On Fri, 2002-07-26 at 15:17, Jeffrey B. Ferland wrote: > > > It feels to me that the design of LTSP is one where you're supposed to > drop > > > it into place and run it. Unfortunately, this seems rather... sparse for > > > understanding. > > > > *** Jim and the contributors have done an awesome > > job with LTSP. The "Drop it in place" goal allows linux newcomers a chance > > to try out LTSP. > > Which is why I'm not trying to replace the current set at all. I intend to > supplement it... > > > Although I do agree that doing it from scratch does give > > a better understanding. > > And, as importantly, as much control. > > > In fact, in our school district we spent a good > > deal of time retraining our techs for Linux and LTSP. When it came time to > > remote network booting we explained it from scratch - with no mention of > > LTSP. It was quite easy to do. First we recompiled a kernel and selected > > the necessary kernel options (root over NFS, selected Network Card, Kernel > > level autoconfiguration, etc). Then we configured a dhcp server with > > the option root-path directive and exported it via NFS. We took > > the compiled bzImage and booted it from a floppy using GRUB: > > In short, you created your own - for understanding, and (possibly) a little > more flexibility. Whether or not seeing somebody else's method would have > helped you, I don't know. But I know this process can become complicated, > and having some setup for that would be very beneficial. > > Not every system is capable of using LTSP as a drop-in (some of my Linux > systems would puke - they are completely custom-built and can't take some > drop-in). I think that the LTSP project can be furthered by expanding it > into a wider area that ALSO aims to help and enourage those interested in > creating their own specific setups. > You are obviously free to spearhead such an effort. I personally really like the limitations LTSP has put on what they do. It helps make a project make progress. If you have a different itch to scratch that is the perfect example of creating a project that follows LTSP and adds functionality.
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