<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.2.5"> </HEAD> <BODY> Edubuntu has a very slick installation. For me it is lead, follow or get out of the way. Some points that may help: <UL> <LI>select server installation <LI>When it asks the meaningless question, "What is your primary network device?", they should ask, "Through what network device do you connect to the Internet?" <LI>You should have at least two ethernet devices and they should be plugged into something that will turn on your link lights, like routers, switches or thin clients. The device connecting to the Internet needs to be live to finish the installation and to download. You can select a local mirror if you do not have live internet access. <LI>If your primary device has IP address 192.168.0.x you need to manually configure stuff. <LI>if your device connecting to the lan can be 192.168.0.254 and your thin clients, 192.168.0.x, you are laughing. My record was 20 minutes from power on to booting the first client by PXE with no special configuration. It was all automatic... Slick. In nework terms you want the local subnet with thin clients to be 192.168.0.0 </UL> My advice is that you should conspire with your router to make eth0 some other subnet than 192.168.0.0 and EdUbuntu will do everything automatically. It is much easier to hack the one DHCP setting on the router, or setting a fixed IP address for eth0 than reconfiguring all the networking for the lan. Think hours of time saved and perhaps doing it again sometime. <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <TT>From: Mark Gumprecht <<A HREF="mailto:gumprechtm@msad3.org">gumprechtm@msad3.org</A>></TT> <TT>Subject: [K12OSN] edubuntu</TT> <TT>I'm probably dense on this one, but .... Does Edubuntu (dapper) work out </TT> <TT>of the box for booting clients? I've tried to follow the many howtos, </TT> <TT>but seem to come up short in a different place every time. Is there a </TT> <TT>straight forward howto some one has?</TT> <TT>Thanks for any help.</TT> <TT>Mark</TT> </BLOCKQUOTE> <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> <PRE> -- A problem is an opportunity. </PRE> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>