Maybe these links will be of interest: http://www.ncomputing.com/ http://www.xpunlimited.com/
Sounds like what you really want to do is run a regular LTSP server and RDP to a Windows Terminal Server and/or Windows XP machine. I suggest you use LTSP 5, and forget about putting tftp, etc on the Windows machine. The standard LTSP 5 server will boot most thin clients, and those thin clients can then RDP to whatever machine you want. Unless this guy thinks that by running tftp, etc on the Windows machine will somehow get around the license issues. But that is probably illegal and probably a lot of work. Besides, why steal Windows when there are better alternatives available for free? Tell us why this guy thinks he needs Windows, and maybe somebody can suggest alternative free software for him to try. -Rob Nataraj S Narayan wrote: > Hi > > The situation is like this. A guy who was a techie at Microsoft wants > to have RDP from thin clients without the license restrictions. This > person is a client of a personal friend of mine, so I am being forced > to help him. > > The plan is to boot Linux over network and use RDP client in Linux to > connect to Windows Terminal service. I am not exactly sure why this > ex-Microsoft guy wants only WIndows XP as server, not Linux server. > > This guy has somehow got a pxelinuix.0 , a third party Linux kernel > and a file system image, which he is able to boot over LAN, and boot > into Linux, from a Windows XP machine. The XP machine ,of course , has > dhcp, nfs and tftp services. > > This kernel and file system rolled into one file, from some vendor, > which loads RDP client automatically and then connects to XP Terminal > service. > > But the problem is that he isn't able to get this working on latest > Intel Atom boards and Amd Sempron machines, due to the fact that the > kernel doesn't have neccessy drivers for NICs on these boards. > > So, what he wants from me is a kernel that can be loaded by PXE boot > and a file system that gives an rdesktop. > > Is it feasible at this point? > > regards > > Nataraj > > > > On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 3:31 PM, Chris Roberts <c...@tridentgarages.co.uk> > wrote: >> On Thursday 18 Dec 2008, Nataraj S Narayan wrote: >>> I need to use Ltsp linux clients, but they tftp server, dhcp server >>> and nfs server are hosted on a Windows XP machine. Can I have the >>> pxelinux.0 ,ltsp kernel and file system Image on an XP machine? >> I struggle to understand, perhaps this makes more sense to others? Running >> these services from Windows, is like trying to fit a square peg in a round >> hole; do enough hammering and you might succeed, but why make your life so >> difficult? Stick to Linux for tftp, dhcp and nfs, it'll be easier in the >> long run. >> >> If you are simply wanting to connect from a Windows XP Client to Linux, then >> there are several options, which are listed on the following page: >> >> http://wiki.ltsp.org/twiki/bin/view/Ltsp/Clients#Microsoft_Windows_to_LTSP_server >> >> Personally my preferred solution is to install freenx on the server and use >> NX >> Client to connect. >> >>> I read >>> that LTSP-5 uses the kernel of the host linux machine. >> It uses /a/ kernel installed on the server in a chroot at /opt/ltsp/i386, not >> the kernel of the server. >> >>> ITC, I will I >>> be able to use LTSP-5 for the said situation? Or should I switch to >>> LTSP-4.2, where the kernel is separate? >> Stick to LTSP5. >> >>> Is it true that Ltsp client files are stored in /opt/ltsp/i386 ? >> Yes. >> >>> Also, how is it possible to have .img file containing all files in >>> /opt/ltsp/i386 ? If I make an image of the File system and put it >>> along with kernel and pxelinux.0 in the Windows tftp server, will the >>> ltsp client machine extract the .img to a full RFS? What are the >>> instructions to be given? Is it there in linuxrc file? >> I suspect that what you're suggesting is technically possible, but I doubt it >> has ever been done, and why go to such a huge effort to end up with a >> solution that will be less reliable than a normal LTSP installation. >> >> If you really really need to run LTSP from a Windows box (which I struggle to >> understand) you'd probably be better off installing a Linux LTSP Server into >> a virtual machine. >> >> I think you should take a step back and explain in more general terms what >> you >> are hoping to accomplish by this tortuous solution, because I would almost >> guarantee that there is a much simpler way of accomplishing this. >> >> -- >> Chris Roberts >> >> LTSP Version : 5.1.10-1~40 >> Windows Manager : KDE 3.5.5 >> Distribution : Debian Etch >> Kernel : 2.6.22-3-k7 >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> SF.Net email is Sponsored by MIX09, March 18-20, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. >> The future of the web can't happen without you. 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