On Mon, July 17, 2006 9:15 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Monday 17 July 2006 21:56, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: >> > > Accidental discovery. >> > > I ran a ltsp client in vmware which was nice since I did not need >> > > another computer to test the server. >> > > >> > > I downloaded the free vmware SERVER >> > > then installed it and started a windows session using it's defaults. >> > > YOU DO >> > > NOT NEED WINDOWS FOR THIS. >> > > When VMware passes it's bios screen I pressed f12 for a network >> boot. >> > > That found the dhcp server (in this case as server on my network but >> it >> > > could >> > > have been the same machine I was running vmware on)and started a >> > > client. Saves one computer when testing. > > Why windows? It makes no difference to use 'Any linux' > F2 lets you get to the bios screen, there you can set 'network boot' and > not > need <the slightly tricky to catch in time> F12 > > Any words of wisdom: The real server has a dhcp-server. The vmware ltsp > server > has one too. both are available on a bridged network ...
That's why I usually go for the host-only network in vmware. You can still set ip forwarding so that the thin guest OS running in vmware can still get packets routed to the other network. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > James > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share > your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _____________________________________________________________________ > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _____________________________________________________________________ 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
