[K12OSN] K12Linux EL6 Setup Instructions

[Dean Jones]

Did you generate the chroot with the command?

ltsp-build-client




On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 9:35 AM, Julius Szelagiewicz <julius at turtle.com> wrote:
> These are precisely the instructions I used.
> Julius
>
>> I suggest using these instructions:
>> https://fedorahosted.org/k12linux/wiki/InstallGuide
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 5:26 AM, Julius Szelagiewicz <julius at turtle.com>
>> wrote:
>>> Dear Folks,
>>>  I'm trying to set up a CentOS 6 server and I've followed the beta
>>> instrunctions faithfully (substituting CentOS 6 for SL 6). The software
>>> appears to load happily, but there is no /tftpdir created and /opt/ltsp
>>> stays empty. Any ideas?
>>> Julius
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Setup LTSP Server on Scientific Linux 6
>>>> =======================================
>>>> 1. Install Scientific Linux 6 with GNOME desktop.
>>>>
>>>> 2. http://mplug.org/~k12linux/rpm/el6/
>>>> Install ltsp-server, ltspfs and nbd from here, choose i686 or x86_64
>>>> matching your server arch.
>>>>
>>>> 3. Grab http://togami.com/~warren/temp/ltsp-i386.ks and replace the
>>>> file
>>>> at /etc/ltsp/kickstart/Fedora/el6/ltsp-i386.ks.  Keep in mind that
>>>> future ltsp-server RPM upgrades will wipe out your changed
>>>> ltsp-i386.ks,
>>>> so you will need to replace it again until the beta goes public.
>>>>
>>>> 4. https://fedorahosted.org/k12linux/wiki/InstallGuide
>>>> Follow the directions here but stop after you have disabled the
>>>> iptables
>>>> firewall.
>>>>
>>>> 5. Run /usr/bin/ltsp-server-tweaks
>>>> https://fedorahosted.org/k12linux/wiki/Devel/ltsp-server-tweaks
>>>> See here for important details.
>>>>
>>>> Network Setup with K12Linux EL6
>>>> ===============================
>>>> The old Fedora instructions to make service network and NetworkManager
>>>> co-exist doesn't work because system-config-network lacks a GUI
>>>> interface in EL6.  Thus we need to manually configure attaching a
>>>> dedicated ethernet device to the bridge.
>>>>
>>>> Requirements:
>>>> * TWO network interfaces, either two ethernet, or one wifi and one
>>>> ethernet.
>>>> * One of the ethernet interfaces must be dedicated to serving DHCP and
>>>> booting thin clients on an isolated network segment.  This interface
>>>> has
>>>> NM_CONTROLLED=no to ensure that NetworkManager wont interfere with it.
>>>> * The other interface (ethernet or wifi) must be the route to the
>>>> Internet.  This interface is managed by NetworkManager.  NetworkManager
>>>> in EL6 is a lot better than earlier versions.  You can define
>>>> interfaces
>>>> as static and always available, so they are configured at bootup
>>>> without
>>>> a user logging into the desktop.
>>>>
>>>> 1. Run "ifconfig" and look for the unused ethernet interface, it should
>>>> look something like the below.  Write down the ethX device name and MAC
>>>> address as you will need this in the following steps.
>>>>
>>>> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:15:58:7E:24:66
>>>>            inet6 addr: fe80::215:58ff:fe7e:5470/64 Scope:Link
>>>>            UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>>>>            RX packets:2071831 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>>>>            TX packets:2769292 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>>>>            collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
>>>>            RX bytes:399370077 (380.8 MiB)  TX bytes:2658000993 (2.4
>>>> GiB)
>>>>            Memory:ee000000-ee020000
>>>>
>>>> 2. cd /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
>>>>
>>>> 3. Look at ifcfg-* files.  Is there a ifcfg-Auto_ethX matching the
>>>> device name of the interface you chose above?  If so, rename it to
>>>> ifcfg-ethX.
>>>>
>>>> 4. Replace the contents of ifcfg-ethX with something similar to below,
>>>> replacing the ethX device name and MAC address with your own.
>>>>
>>>> HWADDR=00:15:58:7E:24:66
>>>> TYPE=Ethernet
>>>> BOOTPROTO=none
>>>> IPV4_FAILURE_FATAL=no
>>>> IPV6INIT=no
>>>> NAME="eth0"
>>>> ONBOOT=yes
>>>> NM_CONTROLLED=no
>>>> BRIDGE=ltspbr0
>>>>
>>>> 5. service network restart; chkconfig network on
>>>>
>>>> 6. brctl show
>>>> This command should show that your chosen ethX device is added to the
>>>> ltspbr0 bridge.
>>>>
>>>> 7. At this point you should be able to plug in and boot a PXE thin
>>>> client on that Ethernet interface.
>>>>
>>>> Other New K12Linux EL6 Instructions
>>>> ===================================
>>>> https://fedorahosted.org/k12linux/wiki/VirtualPXEClient
>>>> Virtual Machine PXE Client
>>>> https://fedorahosted.org/k12linux/wiki/LocalAppsSupport
>>>> Learn how to install and run Firefox as a Local App.  Requires maybe
>>>> 1GB
>>>> RAM on the client, maybe 512MB RAM after I later build a new client
>>>> kernel.
>>>>
>>>> Warren Togami
>>>> warren at togami.com
>>>>
>>>
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