On Do, 2008-01-17 at 17:57 +0100, Chris Fanning wrote: > Hi, > > I've managed to get LTSP to boot (to prompt) from the flash drive > although I'm still a long way from getting things going as they > should. > > This is what I did. > > --------------------- > Use debootstrap to avoid installing a real LTSP installation on your PC. > > # debootstrap --arch i386 etch /opt/ltsp.testbed http://ftp.rediris.es/debian/ > # chroot /opt/ltsp.testbed > > # apt-get install ltsp-server openssh-server > # ltsp-build-client > > Now, from within the jail we've got the LTSP OS at /opt/ltsp/i386/ > # du -sh /opt/ltsp/i386 > 434M i386 > > Take a moment to change the root password > # chroot i386 > # passwd > # exit > > LTSP wants to boot with nfsroot. Change it > > # apt-get install initramfs-tools > # grep BOOT /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf > # BOOT=local
/usr/share/initramfs-tools/conf.d/ltsp already sets that in the chroot,
note that conf.d overrides files in /etc
>
> # ln -s /opt/ltsp/i386/lib/modules/2.6.18-5-486 /lib/modules
> # mkinitramfs -o /opt/ltsp/i386/boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-5-486 2.6.18-5-486
use update-initramfs rather than mkinitramfs directly
...
would be intresting to see your setup with a squashfs image :) (which
would essentially be a hybrid of liveCD compression/booting and
ltsp :) ) i imagine that would be prtty speedy :)
ciao
oli
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