Inline . . . Jim McQuillan wrote: > David A. Kennel wrote: > >> So I've been through the LTSP source tree and I have an Ubuntu >> installation to examine and compare to. I'm however a little fuzzy on >> exactly what I need in the initramfs and kernel. On LTSP <= 4.2 the >> kernel required the IPautoconfig, DHCP and NFS root options and the >> > > LTSP hasn't used IPautoconfig for many years. before LTSP-3 I think. > > We do the dhcp and nfs requests in userspace in the initrd/initramfs. > OK, that's helpful to know. I must have missed that change I thought I remembered those options as being required in the LTSP 4 Kernel Kit. So what needs to be in the initrd to do the DHCP and NFS requests? (Aside from the obvious, dhcpcd and nfs utilities.) > > >> initramfs image had to contain a number of packages from the LTSP kernel >> kit. The documentation references using an unmodified kernel but then >> using a modified initramfs with NFS root support. Can someone elaborate >> on what is needed here? >> > > "needed" ? I don't know what you are trying to accomplish, so I can't > comment on what's needed. > I'm trying to package/integrate LTSP v 5 for RHEL 4, and eventually, RHEL 5. ( RHEL is our standard for most deployments and we cannot easily move to using Debian/Ubuntu for our LTSP servers . . .). So my requirements are similar to the work being done on the Debian/Ubuntu integration of LTSP with modifications for the Red Hat way of doing things (Red Hat Update Servers, etc.).
So as I understand the boot process we need to boot a kernel and associated initrd via PXE. Then we will do a DHCP request in user space using dhcpcd in the initrd. After network configuration we do a NFS mount request for the client root on the server. How is the pivot root handled in LTSP 5, or is that no longer needed as well? > Jim McQuillan > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _____________________________________________________________________ > 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 > -- -- David Kennel Los Alamos National Laboratory CTN-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _____________________________________________________________________ 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
