Onsdag 22 juni 2005 23:04 skrev Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu: Hi list and Ranbir,
- yes, you are right. - thank you for your comments, off I go to thinstation! Best regards, Verner > This isn't LTSP related anymore, so it doesn't belong here, but I'll > answer your questions as best as I can. > > I'd recommend you hit the Thinstation and/or PXES mailing lists/forums. > > On Wed, 2005-22-06 at 21:16 +0200, Verner Kjærsgaard wrote: > > Onsdag 22 juni 2005 21:07 skrev Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu: > > > > Dear Sir, > > > > - what you describe is what I've been struggling to do over the last > > couple of days. Indeed, I can boot up any machine using the iso-CD from > > the PXES project. And then select NX as the option - and on we go. No > > sweat. > > > > - but this requires the client to boot using a CD-ROM and it requires > > some interaction from the user. No good. > > I'm not as familiar with PXES as I am with Thinstation. However, the > PXES boot can be changed so that the PXE boot screen (i.e. where you > choose which image you want loaded) can be set to a default choice and > bypassed completely. You would do this > in /tftpd/foobar/pxelinux.cfg/default (actually, this applies to any > type of PXE boot setup). That file should already exist, installed by > PXES. Edit it so that the image you want loaded is the default, and > change the "prompt" parameter to 0. Now when you power on a thin > client, the default image should get loaded without any user > intervention. > > > - so what you describe in your 4th paragraph is the way to go! > > > > HOW-TO use the pxesconfig to make me an image ? > > HOW-TO put what where? What goes into /tftpboot/where... > > WHAT to put into the pxe-boot.config file? > > > > A short, precise "this is how I did it" is VERY much appreciated! > > Again, I'm not as familiar with PXES. It's been a while since I used > it. The documentation is a little scattered, but it's all there. I > suggest you have a read through it and then search the lists/forum for > any problems you're having. > > > I also looked at the WIKI link given earlier in this thread. This also > > seems like a fine possiblity, I must try it out too. > > Yes, give it a go. I haven't tried it out, but it should work for you. > > I would humbly suggest you test Thinstation as well. Like the other > poster said, I found it easier to work with and more flexible than PXES. > If you join the Thinstation mailing list and ask for assistance, you > should get a lot of help. I'm subscribed to that list as well. > > Best of luck! > > Regards, > > Ranbir -- ------------------------------ Med venlig hilsen/Best regards Verner Kjærsgaard Open Source Academy www.os-academy.dk Denmark +45 56964223 +45 2014 5551 ------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idt77&alloc_id492&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
