Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Horrid Hardware

2011-05-05 Thread Jam
On Thursday, May 05, 2011 11:32:09 PM ltsp-discuss- requ...@lists.sourceforge.net wrote: > > >> I cannot use the nfs route as I need to run if the server dies! > > > > > > > > > Hang on a minute! > > > > > > > > > If you need the clients to run without a server you are in the wrong > > > place.

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Horrid Hardware

2011-04-28 Thread P. Scott DeVos
On Thu, 2011-04-28 at 21:57 +0800, Jam wrote: > >> I cannot use the nfs route as I need to run if the server dies! > > > Hang on a minute! > > > If you need the clients to run without a server you are in the wrong > > place. Standalone fat clients are your only option if that is your > > requir

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Horrid Hardware

2011-04-28 Thread Gideon Romm
James, A simple edit of the initramfs script (in Ubuntu) would be all you need. You can skin this in several different ways. One way, for example, is you could make the chroot available through tftp and then tftp the chroot on boot into RAM (space permitting) or the CF and then loop-mount it from

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Horrid Hardware

2011-04-28 Thread Jam
>> I cannot use the nfs route as I need to run if the server dies! > Hang on a minute! > If you need the clients to run without a server you are in the wrong > place. Standalone fat clients are your only option if that is your > requirement. This dump is for all the kind and well intentioned a

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Horrid Hardware

2011-04-26 Thread Alkis Georgopoulos
Στις 25-04-2011, ημέρα Δευ, και ώρα 18:52 +0800, ο/η Jam έγραψε: > I have some utterly utterly horrid hadware that I need to tame. It resisted > ubuntu/suse/centos/rhel6 install but it sweetly runs a 10.04 chroot ltsp. > How can I do exactly the same as ltsp but not with a nbd root but a hard disk

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Horrid Hardware

2011-04-26 Thread Jeff Siddall
On 04/25/2011 10:22 AM, Jam wrote: > I cannot use the nfs route as I need to run if the server dies! Hang on a minute! If you need the clients to run without a server you are in the wrong place. Standalone fat clients are your only option if that is your requirement. Jeff -

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Horrid Hardware

2011-04-25 Thread Jam
>> It resisted >> ubuntu/suse/centos/rhel6 install but it sweetly runs a >> 10.04 chroot ltsp. >> For the morbid: http://www.micros.com/Products/HardwareSolutions/point- sale- >> hardware.htm (WS5) > >> How can I do exactly the same as ltsp but not with a nbd >> root but a hard disk root. >f yo

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Horrid Hardware

2011-04-25 Thread Rainer Stumbaum
> It resisted > ubuntu/suse/centos/rhel6 install but it sweetly runs a > 10.04 chroot ltsp. > For the morbid: http://www.micros.com/Products/HardwareSolutions/point-sale- > hardware.htm (WS5) > > How can I do exactly the same as ltsp but not with a nbd > root but a hard disk > root. If you want

[Ltsp-discuss] Horrid Hardware

2011-04-25 Thread Jam
G'day I hope that some clever person can say a few wise words: I have some utterly utterly horrid hadware that I need to tame. It resisted ubuntu/suse/centos/rhel6 install but it sweetly runs a 10.04 chroot ltsp. For the morbid: http://www.micros.com/Products/HardwareSolutions/point-sale- hardwa