I was making it way too difficult. Found the perfect solution:
http://thintux.sourceforge.net/install
Now I can have remote LTSP servers and use ThinTux as a backup to login to the
main server (via XDMCP) if the LTSP box crashes.
L8r, Andrew
On Friday 09 November 2007 01:20:16 pm Rob Owens wrote:
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> I think you should look into using FreeNX server for your sessions over
> T1. You'll need to boot some sort of minimal local operating system
> (using LTSP, a live cd, a usb stick, or something else), then load the
> NX Client and run all the applications on the remote server.
>
> -Rob
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > I've tried to follow this guide to get LTSP to boot from a USB Flash
> > Drive, but with no sucess:
> > http://wiki.ltsp.org/twiki/bin/view/Ltsp/BootingFromLocalDevice
> >
> > I am in need of some guidance and was hoping someone could give me some
> > insight on how to accomplish this.
> >
> > First a little background on my system. My company has 6 locations in 3
> > different states. I work at the main branch which also houses the main
> > server. The remaining 5 branches connect back to the main branch via T1
> > lines. Right now we run NCD thin clients that boot across the T's and
> > the end users login to the main server, run X, etc, across the T line.
> > This works fine, except as we have grown over the years, gotten more
> > users, it is getting slower and slower. Anyway, to make a long story
> > short, I setup one of our branches to use a local LTSP server and they
> > only pull one app across the T. This works great! However, my boss
> > wants me to come up with a backup plan in case that server goes down. I
> > have tried to have them boot LTSP across the T, but it is extremely slow!
> > What I would like to do is install LTSP on a bunch of USB keys that they
> > can load up when/if their LTSP server crashes. That way they are still
> > running X locally, they would get their IP via DHCP an
>
> d w
>
> > ouldn't have to NFS mount the root directory (which seems to be why
> > booting over the T is so slow).
> >
> > Any ideas how I can get this done?
> >
> > Thanks, Andrew
> >
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