RE: [school-discuss] LTSP First Time - why not net-boot?

[Richard Wraith <rgw@trinity.unimelb.edu.au>]

Daniel,

As I have mentioned before the server will do fine - it has sufficent RAM.
The clients will need more RAM. Otherwise they are fine (except for the
MS windows installed on them)..

As for documentation the two following resources will give you what you
need:

* Remote Network Boot via PXE:
  http://www.kegel.com/linux/pxe.html

* NFS-Root mini-HOWTO:
  http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/NFS-Root.html

* NFS-Root-Client Mini-HOWTO:
  http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/NFS-Root-Client-mini-HOWTO/index.html

Have fun!

Cheers,

Richard

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Dr Richard Wraith                             rgw@trinity.unimelb.edu.au
Director of IT & T and the Trinity Learning Innovation Centre
Trinity College   Royal Parade   Parkville   3052   Victoria   Australia
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On Fri, 16 Apr 2004 daniel.hunt@iibbank.ie wrote:

> Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 11:29:22 +0100
> From: daniel.hunt@iibbank.ie
> Reply-To: schoolforge-discuss@schoolforge.net
> To: schoolforge-discuss@schoolforge.net
> Subject: RE: [school-discuss] LTSP First Time - why not net-boot?
>
> OK, well before I can do any testing ... can you give me a bit of advice
> regarding the _current_ setup? :)
>
> Server:
> Processor		1.6Ghz P4
> RAM		1GB
> OS		Windows 2000 Server
> Drives		4Gig HD
> 		33.2Gig HD
> 		52x CD-ROM
> Audio		?
> Video		GeForce2 MX
> Network		10/100 Eth. Card
> 		10/100 Eth. Card
>
> Client Lab 1:
> Processor		466Mhz Celeron
> RAM		64MB
> OS		Windows 98 SE
> Drives		7.85Gig HD
> 		40x CD-ROM
> Audio		Onboard
> Video		Nvidia Riva 128/128ZX
> Network		10/100 Fast Eth.
> 		Currently running on 10MB
> Ports		2x USB 1.0
> 		Standard Ports
>
> Client Lab 2:
> Processor		1.0 Ghz Celeron
> RAM		128MB
> OS		Windows ME
> Drives		37.2Gig HD
> 		52x CD-ROM
> Audio		Onboard
> Video		Via Tech VT8361/VT8601
> Network		10/100 Onboard Eth.
> Ports		2x USB 1.0
> 		Standard Ports
>
> What do you think? :o)
>
> Daniel
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Wraith [mailto:rgw@trinity.unimelb.edu.au]
> Sent: 16 April 2004 01:28
> To: schoolforge-discuss@schoolforge.net
> Subject: RE: [school-discuss] LTSP First Time - why not net-boot?
>
>
> Daniel,
>
> Looks like it is now time for your to do some testing and experimenting.
> Why not grab a couple of machines, set one up as a client and one as the
> server and see what happens. It will be the best guide to what you are
> likely to experience and will help you learn to set things up for the lab.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Richard
>
>
>
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