[RHCE] Re: First meeting
Rock Roskam
rhce@trilug.org
Thu, 23 Jan 2003 14:02:20 -0500
I have harddisks and nics for your system. I was going to configure the
amd k6 box as a firewall/smb server.
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 1:22 PM
To: rhce@trilug.org
Subject: Re: [RHCE] Re: First meeting
the workstations may actually be too new to work (i don't know if there
is
etherboot support for the broadcom nic, and the 9700 video card may not
be
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
server.
i have a couple of dell 500sc servers lying around (celeron 1200) if i
can
scrape up enough memory the group can use that for a little while. i
don't
have a disk for it though, can anyone donate an IDE HDD for the duration
of
the class (6gb or larger should be fine)? or we can use one of the
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
server
> 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).
> 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
out
> one
>
> of my servers if necessary. poor excuse for an ascii diagram:
> |-------------------------------|
> | eth0 |----->LAN, dhcp client (10.0.0.x)
> | LTSP server |
> | eth1 |-----> 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
raleigh
> > > 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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