On Monday 22 January 2007 21:11, Jim McQuillan wrote:
> Xavier,
>
> It makes me wonder what version of LTSP you have installed.
>
> Try running ltspadmin, and see if there are any updates.
>
> Jim McQuillan
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> 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
> >
Oops :)
I ran ltspadmin and downloaded packages through there, instead of keeping the
ones Gentoo came with. Works now!
thanks,
poly-p man
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