Hello, In fact, I AM using NFS. I have even tried moving the /nfsroot directory to a FreeBSD NFS server, but nothing has changed (i.e. some clients can work with it, but old ones cannot). The problem arises very early in the system startup phase, before X starts.
With best regards, P. Trifonov > -----Original Message----- > From: Andy Rabagliati [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 3:05 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Network boot hangs > > On Fri, 06 Feb 2009, Peter Trifonov wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I have installed K12LTSP 5-EL/32 bit onto a server in my network. It > works > > fine with relatively modern client PCs. > > However, booting 12-year old HP Vectra PCs (Pentium-200 CPU, 96 MB > RAM) > > hangs with the words "Freeing ram used by initramfs". > > The system is not really frozen, but nothing happens. I have a few > such > > PCs, and all of them exhibit such behavior. I have observed some NFS > traffic > > between the server and the client before it hangs. > > > > Does anyone have any suggestions what can be wrong with the clients? > > I have had some success by going 'legacy' - using NFS instead of NBD, > and xdmcp instead of ssh. You can change on a client basis by listing > the MAC addresses in dhcpd.conf and giving them different boot options. > > Cheers, Andy! > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------- > Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with > Adobe(R)AIR(TM) > software. With Adobe AIR, Ajax developers can use existing skills and > code to > build responsive, highly engaging applications that combine the power > of local > resources and data with the reach of the web. Download the Adobe AIR > SDK and > Ajax docs to start building applications today- > http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with Adobe(R)AIR(TM) software. With Adobe AIR, Ajax developers can use existing skills and code to build responsive, highly engaging applications that combine the power of local resources and data with the reach of the web. Download the Adobe AIR SDK and Ajax docs to start building applications today-http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-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
