On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 02:06:56PM -0500, Derek Dresser wrote: > Quoting Mohammad Ikhsan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Hi All > > > > I'm having trouble with my LTSP instalation. > > I have 5 duron 800 LTSP clients connected to an AthlonXP 1800+ LTSP v > > 3.0 server on Mandrake 8.2. I'm using a D-Link 8 ports 10/100 switch. > > The clients and server use rtl8139 based NIC > > > > My problem is those clients boot very slow. Each of them took almost 5 > > minutes just to boot to RL 3, and a LOT longer to RL 5. > > or is it natural to have a client that took that long to boot? > > > > That doesn't sound normal at all. Assuming the clients have at least 32MB RAM, > I would suspect the D-link switch. Try plugging one in directly with a cross > over cable if that's feasible. > > Another thing I always suspect if there seems to be a place where it hangs for a > long time is DNS issues. not sure that that applies in this case, but DNS is a > common cause of long timeouts. > > HTH, > Derek > > > Thanks in advance > > > > > > > > -- > > Best regards, > > Ikhsan mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > > > > -- > Derek Dresser > Gould Academy > Bethel, ME 04217 > (207)824-7700 > > "Nothing endures but change" > --Heraclitus > > > ------------------------------------------------- > This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > 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
You might also run tcpdump on the server to see what is happening. I have one motherboard with a built-in lan that kept losing something, and tcpdump showed frequent arp requests. But commands ran slowly with that motherboard even after bootup, so this may not be the problem with your system. bp -- Bob Parnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- 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
