[K12OSN] Plans for K12Linux EL6 and Future Fedora

[Warren Togami Jr.]

On 5/13/2011 7:22 AM, Les Mikesell wrote:
> On 5/13/2011 11:50 AM, Rob Owens wrote:
>> I made a mistake. "next server" in dhcpd.conf is not correct. If you
>> specify "SERVER=somefedoraserver" in lts.conf on a separate LTSP
>> Debian box, you could provide a remote Fedora experience as long as
>> Fedora
>> supports remote X. If remote X is not supported, then maybe a screen
>> script could be made for VNC, NX, or something similar.
>>
>> But I think Warren's suggestions of simply making a Debian chroot on a
>> Fedora/RHEL/CentOS machine makes more sense. Am I wrong, or would you
>> just need to get Debian's ltsp-build-client to work on Fedora/RHEL?
>
> You need this step to be able to find the debian kernel (etc.) to
> include, then save the results where the fedora/RHEL (etc.) host can use
> it as the boot image and nfs export to the client.

That's trivial.  The existing scripts in ltsp-server might already do 
the job with a Debian-based chroot.  Some minor changes would be 
necessary to make it a smooth experience.

Warren