> > 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. -Jeff SIG: HUP ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. 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
