On 24/04/07, Peter Childs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 24/04/07, Anthony M Simonelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 2007-04-23 at 11:10 +0100, Peter Childs wrote: > > > I'm currently running LTSP 4.2 under Debian 3.1 on a load of thin > > > clients (ST320 meant to be the same as Jammin 125s) > > > > > > I would like to upgrade. I am thinking of using LTSP 5 and Ubuntu. > > > > > > I've come up with a number of problems and some of the docs are > > > getting a bit old and difficult to adapt to LTSP 5. So maybe there is > > > some major work there. > > > > > > Problem 1 is my clients have etherboot roms not PXE so I need to > > > modify the way that works. > > > > > > Problem 2. my Thin client server is different from my dhcp server how > > > do I configure my dhcp server up correctly so it can 1> server > > > different ltsp versions to different clients. Fortunately in my case > > > my dhcp server is running Linux and I can change it. But I would like > > > to have multiple thin client servers to spread load and have some > > > redundancy. (I have two currently that are selected at random using a > > > xdmcp broadcast using a modified startx script on the server) > > > > > > That seams quite enough for now I really want to be able to run test > > > LTSP 5 in parell to start with on selected clients get it working > > > check everything works properly before releasing it to the world (well > > > the office anyway). > > > > > > Peter. > > > > I'm running LTSP5 at work with both PXE and Etherboot clients. The > > Etherboot clients use a disk from rom-o-matic.net rather than a NIC with > > an etherboot rom. I believe the TFTP server, tftpd-hpa, that is > > installed with Ubuntu's LTSP can handle Etherboot and PXE requests, just > > make sure your DHCP server is configured properly. > > > > The problem I was having was with the kernel in that I could not get a > working etherboot ltsp kernel to work properly with ltsp 5. > > > > Look for the file /etc/dhcpd.conf.example for how to setup your DHCP > > server. 'root-path' and 'filename' are probably the most important > > DHCP parameters if you have multiple LTSP servers so you can specify > > which clients boot from which servers. The following link has more > > information: > > > > http://ltsp.mirrors.tds.net/pub/ltsp/docs/ltsp-4.1-en.html#AEN524 > > > > Why are you pointing me at yet more 4.1 docs?. 4.1 is very old I'm > running 4.2 and I'm trying to get 5 to work. > > Peter >
Back to answering ones own question...... https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuLTSP/LTSPEtherbootSetup Actually I found a whole bunch of docs at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuLTSP which are all very useful if not a little hidden. I'm now trying to find some docs on LDM... Peter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _____________________________________________________________________ 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
