Hi, I've managed to get LTSP to boot (to prompt) from the flash drive although I'm still a long way from getting things going as they should.
This is what I did. --------------------- Use debootstrap to avoid installing a real LTSP installation on your PC. # debootstrap --arch i386 etch /opt/ltsp.testbed http://ftp.rediris.es/debian/ # chroot /opt/ltsp.testbed # apt-get install ltsp-server openssh-server # ltsp-build-client Now, from within the jail we've got the LTSP OS at /opt/ltsp/i386/ # du -sh /opt/ltsp/i386 434M i386 Take a moment to change the root password # chroot i386 # passwd # exit LTSP wants to boot with nfsroot. Change it # apt-get install initramfs-tools # grep BOOT /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf # BOOT=local # ln -s /opt/ltsp/i386/lib/modules/2.6.18-5-486 /lib/modules # mkinitramfs -o /opt/ltsp/i386/boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-5-486 2.6.18-5-486 Backup your OS. # cp -a /opt/ltsp/i386 /otp/ltsp/i386.orig Exit the jail. Prepare the disk on the client. Boot from a distro like http://damnsmalllinux.org/ from an external CD, then: # cfdisk /dev/hdc # reboot Reboot from the CD and format the partition. # mkfs.ext3 /dev/hdc1 Copy LTSP-client OS to the partition. # mount /dev/hdc1 /ltsp # mkdir /pc # mount pc:/opt/ltsp.testbed/opt/ltsp/i386/ /pc # cp -av /pc/* /ltsp/ # umount /pc Install GRUB and configure. # grub-install --root-directory=/ltsp /dev/hdc1 # vi /ltsp/boot/grub/menu.lst default ltsp-local timout 4 title ltsp-local root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-5-486 root=/dev/hdc1 ro initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-5-486 boot Reboot from the flash, then. grub> find /boot/grub/stage1 grub> root (hd0,0) grub> setup (hd0,0) Now reboot from the flash again and you get the ltsp prompt. --------------- I haven't got X going. The image is very big. df shows lots of files and directories mounted on a tmpfs. Where would you go from here? Thanks. Chris. On Jan 15, 2008 9:12 AM, Chris Fanning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi James, > > > > > On Mon, 2008-01-14 at 07:24 -0800, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > We thought the might be two possibilites. > > > > 1) boot the clients over the network (WAN) ? > > > > > > I'll leave others to answer this one - but I doubt it's practical - > > > unless you > > > have huge bandwidth. > > > > > > > 2) install just enough on the thinclients to get the NX client > > > going. > > > > > > > > The thinclients we are using have a 512MB Flash memory that we can > > > use > > > > as a hard drive. > > > > > > As suggested by Rob Owens previously, you could make a custom boot CD > > > based on > > > something lightweight, like Puppy or Damn Small Linux, and include the > > > NX > > > Client. Both of these distros are designed to work with absurdly low > > > amounts > > > of disk space and 512MB would be a luxury. > > [snip] > > Why the heartache? 512M would be enough for a local ltsp boot and fast. > > CDs are a pain in comparison, but if you have a CD drive it makes > > updating the image easy and quick when you occasionally update the image > > That's what I thought. It's just that I wasn't sure if LTSP was the > right choice. All we need is the nxclient. Funny Xavier should mention > PXES, I tried out Diego's CD with freeNX client some years ago (thanks > Xavier). > > If I were to use LTSP, what would the basic step be to install it > locally? I don't need ltspfs or LDM, etc. > > Thanks. > Chris. > > > > > James > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > > It's the best place to buy or sell services for > > just about anything Open Source. > > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > 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 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _____________________________________________________________________ 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
