[RHCE] Re: First meeting
Dave Schwartzburg
rhce@trilug.org
Fri, 24 Jan 2003 09:46:52 -0500
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The Broadcom NICs should be supported. We have servers with them
built-in at work, and they work fine with both Red Hat 7.3 and Red Hat
Advanced Server 2.1 using the bcm5700.o module (we don't test 8.0 yet).
I have helped another team at work create a new install/boot disk with
the Broadcom module built into it by adding the module to the initrd
image. They were then able to do a virtual floppy based kickstart
install. I am not familiar with how LTSP works, am I wrong in assuming
you would need a single floppy with support for the network card built-in?
You should also check out the TG3 module, I think that supports some
Broadcom cards as well.
Let me know if I can be of any help,
Dave
Jason Tower wrote:
>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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