[K12OSN] Adding k12linux EL to existing centos install

[Simon Fondrie-Teitler]

I have no dvd drive, and no flash drive over 4gb, any ideas how to install
it?

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Simon Fondrie-Teitler
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On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 6:05 PM, Peter Scheie <peter at scheie.homedns.org>wrote:

> You can, but I think it would be easier to do a clean install of K12LTSP
> and then copy all your existing user IDs and files to the K12LTSP server.
>  Getting the LTSP parts to work right is trickier than copying a bunch of
> user IDs and homedirs from one machine to another.
>
> Peter
>
> Simon Fondrie-Teitler wrote:
>
>> Sorry, I meant to say k12ltsp-EL. My question is, if I already have CentOS
>> installed, can I install K12ltsp-EL over it? Thanks
>>
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>> Simon Fondrie-Teitler
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>> On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 5:48 PM, Peter Scheie <peter at scheie.homedns.org<mailto:
>> peter at scheie.homedns.org>> wrote:
>>
>>    I don't think K12Linux (which is LTSP 5 on top of Fedora 10 or 11 at
>>    this point) will run on Centos currently.  Centos 5 is a respin of
>>    Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5; I know Warren and some other RH
>>    folks were working on it at one point, but I think they concluded
>>    there were too many missing pieces, although I forget the
>>    particulars.  RHEL is anticipated to arrive sometime in the first
>>    half of 2010, with Centos 6 presumably following shortly after,
>>    although RH has not made  any announcements to such a schedule.
>>     These are likely to have proper support for LTSP 5.
>>
>>    So, today your choices are either run K12LTSP-EL which is LTSP 4.2
>>    on Centos 5, or K12Linux which is LTSP 5 on Fedora 10 (or there's a
>>    beta on Fedora 11).  The former is solid, if a bit weak in client
>>    sound, and works well with lower end client hardware.  The latter is
>>    better if you have newer client hardware, e.g., sound just works,
>>    newer video chipsets just work, etc.
>>
>>    Peter
>>
>>    Simon Fondrie-Teitler wrote:
>>
>>        I have no dvd drive, and no flash drive over 4gb, so I thought I
>>        could install Centos and install a package from there. Is this
>>        possible? If not, how should I get K12linux EL installed? Thanks.
>>
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>>        Simon Fondrie-Teitler
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