Hello carlosrp, > I am making an LTSP installation for a bank (more or less 80 workstations) > and I'm doing just fine, but I get the same problem on two old stations: > The kernel doesn't boot. One of them is a Pentium I @ 60 MHz with 32 Mb of > RAM, and the other is a 486 with 16 Mb of RAM. I have tried with different > NICs on both machines but it still won't boot. The last message that I get > is "Uncompressing Linux... Ok, booting the kernel" and then it hangs. > I am using a Compaq server with SuSE Linux 8.2 and the boot images > provided by ROM-O-MATIC (or something like that).
It is not an etherboot problem then, as the step "Uncompressing kernel" is past-etherboot, yet the kernel-internal loader/uncompressor/whatever. Could be the kernel you use is for PII minimum? > I've also tried compiling my own kernel, but even though it does start > booting the kernel, it hangs because it cannot mount the root fs. So the way to go is compile an own kernel with following options enabled (and lots more, as you like :-): - your NIC type (not as module, to save you some hassle) - RAM disk support - initial RAM disk support (initrd) - File system NFS support - Root over NFS support Then get the initrd kit from ltsp.org downloads, package it together with a RECENT! mknbi (best go to www.etherboot.org for it) and try further. Come back for help if necessary. > Could somebody please give me a hint on which way to go? (Or should I just > toss these old PCs?) That's quite an alternative, if you become too frustrated :-) > Thanks, > Juru HTH, Anselm Martin Hoffmeister Stockholm Projekt Computer-Service <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 _____________________________________________________________________ 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.freenode.net
