You can use an FSTAB_1= line in lts.conf to mount /home locally, and xnbd-proxy to dynamically cache the NBD image locally as well.
It will require a bit of scripting, but it's within the LTSP use cases, so once it's implemented, it can easily go upstream. On 26/06/2015 03:27 μμ, Roland Giesler wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm looking for creative input in a project for an IT community centre > in Cape Town. > > Instead of installing Ubuntu or similar on each hard drive (dual boot > with Win), I'm pursuing a method of booting off a central machine, but > not running from that. So "Fat clients" are good for this, but there > are some problems: > > 1. For an app to load, it gets loaded from the LTSP server. Once > loaded, running locally is fine, but in this scenario all the clients > are linked via good wifi. So the max speed is the wireless link speed > which may be too slow in practice. > > 2. Starting from the local hard disk would be fine, but then there's the > maintenance of each machine, which I'm hoping to centralise. So instead > of installing 48 machines, boot with PXE and load the local machine > ready for action. When software changes are made, these are then > automatically loaded at the next reboot. > > 3. I'm doing a bit of "thinking aloud" here, hoping that some will share > some insights! :-o > > 4. A possible scenario could be where the local drives are linked to the > server via nfs, the boot image is mirrored to all connected the drives. > When an application is launched, its actually launched form the local > drive, instead of the server, but the systems "thinks" it's from the > server due to the nfs linked drive. > > Am I bordering on insanity? Please bear with me. There must be some > existing way to to deal with his, instead of building something from > scratch? Maybe LTSP is not the ideal tool for this? Is so, what can > you suggest? > > thanks in advance > > *Roland Giesler* > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Monitor 25 network devices or servers for free with OpManager! OpManager is web-based network management software that monitors network devices and physical & virtual servers, alerts via email & sms for fault. Monitor 25 devices for free with no restriction. Download now http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/292181274;119417398;o _____________________________________________________________________ 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
