Am 2010-01-26 12:20, schrieb Michael George: > I'm trying to move to LTSP 5 on my Gentoo system. I have the client > system built, the TFTP (tftp-hpa) and DHCP (dhcp) working to provide the > necessary files, but the terminal hits a kernel panic when it tries to > mount / over NFS. It says that there's no network available. > > I know the connection is good, because it pulled the kernel and > initramfs. It looks like it picks the tg3 NIC driver to use for network- > ing, but the system uses the 3C950 chipset and would need the 3C95x driver. > > I'm wondering if anyone here uses LTSP much and might be successfully > using old Dell Optiplex GX1's and could perhaps give me some insight. >
I think i use one, and that it needed IPAPPEND 3 to boot because it couldn't get an IP after the PXE boot (IPAPPEND explained here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuLTSP/ProxyDHCP#Adjusting ). If this does not help, posting a screenshot of the kernel messages wouldn't be bad. Jakob ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-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
