On Monday 17 July 2006 21:56, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Accidental discovery. > > > I ran a ltsp client in vmware which was nice since I did not need > > > another computer to test the server. > > > > > > I downloaded the free vmware SERVER > > > then installed it and started a windows session using it's defaults. > > > YOU DO > > > NOT NEED WINDOWS FOR THIS. > > > When VMware passes it's bios screen I pressed f12 for a network boot. > > > That found the dhcp server (in this case as server on my network but it > > > could > > > have been the same machine I was running vmware on)and started a > > > client. Saves one computer when testing.
Why windows? It makes no difference to use 'Any linux' F2 lets you get to the bios screen, there you can set 'network boot' and not need <the slightly tricky to catch in time> F12 Any words of wisdom: The real server has a dhcp-server. The vmware ltsp server has one too. both are available on a bridged network ... James ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _____________________________________________________________________ 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
