I put some instructions on the wiki that will allow you to run both LTSP 5 and LTSP 4.2 on the same server. This is not meant as a long-term solution, but at least it will give users the ability to test/learn LTSP 5 while still retaining their thin clients which only run properly on LTSP 4.2.
http://wiki.ltsp.org/twiki/bin/view/Ltsp/Ltsp5SameServerLTSP42 The article sets up LTSP 5 as the default, but lets you specify LTSP 4.2 clients by MAC address. It's my first time editing the wiki. Feel free to move the article, reformat it, etc. Hopefully someday I can replace the LTSP 4.2 chroot with one based on Damn Small Linux or another lightweight distro. That would simplify the configuration significantly. -Rob On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 12:52:39PM -0800, john wrote: > Hi all, > > One of the reasons I originally found LTSP compelling was the modest > specs required of the thin clients. Lately I've been feeling like my > flavor of Linux/LTSP (ubuntu) has entered the same kind of systems > requirement arms-race that I thought I left behind when we moved away > from workstations running XP. > I used to be able to run PII's with 128 mb ram no problem. These days > 256 Mb on the client seems to be the minimum and 512 > is preferred. I still have lots of PII's lying around, and I suspect > vast portions of LTSP's potential user base may be working with older > technology as well. If the future of LTSP means you have to buy new > hardware to use it seems like a much less compelling solution. > > Perhaps my complaints are not really LTSP related (I have minimal > experience with other Distros with LTSP packages), and perhaps the > "fat client" approach is an attempt to get around this issue to some > degree. I am sure someone will set me straight if I > am conflating two different issues. :-) > > So is LTSP 4.2 the answer for older clients, or is there something > else to consider here? > > Thanks for letting me ruminate! > > John > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA > -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise > -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation > -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD > http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H > _____________________________________________________________________ > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _____________________________________________________________________ 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
