there are many ways to do this. VA's System imager, IBM's LUI, etc. LTSP is not needed. These can do 1 or 100 boxes at once. or more.
Check freshmeat.net for different ones. I was helping to develop LUI, so I know It works, but I think it was absorbed by VA but I have not needed that in a while. Have fun. On Fri, 5 Jul 2002 23:56:29 -0400 Hal Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spewed into the bitstream: ~That almost defeats the purpose of using LTSP in general, but it is ~impossible for me in my situation. ~ ~I am working with 2 test systems and will be handling a large number of ~ systems soon. These systems come to me with a blank hard drive, no ~floppies, and no CD-ROM. At this point, the entire reason I'm using ~LTSP is to setup these systems. The entire point, for me, is to take a ~blank system from our supplier, plug it in, hook it up to the network, ~turn it on, and let my netboot routine take over. Once I get the local ~access problem worked out, I'll have an install script ready. After ~LTSP boots, my script will automatically format the local hard drive, ~install Linux, and install our company's software. ~ ~I have a suggestion I got off the IRC channel -- I'm still working on ~it. (One of the people who gave it too me was rather short with me, ~and didn't want to answer my questions -- he kept saying it was all in ~the manual, but the questions I was asking were not in the manual -- ~some topics needed for what he was suggesting were, but not the answers ~I needed. Maybe a long time C programmer could read between the lines, ~but I couldn't find it -- and I read the manual cover to cover.) ~ ~If his suggestions work, I'll let you know, and include the information ~here. ~Hal ~ ~On Friday 05 July 2002 09:53 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ~> Hi, ~> ~> I was thinking about access to local devices too. The simplest way I ~can> concive is put a minimal Linux system on the local hard disk of ~the> client with the necesary stuff to make that local devices (floppy, ~> cdrom, etc) works and load the graphical X from the ltsp Server. ~> ~> I will be working on that in the end this vacations if my time lets ~me.> So I can share any progress. ~> ~> Cheers, ~> ~> Offray ~> ~> El jue, 04-07-2002 a las 16:39, Hal Vaughan escribió: ~> > After reading over the linuxrc script, I've started to wonder -- ~> ~> before doing ~> ~> > a pivot_root, isn't it just an almost normal Linux kernel running ~on the> > client system? And shouldn't it be able to act like it's ~running on the> > client normally (except for swap), with the root fs ~in the ramdrive? So> > wouldn't it be possible to mount the local hard ~drive at that time?> > ~> > Would it be possible to do this by doing this: ~> > ~> > 1) Modify linuxrc in the ramdrive to NOT do a pivot root. ~> > 2) Sill mount any needed directories on the server. ~> > 3) Add an appropriate line to /etc/fstab in the ramdrive with the ~data> ~> for the ~> ~> > local hard drive? ~> > ~> > Hal ~> > ~> > On Thursday 04 July 2002 04:35 pm, Hal Vaughan wrote: ~> > > I am looking for a good way to access my local devices on my ltsp ~> ~> client. ~> ~> > > I am using ltsp to install software on client systems. The idea ~is> ~> that I ~> ~> > > can take the client system, plug it in, hook it up to my lan, and ~> ~> turn it ~> ~> > > on and ltsp and a few scripts will do everything I need. ~> > > ~> > > Part of the setup is formatting a blank hd in the client system. ~I'm> > > looking for ways to access the hard drive on the client system ~to first> > > format it, then copy over the system files I will need, ~then install> ~> GRUB ~> ~> > > or LILO on it. ~> > > ~> > > I'm currently reading through the documentation on ENBD, but I'm ~> ~> confused. ~> ~> > > When I set up a box using LTSP, the box booting is the client and ~> ~> the one ~> ~> > > supplying all the LTSP info and kernel is the server. I'm not ~sure,> ~> but it ~> ~> > > seems to me that once I get this running, since the drive I want ~to> ~> access ~> ~> > > is on the client, for the purposes of ENBD ONLY, the client is ~the> ~> server. ~> ~> > > Have others used ENBD? Is this the only way or best way to ~access> > > local devices? Can I use ENBD to be able to format the ~drives in the> > > client system? ~> > > ~> > > Thanks! ~> > > ~> > > Hal ~> ~> ------------------------------------------------------- ~> This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek ~> Bringing you mounds of caffeinated joy. ~> http://thinkgeek.com/sf ~> _____________________________________________________________________ ~> 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 ~ ~ ~ ~------------------------------------------------------- ~This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek ~Bringing you mounds of caffeinated joy. ~http://thinkgeek.com/sf ~_____________________________________________________________________ ~Ltsp-discuss mailing list. 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