While I'm waiting to get the hardware together I'm trying to learn as much as possible. Hopefully that will save me some time and headaches.
So, I have some very basic questions. I plan on using Edubuntu Gutsy. I've read most if not all of the Edubuntu docs on LTSP. It's my understanding that LTSP-5 is significantly different from LTSP-4 and that the ltsp-4.1 docs may not apply much to LTSP-5. Correct? 1) Is there a document that gives and overview of the differences between LTSP-4 and LTSP-5? 2) Network Topology? This is a school with a number of classrooms with about six old G3 iMacs each spread about in three buildings. There's an existing dchcpd server running on the network. My initial demo setup will be just one set of client computers in one location. But, I'm curious about setting up the network. The Edubuntu site shows two setups[1], one where the server has two NICs and the other with just one. I'm assuming the sever will have two NICs, but I'm curious if there's a way to use the existing LAN and a single server, but with clients in different class rooms or buildings. I suspect there will be IP filtering on the server, so two NICs and separate wiring for the subnet is probably required. 1 https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuLTSP/LTSPWiring 3) How do I boot older G3 iMacs? The clients will likely be older G3 iMacs -- those translucent ones with the handles built-in on the top. From: http://wiki.ltsp.org/twiki/bin/view/Ltsp/CpuArchitectures#LTSP_on_Nubus_Macintosh_5260_610 it seems I can't count on network boot. But, I also don't really follow that explanation of how to get them to boot. I think the iMacs have OS 9, but that can be replaced if needed. Or maybe I can boot off a CD. Can someone offer a bit of guidance how to proceed with those clients? Or is there an easier way to boot/install from the Classroom server PowerPC version from here? http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/ports/releases/gutsy/release/ 4) Can more powerful clients run some/all apps locally? Finally, we also have a number of nice Dells that were donated -- P4 3.0GHz with 1GB. Rather powerful machines to use as just thin clients. Is it possible to run apps directly on these machines as clients? Are there docs explaining this configuration? 5) Finally, if I have mixed clients (powerPC and i386) will I need to tie MAC addresses to entries in dhcpd to specify the root-path? Thanks, -- Bill Moseley [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
