Ondrej Valousek wrote: > Hi all, > > I was using (and still use) ltsp 4.2 which expected dhcp root-path > option in format > "server_IP:/nfs_root_share". > Also documentation refers to this format, but the new ltsp5.0, on Ubuntu > expect only > "/nfs_root_share" format of this option (the previous fails). The IP of > the NFS server is taken from the next_server dhcp option (I assume). > The problem now is: > 1. Lack of the documentation, ltsp4.2 and 5.0 are both expecting > something else > 2. this IMHO also means that ltsp5/Ubuntu administrators MUST have the > TFTP and NFS services running on the same machine > 3. the root-path option can be overridden by a kernel parameter > "nfsroot=/nfs_root_share" but when is the ltsp5 client booting it says > it is mounting using the root path received from DHCP, but in fact it is > not. That is very confusing. > > Maybe I have missed something, but now I take it as a bug in Ubuntu > . > Am I right?
Yes, it is a bug. Specifically, the Ubuntu branch of LTSP-5 doesn't handle a root-path with the IP address in it. The Debian branch has been fixed. If it hasn't been fixed in Ubuntu yet, hopefully it will be soon. 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
