Thanks, Martin, for your suggestion. That how-to, though, seems to head down a path I wanted to avoid: relying on the server machine as the networks DHCP service.
My effort instead was directed (by http://irclogs.ltsp.org/?d=2013-07-23) to run, at the client's initramfs prompt nbd-client 192.168.0.202 -N /opt/ltsp/i386 /dev/nbd0 In the server machine's /var/log/syslog file, I get nbd_server[5020]: Spawned a child process nbd_server[5021]: virststyle ipliteral nbd_server[5021]: connect from 192.168.0.102, assigned file is /opt/ltsp/images/i386.img nbd_server[5021]: Can't open authorization file /etc/ltsp/nbd-server.allow (No such file or directory). nbd_server[5021]: Starting to serve nbd_server[5021]: Size of exported file/device is 299384832 On the client machine, Negotiation: ..size = 285MB bs=1024, sz=299384832 bytes and then back to the (initramfs) prompt - though it looks, from http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2009/02/nbd-tutorial-network-block-device-jumpstart-guide/, that instead of being returned to the prompt there, I should see "connected ..." Even after several minutes, there is no further indication of anything happening. But if on the server I run service nbd-server stop then on the client machine I see [ 323.094338] block nbd0: Receive control failed (result -32) as if by stopping the nbd-server, even after several minutes, I interrupted something. ---------------------------------------- > From: m.fu...@olpe.de > To: ltsp-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net > Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 06:55:02 +0000 > Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] mounting /dev/nbd0 on /root failed: No such file > or directory > > Hi, > > try this howto: > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuLTSP/ltsp-pnp. > > Let me know if it works. > > Better try everything in a Virtualbox. Snapshots can be pretty handy :). > > Best regards > Martin > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Larry Tucker [mailto:lat...@hotmail.com] > Gesendet: Montag, 10. März 2014 21:15 > An: ltsp-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net > Betreff: [Ltsp-discuss] mounting /dev/nbd0 on /root failed: No such file or > directory > > Hi happy readers of ltsp-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net > > > > After much effort to install ltsp and run a thin client for the first time, I > am stuck. > > > > Short story: when I boot the thin client, it stops with a message saying > > Error: Socket failed: Connection refused Exiting. > modprobe: module unknown not found in modules.dep > mount: mounting /dev/nbd0 on /root failed: No such file or directory > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/13534_NeoTech _____________________________________________________________________ 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
