[K12OSN] "Muekow" first hack

[David Trask]

Funny message!  Although after I stopped laughing, I realized you left out
your signature line where you say "If it breaks, you get to keep both
pieces" !   LOL!

"Support list for open source software in schools." <k12osn at redhat.com>
writes:
>Eric Harrison wrote:
>> 
>> I'm still working on the "muekow" rough-draft version for FC6. It works
>> right now, but there are too many manual steps that need to be automated
>> (just grunt work, nothing difficult). I had hoped to have it done last
>> weekend, so it should be ready sometime real-soon-now ;-)
>> 
>> As for K12LTSP 6.0, the "muekow" packages will not be production-ready.
>> It will use the "classic" LTSP packages by default. The basic
>> infrastructure for "muekow" is already in FC6, so early adopters will be
>> able to test it out and we can polish up to make it the default in FC7.
>> 
>> -Eric
>> 
>
>My "rough-draft" is now working, more often than not ;-)
>
>By "rough-draft", I mean this is only for development. There is a near
>zero chance that it work right for you, if you do manage to get it
>working, you have an exactly ZERO chance of it being supported.
>
>But, if you want try out something fun...
>
>
>Notes:
>
>* This is built on today's Fedora Development tree, which is pretty
>close to what the final FC6 should look like. Since the development tree
>changes every day, you'll need to pull all of the software from my
>server. I'll set it up to work with stock FC6 discs once FC6 is released
>
>* Only network installs are supported, ISOs do not work right now (the
>download will be several Gigs, you'll need a lot of bandwidth and a
>couple of hours)
>
>* Only the default "ltsp" configuration will work, you need two NICs and
>the first one needs the address of 192.168.0.254/24.
>
>* Only the default configuration will work out of the box
>
>* Only i386 clients work, no Apple support at the moment
>
>* Only PXE booting is supported, etherboot is not supported yet
>
>* A couple of the i386/PXE test terminals I have laying around
>crash-and-burn, don't expect your terminals to actually boot even if
>they are i386 with PXE.
>
>* You'll probably need 128M of ram or more in your terminals
>
>* None of the cool LTSP features, such as removable devices work yet
>
>* No "Education" apps are installed, just the LTSP-specific bits
>
>* A vast assortment of other show-stopping bugs, ugly hacks, and missing
>features
>
>* Don't worry, all of these caveats will be fairly easy to fix ;-)
>
>
>
>If you read this far, here are the install instructions:
>
>
>1) get the boot image and burn it to a CDR:
>
>http://k12linux.mesd.k12.or.us/K12LTSP/testing/fedora-devel/images/boot.iso
>
>
>2) boot your victim server off of this CDR. At the "boot:" prompt, type:
>
>   linux ks=http://k12linux.mesd.k12.or.us/K12LTSP/testing/devel/ks.cfg
>
>
>3) Take all of the defaults
>
>4) After the install is completed, reboot and log in as root (Note: my
>last test install did not automatically switch to the GDM login, it
>booted to a text console and I had to hit "Alt-F7" to get the GDM login)
>
>5) Open a terminal shell (Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal)
>
>6) Run these two commands:
>
>   build_ltsp_root /opt/ltsp/i386
>   install-ltsp-kernel
>
>7) plug in a terminal, turn it on, and cross your fingers
>
>
>-Eric
>
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David N. Trask
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Vassalboro Community School
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