Re: Net-install (rsync 15.nov) installed with no install erroers
on., 18.11.2009 kl. 15.42 +0100, skrev Petter Reinholdtsen:
> [Ole-Anders Andreassen]
> > Added MAC-adr in lwat, and tried to boot a LTSP-diskless-workstation.
> > The workstation booted in a new an unfamiliar way, the "installer boot
> > menu"
> >
> > Where can I find information about this, or can someone on the list give
> > a brief description og the functionality?
>
> I do not believe it is documented yet.
>
> This is the new PXE meny with installer and boot selection option. It
> should sho up on the skolelinux network. Thin clients should still
> boot automatically as before on the thin client network without such
> PXE menu.
>
> I recently added code to add a diskless workstation option to the PXE
> (by running ltsp-make-client during installation on combined
> main-server+thin-client-server installations), and this might have
> messed up the LTSP chroot a bit. We are working on weeding out the
> remaining bugs
>
Does this mean that this is a problem that maybe only affects combined
servers?
> > When choosing "LTSP diskless workstation", the boot-image hangs after a
> > few seconds. Pressing alt-arrow to get to the next screen , and after a
> > while the boot stops at "*Starting NFS common utillities"
>
> This seem to be the remaining bug, not quite sure what the issue is.
> Some claim the issue is DNS resolver related, and changing etc/hosts
> and/or etc/resolv.conf solve it. I am not yet sure what the problem
> is nor how to fix it.
>
> Happy hacking,
> --
> Petter Reinholdtsen
>
>
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