Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Barcode

2001-10-12 Thread Jim McQuillan
Tom, I've used barcode readers with ltsp workstations, and they work just fine. I use the keyboard wedge type devices and have had no problems at all. As for printers, I haven't tried a barcode printer, but normal printers work just fine. I don't see any reason why a barcode printer wouldn't

[Ltsp-discuss] Barcode

2001-10-12 Thread Tom Brown
Has anyone experimented with barcode readers attached to ltsp clients or barcode printers attached to servers or clients? Tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] End of message _ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, got

[Ltsp-discuss] [OT] PXE vs EB - configuring

2001-10-12 Thread Alex Perry
> > 1. dhcpd configured to load "pxelinux" binary > > 2. pxelinux.cfg configured to load kernel and initrd. > > 3. kernel from kernel package > > 4. initrd build from initrd package. > The same as using Etherboot, except that you use pxelinux as the NBP, > pxelinux.cfg instead of adding lines to d

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Init Console Problem

2001-10-12 Thread Dario Rapisardi
Asaf, Is the workstation creating the RamDisk? Do you see many errors when the system boots up? Regards, Dario. El Vie 12 Oct 2001 10:04, Asaf Maruf Ali escribió: > Status so far... > > Despite my best attempts at troubleshooting and spending many hours looking > at archives fro

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] help - windows in linux

2001-10-12 Thread jeffr
An even more expensive solution would be to run a Citrix Metaframe server (which has a linux client). With the massive and ever growing number of licenses required for Metaframe it would probably be cheaper to by new Windows workstations though. Jeff On Fri, 12 Oct 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrot

[Ltsp-discuss] Init Console Problem

2001-10-12 Thread Asaf Maruf Ali
  Status so far...   Despite my best attempts at troubleshooting and spending many hours looking at archives from even last year I am unable to get my workstation off the ground.   I keep getting this message:   "Unable to open an initial console" No init found. Try passing init=option

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] small pxe booting probs

2001-10-12 Thread Peter Lister
[ This is veering off topic for LTSP, apologies. ] > Just one question from the non-Etherboot expert: > Could you load a kernel and an initrd? Etherboot knows how to load nbi formatted images, so the work is done by mknbi, which can also e.g. embed kernel parameters. > How about the network dr

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] small pxe booting probs

2001-10-12 Thread Jürgen Zimmermann
> > Just configure "pxelinux" from "syslinux" (use freshmeat.net to find it) > > to boot the kernel and the new initrd. > > Exactly: you use pxelinux *instead* of Etherboot, which is perfectly OK, > but contradicts your previous statement. Ok. You are right. I just "ignored" the fact that "pxeli