I also observe this behaviour. I have a 512Meg server, two 8 port switches daisy-chained, 8 identical client computers - with identical rtl8139 cards with boot ROMs, 100Mbit all round.
DHCP comes from another small server, tftp comes from the big one. Usually, everything is fine. But under some circumstances, usually including plenty of people using the computers, I get the slow boot. It does not seem to be workstation-specific. On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The boot process should only take between 20 and 30 seconds. Indeed, usually it is quick. > There are several phases of the boot process. > > During the tftp, you should see dots (.) streaming across the > screen. Do you see that ? If so, do they stream quickly ? They stream steadily and slowly. > Once the tftp is done, the kernel starts running. Do the kernel > messages scroll quickly on the screen ? No, they scroll slowly - sometimes as much as 20 secs between lines saying "Mounting /proc". > Are there messages on the screen at certain points where it seems > to pause ? It seems to all accounts like it is running at a very slow link speed, as everything completes. After the xdm login, all seems to be quick again. > Are your workstations listed in the /etc/hosts file ? This can > cause several pauses, while various services are trying to map > a hostname to go along with the IP address. No, I have reverse DNS setup. Cheers, Andy! ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Get the new Palm Tungsten T handheld. Power & Color in a compact size! http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?palm0002en _____________________________________________________________________ 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
