> > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 11:13:49 -0500 > From: Jim McQuillan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Booting client with PCMCIA card using > wireless_ltsp-3.0.5 package > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Mark, > > LTSP-4.2 definately won't work with the older kernel from LTSP-3 > > There's lots of changes in 4.2, including the requirement of a 2.6.x > series kernel, to handle udev. > > I'd love to have a wireless-ready kernel for 4.2, but the kernels are so > big now, they will no longer fit on a floppy. Newer machines can boot > from usb sticks, but there's still an awful lot of older laptops that > won't boot from usb. > > On top of that, almost all of the newer wireless cards need firmware > that we aren't allowed to re-distribute. This makes things difficult, > and there really isn't all that much interest in wireless ltsp. > > Jim McQuillan > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
I can now see that I phrased my question poorly. It is important to note that I am not using a wireless NIC. I am using a regular 3Com 3c574 wired PCMCIA NIC. I am using the floppy.img image from the wireless-ltsp-3.0.5 package because it has the drivers built-in to boot the PCMCIA card which apparently etherboot does not support. I learned this trick a while ago from Phil Driscoll's post here: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=ltsp-discuss&m=108789847231845&w=2 As I understand it, it appears that when the client boots it gets a DHCP address then hangs when it asks for "runlevel:" If I enter a runlevel the client then stops responding completely and requires a hard reboot. I hope this explains my problem better. Sorry about not clearly identifying my problem in my first post. Thanks Mark > > > Mark McSweeney wrote: >> I apologize if this subject has been covered before but I could not find >> it in a search of the archives. >> >> >> I have previously been running K12LTSP 4.4.1 and been booting laptop >> clients using a 3Com 3c574 PCMCIA card with no problems using the >> floppy.img image from the wireless_ltsp-3.0.5 package. >> >> Recently I did a fresh install of K12LTSP 6.0 and when I attempt to boot >> the client it appears to successfully acquire a DHCP address and the >> when it tries to load the OS I get the following message: >> >> ------------------------------- >> >> Doing the pivot_root >> Mounting the devfs filesystem >> Running /sbin/init >> >> Enter runlevel: >> >> ------------------------------- >> >> and then hangs. >> >> If I understand correctly the K12LTSP 4.4.1 release used LTSP 4.0 and >> K12LTSP 6.0 uses the 4.2 LTSP release. >> >> Does the newer kernel in 4.2 not support booting from the old >> wireless_ltsp image or is the image maybe too outdated to boot the new >> kernel? >> >> I am not sure where to go from here to solve this issue. If anybody >> could give me pointers where to look it would be greatly appreciated. >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Mark >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
