Re: [LUG] LTSP, but sort of reverse use.

[Neil Stone <Neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Andrew Rogers wrote:
> Neil Stone wrote:
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> > Andrew Rogers wrote:
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> > > Tom mentioned K12LTSP in a different thread so I thought I would 
> > > mention my different use of LTSP.
> > >
> > > My setup:
> > >
> > > Server: 650 MHz 30GB HD. University provided. Mandrake 9.1 (don't 
> > > tell the Uni!). eth0 connected to Uni's LAN, eth1 I added myself.
> > >
> > > Client: Self built Athlon XP2000, 256 Mb DDR333MHz RAM. Approx cost 
> > > (to me) £200. No HD,  no CD, no monitor. Not really a terminal.
> > >
> > > Why: I need raw processing power for simulations, the Athlon provides 
> > > it at low cost.
> > >
> > > The Athlon runs an SSH server, I ssh into the Athlon from my PC and 
> > > the Athlon is the set to run the simulation. The significant 
> > > difference between my use of LTSP and 'normal' use is that my client 
> > > (the Athlon) has no display and thus is not a terminal.
> > >
> > > I found it necessary to use files from a Mandrake 9 installation on 
> > > the clients NFS mounted filesystem so that my programs would run. The 
> > > LTSP filesystem was not suitable, but without it I wouldn't have even 
> > > tried this.
> > >
> > > It seems that the K12LTSP is similar to what I did with the Mandrake 
> > > 9 filesystem but K12LTSP is based on RedHat 9. I expect the K12LTSP 
> > > is better than my effort with Mandrake, the Athlon doesn't shut down 
> > > properly.
> >
> >
> >
> > Whats this "shutdown" think you mention...? 
>
>
> It's to do with the init.d scripts I think. The NFS filesystems are 
> unmounted by the client being shutdown, then the remaining init.d 
> scripts can't be executed and so the client never actually switches off. 
> I haven't really investigated since I'm not worried to much as the 
> filesystems are remote from the client and don't get corrupted.

I still have no idea what this "shutdown" think you talk of is.. I must 
never have come across it.. does anyone else understand the term 
"shutdown" ??

Neil

;-)


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