Abel Cheung wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm working on setting up PCs with 1 server and about
> 10 diskless clients. I followed those HOWTOs and chose RARP
> negotiation. At the RARP stage it's perfectly ok. However, it
> becomes problematic around init: (I'm using Debian 2.1)
>
> 1) /bin/login simply won't work; it just output
> invalid password for 'UNKNOWN' on 'tty0'
> regardless of what username and password I entered.
> Seems unable to read /etc/{passwd,shadow} at all. If I
> enterd shell directly the UID and GID is 0.
>
> 2) nfs mount behaves strangely. Mounting of
> /tftpboot/<ip_addr> is perfectly ok, but it's not so when
> mounting everything else. It output
> "RPC: sendmsg returned error 101" and
> "portmap: server localhost not responding, timed out"
>
> but from the server log Isaw that the nfs mount was
> instantly successful. However everything was
> performed under command prompt. If I add mount
> commands under /etc/init.d/rcS (it's sysvinit), it
> PRETENDS to successfully mount everything
> while in fact it mounted NOTHING.
>
> 3) /etc/mtab can be absent or wrong. Directories can
> be mounted twice or more, and some other entries
> (e.g. "/") can be missing. Probably it can be my
> fault ( I didn't remove it while shutdown system )...
>
> In fact, my goal is to boot with rarp, and instantly go to xwin
> (and open some gui app) without even giving login prompt
> to users. But this becomes a disaster experience... does anybody
> have related experience? Thansk a lot. If config is needed, I'll
> post them here... Besides, if anybody knows any link to resource
> talking about diskless clients under linux (there isn't much in
> deja.com) or any general guideline OF SETTING UP INIT, please
> tell me too......
>
> Abel
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Hi,
Did you set up the entire root dir structure into the /tftpboot/ip-address or
domain-name (2.2 kernels)?
Did you set up the /tftpboot/ip-addr/etc/rc.d structure. Remember,
you have to start portmap before nfs daemons.
I think we can exchange experience because I've been setting up
a scenario like yours, but I am using Red Hat 5.2 and only for character sessions.
Hope it helps,
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