Xavier,

It makes me wonder what version of LTSP you have installed.

Try running ltspadmin, and see if there are any updates.

Jim McQuillan
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Xavier Higgins wrote:
> On Monday 22 January 2007 20:53, Jim McQuillan wrote:
>   
>> Xavier Higgins wrote:
>>     
>>> On Monday 22 January 2007 20:03, Jim McQuillan wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Xavier,
>>>>
>>>> Sounds like you are using an older kernel with LTSP-4.2
>>>>
>>>> You need to use one of the kernels that is provided by the LTSP-4.2
>>>> packages.
>>>>
>>>> Check the 'filename' entry in your dhcpd.conf file.
>>>>
>>>> Jim McQuillan
>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>
>>>> Xavier Higgins wrote:
>>>>         
>>>>> I'm running ltsp4.2 on a Gentoo system. I have a tiny crippled Dell
>>>>> system as my client, crossover-cabled directly to a network card on my
>>>>> server. The server (192.168.3.1) is set up properly (I hope) for a pxe
>>>>> client. The Dell, when I boot it, gets all the way up to a point that
>>>>> says:
>>>>>
>>>>> Running /sbin/init
>>>>>
>>>>> Enter Runlevel:
>>>>>
>>>>> and waits for a response. Whatever I give it, though, it locks up.
>>>>>
>>>>> How do I make it do something useful?
>>>>>
>>>>> tia,
>>>>> poly-p man
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't know what output/files you want to see, so instead of making a
>>>>> gigantic e-mail, I'll wait for people's input.
>>>>>           
>>> [snip]
>>> subnet 192.168.3.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
>>>     range   192.168.3.100   192.168.3.199;
>>>     if substring (option vendor-class-identifier, 0, 9) = "PXEClient" {
>>>         filename "/lts/2.6.9-ltsp-3/pxelinux.0";
>>>     }
>>>     else{
>>>         filename "/lts/vmlinuz-2.6.16.1-ltsp-1";
>>>     }
>>> }
>>> [snip]
>>>
>>> This okay?
>>>       
>> Not exactly.
>>
>> What that's saying is:
>>
>>    If you are booting with PXE,
>>       use the 2.6.9 kernel (which is old)
>>    Else
>>       use the 2.6.16 kernel (which is for ltsp-4.2, although a bit old)
>>
>>
>> If you have the latest LTSP-4.2 packages installed, you should be using:
>>
>>    "/lts/2.6.17.8-ltsp-1/pxelinux.0"  for PXE workstations
>>
>> and:
>>
>>    "/lts/vmlinuz-2.6.17.8-ltsp-1" for Etherboot workstations.
>>
>>
>> Jim McQuillan
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>     
>>> poly-p man
>>>       
> Oops.
> The problem is that I have the 2.6.17.whatever vmlinuz, but not the 
> directory. 
> How do I go about getting the correct kernel working?
>
> See, I'm new to ltsp, but old to linux, which makes me look like a complete 
> fool relatively.
>
> poly-p man
>
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