On Sun, 2007-10-28 at 22:08 -0700, Bill Moseley wrote: > While I'm waiting to get the hardware together I'm trying to learn as > much as possible. Hopefully that will save me some time and > headaches. > > So, I have some very basic questions. > > I plan on using Edubuntu Gutsy. I've read most if not all of the > Edubuntu docs on LTSP. It's my understanding that LTSP-5 is > significantly different from LTSP-4 and that the ltsp-4.1 docs may not > apply much to LTSP-5. Correct? > > 1) Is there a document that gives and overview of the differences > between LTSP-4 and LTSP-5? ---- I can't help here, I've only used LTSP 4.2 ---- > > 2) Network Topology? > > This is a school with a number of classrooms with about six old G3 > iMacs each spread about in three buildings. There's an > existing dchcpd server running on the network. > > My initial demo setup will be just one set of client computers in one > location. But, I'm curious about setting up the network. The Edubuntu > site shows two setups[1], one where the server has two NICs and the > other with just one. I'm assuming the sever will have two NICs, but > I'm curious if there's a way to use the existing LAN and a single > server, but with clients in different class rooms or buildings. > I suspect there will be IP filtering on the server, so two NICs and > separate wiring for the subnet is probably required. > > 1 https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuLTSP/LTSPWiring > > 3) How do I boot older G3 iMacs? > > The clients will likely be older G3 iMacs -- those translucent > ones with the handles built-in on the top. ---- If you hold down <Apple><Option><O><F> you will invoke open firmware (that's the letter 'O' not a zero)
at the prompt # the one shot method to network boot boot enet:ip_address_of_dhcp_server # the always network boot method http://www.redhat.com/archives/k12osn/2007-July/msg00372.html ----- > Or is there an easier way to boot/install from the Classroom server > PowerPC version from here? > > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/ports/releases/gutsy/release/ ---- again, I'm not using LTSP 5 ---- > > 4) Can more powerful clients run some/all apps locally? ---- probably can ---- > > Finally, we also have a number of nice Dells that were donated -- P4 > 3.0GHz with 1GB. Rather powerful machines to use as just thin > clients. Is it possible to run apps directly on these machines as > clients? Are there docs explaining this configuration? > > 5) Finally, if I have mixed clients (powerPC and i386) will I need to > tie MAC addresses to entries in dhcpd to specify the root-path? ---- yes...here's a snippet from my dhcpd.conf # PXE-Install group linux-clients { ddns-updates on; next-server 192.168.3.11; option root-path "192.168.3.7:/opt/ltsp/i386"; filename "/lts/pxe/pxelinux.0"; # install client host install1 { # option option-128 e4:45:74:68:00:00; # option option-129 "MOPTS=nolock,ro,wsize=2048,rsize=2048"; hardware ethernet 00:02:55:8B:06:C9; fixed-address 192.168.3.49; option host-name "install1"; ddns-hostname "install1"; } } group mac-clients { ddns-updates on; next-server 192.168.3.11; option root-path "192.168.3.11:/opt/ltsp/ppc"; filename "yaboot"; # install client host mac-linux-1 { # server-name "mac-linux-1"; option vendor-class-identifier "AAPLBSDPC"; option vendor-encapsulated-options 01:01:02:08:04:01:00:00:01:82: 05: # length 69:6d:61:63:34; # hostname option option-128 e4:45:74:68:00:00; option option-129 "NIC=ne IO=0x300"; # option option-129 "NFSOPTS=nolock,ro,wsize=2048,rsize=2048"; hardware ethernet 00:03:93:7f:5d:1a; fixed-address 192.168.3.47; option host-name "mac-linux-1"; ddns-hostname "mac-linux-1"; } } ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _____________________________________________________________________ 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
