[K12OSN] Having a heck of a time getting K12LTSP to work

[Calvin Park]

Kristin,
Does your server give any error message? Perhaps you could check
/var/log/messages and see if that sheds any light on the situation.
Another idea is to move your thin client to a place were you can watch
both it and the server. That might be a bit more difficult than just
checking the log though. I've never run into the server crashing on any
of my tests that I've run. 
This probably isn't much help, sorry. :(

-Calvin


On Tue, 2004-07-20 at 11:46, Kristin Shoemaker wrote:
> I installed K12LTSP all anew on my server, and plugged in my testing
> thin client (an old IBM P3 with a bootable network card). However, I
> am running into a couple of problems. DHCP never communicates with the
> computer I'm working on. The MAC address comes up, and it searches,
> and finally I get a message that says, "PXE51 --No bootp or DHCP
> found. Failed to load boot image."
> 
> When I go to the telecom room, I find that, invariably, the server has
> crashed. I figure this has got to be a hardware incompatibility
> somewhere? Maybe? I tried switching out the NIC in the client, with
> the same results. 
> 
> I've tried tampering with DHCPD.conf, I've tried taking down and
> loosening the firewall, I tried both static and dynamic IP
> assignments...
> 
> I am guessing that as soon as the server is getting messages from the
> client, it freezes, and that's why I'm not getting my boot image. But
> I'm not sure why... Any suggestions as to what I can try next?
> 
> My specs:
> 
> Server:
> 
> P4 2.6 GHz
> 1 gig ram
> 80 gig IDE harddrive
> built in LAN (intel mobo) and a 3 Com Etherlink card as the second NIC
> 
> Client:
> 
> IBM P3
> 340 MB ram
> Intel NIC card 10/100
> 
> Any suggestions highly appreciated.
> 
> Kristin
> 
> 
> *****************
> Kristin Shoemaker
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> Malden Public Library
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