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List:       ltsp-discuss
Subject:    Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP_5 client reqquirements
From:       Xavier Brochard <xavier () alternatif ! org>
Date:       2008-08-20 22:18:59
Message-ID: 200808210018.59487.xavier () alternatif ! org
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Le Thursday 14 August 2008 03:01:31 Dan Landry, vous avez écrit :
> I currently have over 100 clients using LTSP-4. I would like to migrate to
> ltsp-5 but early testing indicates this may not work.
>
> The clients are Pentium MMX 200MHz with 128M of ram. I boot from an
> eepro100 board with an eprom which has a boot image burned in it.  I have
> followed the directions given by castaway for using the etherboot floppy
> images for ltsp-5. When I boot I get a dhcp address immediately and the
> kernel loads. It stops with the word 'done' and then I wait 4-5 minutes for
> it to boot to ldm. I am not able to logon through ldm(probably some other
> config error) but can logon to a shell.
>
> Am I wasting my time trying to migrate with these clients or are they
> suffficient to run ltsp-5.

you can use them but without ssh encryption (need at least a PII cpu)
see the section called 
Customizing thin client behaviour
in the edubuntu handbook

regards
-- 
à bientôt, Xavier
xavier@alternatif.org  09 54 06 16 26



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