Hi Martin, I too have tried the localboot, learned a bit of german but couldnt get it to work.
When i add the application to manager, at first i didnt add any settings (ldap, nfs home etc.) and simply run from administrator account. One point here. The script will fail to launch if getHostByName() fails to resolve the name of the thinclient. Now on manager, i always assign names like Thin1, VMtest2, VIAbasedTest1 to the thinclients and they dont have DNS resolution for that matter. To be able to run the script however, i did root in to OTC, create /etc/hosts file like 127.0.0.1 localhost VIAbasedTest1 saved and re-run the LocalBoot, which format, partition and copy till it reached the end. Changed the boot settings to HDD, booted off the CF card with Grub menu NFS...boot it stuck at the level where it runs the initscripts. Being less ignorant, i went back to manager and type in LDAP and NFS root and home paths nfs root path: 192.168.1.20/:openthinclient nfs home: 192.168.1.20/:home and the ldap URL (as per the realm/schema). rebooted, re-burned the CF and it reached to Login screen. (imagine a guy using a laptop by the side of the screen running google translate to make some sense of the screens) http://www.nabble.com/file/p22693803/load-2.JPG load-2.JPG http://www.nabble.com/file/p22693803/load-3.JPG load-3.JPG http://www.nabble.com/file/p22693803/load-4.JPG load-4.JPG http://www.nabble.com/file/p22693803/load-5-uponLogin.JPG load-5-uponLogin.JPG when i try to login with any valid credential, it authenticates then gives GDM error saying something like "there is no space left in home folder" (bad bad google translator). If i give invalid account credentials, it doesnt authenticate so the ldap and authentication works ok. I did df -h from terminal, there is space and home has rights for the authenticated user. Couldnt figure what might be causing the vague error "not enough space left in home folder". its a 4gb CF card and plenty space... Then i started from the begining, this time choose Local instead of NFS from LocalBoot's setting. Grub show Local...boot, reached the login screen, upon authentication gave the same error message. i've attached the sshots i manage to took via VNC, if its any help to you or anyone out there to see the progress of the LocalBoot. Tried to take page-by-page and finally the error message that pops-out upon login. SCREENSHOTS ZIP FILE: http://www.nabble.com/file/p22693803/LocalBootsshots.zip LocalBootsshots.zip Would appreciate if you can clarify the settings under LocalBoot (NFS, Local, ldap, NFShome etc.) even though i have some rough understanding would be great if you can clarify how its meant to be configured and the use-cases for NFS or Local selected. And also what am i missing in config/setup, judging by the sshots (the login err specifically)? This is a very inspiring project. Kinda gives one the vision of being able to use those cheap netbooks in office and take your apps (office, browser, perhaps wifi connection settings in near guture) offline to an SD-card. Perfect use-case for staff that travels as well as a clever fall-back system if its improved intelligently. Enabling the wireless card, bluetooth in netbooks along with office apps and some local storage... Pretty cool and neat use-case that would be. Looks really good even though i probably only understood 40% of it due to language barrier. All the best. Martin Kreiner wrote: > > hi, > > it seems there are some testers out there willing to destroy all data on > there > flash devices ;-). there you go: > > i just uploaded the package "localboot" to unstable. > this package is still buggy and might be rewritten but should work for > compact > flashes (USB-sticks are untested). > > it basically prepares the device and copies files and some settings to > disk. > you still need at least the openthinclient ldap server running for > fetching > configuration data if you boot locally. > > so if you want to do some localboot tests: > > - uncomment the manager-unstable line in: > ...\openthinclient\server\default\data\nfs\root\etc\sources.list > and save file > - start the openthinclient manager, search for updates and install package > "localboot" > - add and configure the localboot application > - assign it to "administrator" (the only user that is able to execute it) > - start a thin client (via PXE), login as administrator and execute the > application > - cross your fingers ;-) > - reboot thin client and change BIOS or PXE-ROM settings to boot from > local devices > > > the default configuration prepares the thin client to boot without > PXE/TFTP. > "system data -> local" will copy all installed packages to the local > device. > you can not write to the device if you did a local boot, you have to > switch to > PXE boot to rewrite the device. > > > have fun, > martin > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are > powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. 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