > > > > > get the linux kernel sources ;-) > > > and apply the openMosix patch on the kernel, i suppose you know how to > > > do that > > > # > > > then, > > > > > > ### copy the config file from ltsp_initrd_kit which had been used by > > > the ltsp team to produce the ltsp kernel, into the kernel source tree > > > cp ~/ltsp_initrd_kit/config-2.4.21-ltsp-1 /usr/src/linux-2.4.21/.config > > > # > > > $ cd /usr/src/linux-2.4.21 > > > # > > > ### adjust only the oMosix kernel options > > > $ make xconfig > > > # > > > ## compile and build the new future kernel > > > $ make clean && make oldconfig && make dep &&make bzImage && make > > > modules && make modules_install > > > # > > > ## you need to make the new kernel network bootable > > > $ ~/ltsp_initrd_kit/buildk > > > # > > > ## the new kernel is now tagged by mknbi and so bootable by network > > > ## copy it ti the right tftp place > > > $ cp ./vmlinuz-2.4.21-ltsp+oM /tftpboot/lts/ > > > # > > > > > > ## dont forget the new kernel modules.. must be copied in the > > > ## right place > > > $ cp -r /lib/modules/2.4.21/ /opt/ltsp/i386/lib//modules/ > > > > > > it should be sufficient!? > > > it works for me last year! (with ltsp-3... i dont know if it should be > > > the same thing with ltsp-4) > > > > > > ML > > > > > > > > > cd /usr/src/ltsp_initrd_kit > > > > > mcedit buildk > > > > Scroll to the bottom and comment out the "prepare_kernel" lines with a > > > > preceeding "#" (without the quotation marks) > > > > Add the following line "prepare_kernel /usr/src/linux-2.4.16-om5 > > > > 2.4.16-om5" (without quotation marks) > > > > F10 to save & quit > > > > > ./buildk > > > > > cd /tftpboot/lts/ > > > > > ls > > > > Your new OpenMosix client kernel should appear as "vmlinuz-2.4.16-om5" > > > > If you wish, create a symbolic link to the OpenMosix kernel for easier > > > > upgrading in the future (you won't have to edit the client filename line > > > > in dhcpd.conf later) > > > > > ln -s vmlinuz-2.4.16-om5 vmlinuz-openmosix > > > > > > > > Waiting for your help and guidance. > > > > > > > > Very best regards, > > > > Ashvin Gami. > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop > > > > FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! > > > > Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. > > > > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=4721&alloc_id=10040&op=click > > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > > > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. 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