Jason, Nope, it doesn't support USB. In fact, it never even entered my mind. I guess that would be a good thing to add.
Jim. On Tue, 12 Mar 2002, Jason A. Pattie wrote: > Just out of curiosity (I know you didn't mention it), but does this > latest version also have support for USB network cards/devices? (I know > you can't boot off a USB device, etc. etc.) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >Late Sunday night, I put a new LTSP kernel package > >on the LTSP download page. This was labeled ltsp_kernel_3.0.2. > >It had one small problem tho, the initrd was missing the hostname > >command. This caused the workstation to be unable to get > >the correct entries from the lts.conf file. > > > >So, late last night, I released ltsp_kernel_3.0.3, which does > >have the hostname command. Sorry for any inconvenience this > >may have caused people who got the bad package. According to > >the Sourceforge stats, it was only 6 people. > > > >Now, for the good news: > > > >1) The new kernel package contains some fixes to the /linuxrc > > script that will allow any IO or IRQ options to always be > > passed to the NIC module. Previously, only a few select > > NIC modules would get the information. > > > >2) I changed the /linuxrc script to use modprobe instead of insmod. > > This causes it to automatically figure out if the 8390.o module > > is required. Previously, it was only loaded for a few select > > NIC modules. > > > >3) WIRELESS !!! Yes, that's right, we now support wireless LTSP > > cards. Actually, not with this kernel pkg, but with the > > wireless-ltsp package that is also available for download. > > I had to build a new kernel for PCMCIA support, so I decided > > it was a good time to release the new standard kernel as > > well. > > > >4) A new ltsp_initrd_kit is also available, which contains the > > compiled kernels and the initrd images so you can piece them > > together as you wish, for PXE booting or other booting methods. > > And, I've included the NFS-swap patch and the LPP patch. > > > > > >As a side benefit to adding support for wireless cards, we also > >now have support for any PCMCIA/Cardbus ethernet cards (wired) > >as well. When I say 'any', I mean if it is supported by the > >pcmcia-cs-3.1.33 package in Linux. > > > >But, keep in mind, we are not loading the kernel via the network. > >Etherboot doesn't (yet) support pcmcia cards. So, you need to > >load the kernel locally. That is, from floppy disk, hard disk or > >flash disk. Included in the wireless-ltsp package is a floppy > >image that can be dd'ed directly to a floppy. > > > >If you want to know how to put the kernel and initrd on a flash > >disk, please contact me, either via email or on the #ltsp IRC > >channel. > > > >Also, the kernel version is still 2.4.9. The reason for that > >is that is the only version for which there is a NFS-Swap patch > >and the LPP patch. As soon as patches for the 2.4.18 kernels > >become available, I'll work on updating to that version. > > > > > >So, the new packages are: > > > > ltsp_kernel-3.0.2-0.i386.rpm > > ltsp_kernel-3.0.2.i386.tgz > > ltsp_initrd_kit-3.0.3.i386.tgz > > wireless_ltsp-3.0.2-i386.tgz > > > > > >So, have fun with the new stuff. > > > >Jim McQuillan > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > >_____________________________________________________________________ > >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.openprojects.net > > > > -- _____________________________________________________________________ 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.openprojects.net
