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List:       suse-linux-uk-schools
Subject:    Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] LTSP
From:       Malcolm Herbert <mherbert () redhat ! com>
Date:       2002-01-31 10:58:25
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hi all.....

OckerHill LTSP case study at:-

http://people.redhat.com/mherbert 

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key issues:-
- 386/486 are ok in theory, but usually in practice defeated by the
Graphics cards. Go for P75 minimum
- 16Mb RAM is ok, but StarOffice, GIMP and window movement can be
'blocky'. 32Mb no problem
- 3c509 network cards (10Mb) are great, can supply them, with bootroms
via Sandwell LEA
- LTSP servers _do_ need tuning....file max in particular
- look to use the latest K12LTSP release (currently Gamma) or the recent
LTS_3.0 release (RPM's). Both good
- LTSP solutions can be provided commercially and as a _managed service_
but not in the Becta sense by a number of companies, names and addresses
supplied off list

is it worth organising another workshop in Sandwell ? try to make it
free, bring you own servers and clients and see what we can get working?

Malcolm


On Wed, 2002-01-30 at 14:51, Matt Johnson wrote:
> 
> --- SILCOATSIT@aol.com wrote:
> > Floppy I wish I could get that option to work, It
> > goes don't want to play 8-(
> > 
> > John
> 
> Hmm. I know what you mean (I think). I had trouble -
> the clients kept saying 'Non-system boot disk' or
> would get stuck very early on. Two things:
> 
> 1) I reverted to new disks - much better.
> 
> 2) I think the floppy drive in my server wasn't A1, so
> I used another machine. It kept making useless disks.
> I used another machine - sorted.
> 
> The command is:
> 
> cat /image_to_use > /dev/fd0
> 
> Some sites left out the ">", but I put it in, as
> recommended by other sites.
> 
> HTH
> 
> --
> Matt
> 
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