RE: [Ltsp-discuss] compiling a small kernel

2004-03-10 Thread jam
E=y > CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y > CONFIG_FB_MATROX=y > CONFIG_FB_MATROX_G450=y > CONFIG_FB_MATROX_G100=y > CONFIG_FB_MATROX_MULTIHEAD=y > CONFIG_FBCON_CFB8=y > CONFIG_FBCON_CFB16=y > CONFIG_FBCON_CFB24=y > CONFIG_FBCON_CFB32=y > CONFIG_FONT_8x8=y > CONFIG_FONT_8x16=y >

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] compiling a small kernel

2004-03-10 Thread Jason Dravet
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anselm Martin Hoffmeister Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 12:29 PM To: Jason Dravet Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] compiling a small kernel Jason Dravet wrote: > If I make the floppy using

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] compiling a small kernel

2004-03-10 Thread Anselm Martin Hoffmeister
Jason Dravet wrote: If I make the floppy using rom-o-matic the PC will just download the menu from the 3Com PXE server. You could use the ALTERNATE DHCP PORT option, or whatever it's called. It makes etherboot query a dhcp server running on port 1069 instead of 69. Recent LTSP3 (and I think LT

[Ltsp-discuss] compiling a small kernel

2004-03-10 Thread Jason Dravet
Thank you for the response. I hope the following answers your question. The problem is there is an existing DHCP and PXE server setup. I cannot make any changes to the DHCP infrastructure for various reasons and I cannot replace the PXE software for the same reasons. The PXE server is the 3Co

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] compiling a small kernel

2004-03-09 Thread Sudev Barar
On Wed, 2004-03-10 at 07:17, Jason Dravet wrote: [SNIP] > The goal is turn a PC into a ltsp client that can surf the internet, and > maybe use openoffice. [SNIP] Am I missing something here. Why do all this when plain LTSP install and a client booting from floppy using rom-o-matic image works exact

[Ltsp-discuss] compiling a small kernel

2004-03-09 Thread Jason Dravet
I want to compile a small kernel (small enough to boot from a 1.44 floppy disk using syslinux) that does not need a initrd. I downloaded the 2.4.25 kernel source from kernel.org. I copied the config file from ltsp_initrd_kit-3.0.13 to the /usr/src/2.4.25/ directory. Do I have to apply the forced