On Sat, 2008-01-19 at 12:06 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I wondering just how practical this idea is. LTSP seems to be very > > > remote boot orientated. Do yo really think this is a good idea? > > > I has a look at http://lessdisks.carookee.com/ at the doc says > that it > > > isn't continued because the developer 'Vagrant Cascadian' is now > > > maintaining the LTSP5 debian packages. > > > > Chris for me the advantage would be remote boot is exactly the same > as > > local boot. All ltsp-5 development applies and occasionally updating > the > > squash image is quick and easy. I just don't have the time now to > > impliment this as a fully fledged public offering (I boot to ram for > > other reasons: remote location, guaranteed restart, frequent power > outs) > > > > I'm also pondering these same thoughts. Let's see if you think I'm on > the right track. > > If I have a remote office with no server then dhcp, ltspfs, lts.cfg, > etc, would be no use to me unless I have a tunnel set up (right?). And > to set up a tunnel, I need to have acces to the remote router. If I'm > relying on a tunnel, then I can't simply ship a thinclient off to any > remote site and expect it to work. > > So, perhaps the tunnel idea would make it worth while to use ltsp5, > but in my case, I don't have access to the router so perhaps it's not > my case. (agreed?) > > Then maybe I'm better off doing a small debian installation in a > squashfs and mounting it with a rw flash partition with unionfs as > Oliver suggests. > > Anyway, at the moment I've got as far as ltsp5 going on the flash and > presenting LDM. ! :) But (excuse me if I'm wrong), the OS is expecting > $SERVER to work properly. > > Any thought would be kindly welcome.
Chris I agree that you are talking about a stand alone machine not a thin client. What I do (for interest) I've a fairly hefty TC with dual core and 1G ram. It sits on an oil exploration rig, mid ocean, splashed by sea, touch screen etc. It DOES use dhcp (once, not twice) and lts.conf. I'm sure ltspfs and sound work, I just don't need, and have never tried. My client boots from a local flash squash image to ram. The server is 'downstairs'. I've played only on a 192.168 but if you use the ssh stuff any IP should work. James ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _____________________________________________________________________ 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
