On Fri, 2004-08-13 at 09:09, Nifty Fredo wrote: > > how on earth do you go about setting this up?? am trying to setup an > internet cafe and the software needs lstp. am fairly new to linux but have > an idea what to do. have downloaded it and and installed and it says i need > tftpd. got that and it needs rc-inetd. got that and it needs inetdaemon. got > that and it needs rc-scripts. got that and it conflicts with heaps of stuff > already installed.
Just use the Mandrake Linux 10.0 packages and I'm sure you'll be safe. And don't forget to use the "urpmi" tool to install the 3 basic services/packages needed to run LTSP namely dhcp-server, nfs-utils and tftp-server. # urpmi dhcp-server nfs-utils tftp-server # chkconfig --level 5 dhcp on # chkconfig --level 5 portmap on # chkconfig --level 5 nfs on # chkconfig --level 5 xinetd on Afterwards, install LTSP packages in your Mandrake Linux 10.0 server. Once you already configured your LTSP by following the LTSP documentation, don't forget to remove your /var/lib/tftpboot directory and make a symbolic link from /tftpboot to /var/lib/tftpboot. # rmdir /var/lib/tftpboot # ln -s /tftpboot /var/lib/tftpboot Don't forget to configure the 3 basic configuration files to make LTSP work well namely /etc/hosts, /etc/dhcpd.conf and /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/lts.conf files. > have downloaded some cdrom iso for the boot rom as i can't buy any of the > network cards with the bootrom on them in Australia as noted on http://www > disklessworkstations.com/ but have to get server up and running first. any > help will be much appreciated. Hey! You can just download the floppy Etherboot images (.zdsk) of your NICs from http://www.rom-o-matic.net/5.2.5/ and you can boot from floppy instead of CD-ROM which I believe is much expensive. After the clients boots from the floppy Etherboot image, you can use those floppy drives for local floppy supports. For example, I have here a CNET PRO200 PCI NIC which uses an983b chipset, I'd go to http://www.rom-o-matic.net/5.2.5/ and download the NIC/ROM type of tulip:an983b and just click the GET ROM button because I believe the default ROM output would be floppy bootable ROM image (.zdsk) already and you don't have to customize your ROM configuration. Once I already downloaded the an983b floppy Etherboot image, I'll just insert my blank floppy to it's floppy drive and will do the command of: $ cat eb-5.2.5-tulip.zdsk > /dev/fd0 Good luck! Marvin ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank Media 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 Save 50% off Retail on Ink & Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift. http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285 _____________________________________________________________________ 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
