[RHCE] Re: First meeting

Thu, 23 Jan 2003 13:22:20 -0500

the workstations may actually be too new to work (i don't know if there i=
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etherboot support for the broadcom nic, and the 9700 video card may not b=
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supported in the LTSP X package because it is quite new).

the server is a little weak on cpu and memory to be an effective ltsp ser=
ver. =20
i have a couple of dell 500sc servers lying around (celeron 1200) if i ca=
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scrape up enough memory the group can use that for a little while.  i don=
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have a disk for it though, can anyone donate an IDE HDD for the duration =
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the class (6gb or larger should be fine)?  or we can use one of the=20
workstations as a server if we stick in an additional nic.

jason

On Thursday 23 January 2003 11:45, Rock Roskam wrote:
> I have:
> 10 Workstation
> p4 2.5 gig
> ati 9700 pro
> 120 gig 7200 rpm ata 100 HD
> broadcom 10/100/1000 nic on motherboard
> motherboard is ASUS p4pe
> soundmax sound card
> Promise IDE Raid
> IEEE 1394
> Main drive on removable bays
> Cdrw
> Dvd
>
>
> Some extra hard drives and enclosures.  I can set one box up as a serve=
r
> with a dedicated hard drive no windows.
>
>
> My server is
> 1 amd k62 500
> 256 mb ram
> 20 gig hd
> 2 tulip nics
> 16 mb 3dfx
> cdrw
>
> T1
> 16 port hub 10/100
> 8 port hub 10/100
>
>
> Rock Roskam
> Manager
> Eclectic LAN
> 9113 Leesville Road Suite 105
> Raleigh, NC 27613
> (919) 845-7407
> rock@eclecticlan.com
> www.eclecticlan.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhce-admin@trilug.org [mailto:rhce-admin@trilug.org] On Behalf Of
> Jason Tower
> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 10:31 AM
> To: rhce@trilug.org
> Subject: Re: [RHCE] Re: First meeting
>
> the server needs to have a moderately fast cpu and, for ten
> workstations, i'd
> say 512mb ram minimum.  and two nics, one for the main lan and one for
> the
> thin clients.  for the workstations, it helps if they all have the same
> video
> cards and nics, but most popular cards are supported (not all, however)=
=2E
> and
> we'll need a seperate hub/switch for the workstations since they run on
> a
> seperate subnet isolated from the mail lan.  i may have a spare cisco
> 24-port
> switch that i can spare for a little while.  and i can possibly loan ou=
t
> one
>
> of my servers if necessary.  poor excuse for an ascii diagram:
> |-------------------------------|
> |=09=09=09eth0  |----->LAN, dhcp client (10.0.0.x)
> |  LTSP server=09=09|
> |=09=09=09eth1=09|-----> thin client hub, dhcp server,
>
> (192.168.0.254)
>
> |-------------------------------|
>
> rock, can you post the specs for the server and workstations?
>
> jason
>
> On Thursday 23 January 2003 00:31, Scott Stancil wrote:
> > Excellent!  I have really wanted an excuse to set LTSP, but just
>
> didn't
>
> > see a need until you mentioned it.  Do you think you could make the
>
> first
>
> > meeting?  I will try to read up on LTSP again before the meeting so
>
> that I
>
> > may be useful; although, we will probably need to see what he has.
>
> Would
>
> > we need an inventory of the hardware--specifics to make sure it is
> > supported?
> >
> > Scott
> >
> > > i'll probably attend a few meetings if possible (the ones in raleig=
h
> > > anyway).   and sure, i'll help set up the ltsp server.  actually,
> > > setting it up is a  good exercise, it involves nfs, dhcp, tftp,
>
> remote X
>
> > > sessions, rpms,  networking, and lots of little config files.  it's
>
> not
>
> > > directly part of the  rhce exam, but learning all of the little
>
> tools
>
> > > and applying them in various  combinations is what *nix is all
>
> about.
>
> > > jason
> > >
> > > On Wednesday 22 January 2003 22:36, Scott Stancil wrote:
> > >> I assume this is not part of the RHCE.  So does this mean you will
> > >> volunteer to setup or at least drive the setup of LTSP at his shop=
?
> > >>
> > >> Scott
> > >>
> > >> > two words: thin client.  set up ONE server, install LTSP, and
>
> boot
>
> > >> the workstations from an etherboot floppy.  never touch the local
> > >> hard disks.
> > >>
> > >> > jason
> > >> >
> > >> > On Wednesday 22 January 2003 19:59, Scott Stancil wrote:
> > >> >> The hump day tends to be a bad day, Rock, at least for myself.
>
> Of
>
> > >> course, you won't satisfy everyone on the day.  I have to say that
> > >> if you are going to have ten plus RHCE-wannabe's installing on
> > >> machines that you use in production is most likely a bad idea.
> > >> Even if everyone is careful, your odds of escaping unscathed seems
> > >> low.
> > >>
> > >> >>--
> > >>
> > >> Scott Stancil
> > >> sstancil@geekrooms.com
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
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