[K12OSN] K12Linux EL6 Setup Instructions

Mon Oct 24 20:11:46 UTC 2011

Why would I do a fool thing like that?
Duh! Precise instructions imprecisely followed. Thank you.
julius

> Did you generate the chroot with the command?
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> ltsp-build-client
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> 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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