Re: [K12OSN] Redundant LTSP Server Setup

[Tom Brown <tbrown michiana org>]

How do you do the same thing in K12LTSP 1.0? 

I have a lab set up with one Pentium 400 Compaq Deskpro as server and 10
workstations. The lab will open for use mid-April. Chances are I will need
to install a second server. We have our hearts set on a Pentium III 1.0 GHz
box (dual processor capable, up to 2 GB RAM), but it hasn't been approved.

Tom

At 11:52 PM 03/28/2002 -0800, you wrote:
>It's not hard at all to do this and it's a much better way of running a
>lab of more than 10-15 machines. Two small servers will be faster than
>one big one.
>
>Just run dhcpd on one of the K12LTSP servers and turn it off on the
>other one.
>
>In your working dhpcd.conf file add some lines for the workstations you
>want running on the second server. What you're really doing is
>identifying the machine by its MAC address, giving it a specific ip
>address and then using the "option root-path" line to tell the client to
>get its file system from a different server.
>
>Here's an example from our server.
>
>    host ws003 {
>        hardware ethernet     00:D0:09:30:28:B2;
>        fixed-address         10.171.0.3;
>       option root-path      "10.171.0.15:/opt/ltsp/i386";
>        kernels are specified in /tftpboot/lts/boot/pxe/pxelinux.cfg/
>        filename              "/lts/pxe/pxelinux.bin";
>    }
>
>;-) Paul
>
>On Thu, 2002-03-28 at 11:41, Chris Thomas wrote:
>> Hello fellow sys. and network admins:
>> 
>> We currently have a K12LTSP server that can support 10-12 workstations
>> simultaneously. This is not good enough for our computer lab which has 25
>> seats. Has anyone setup K12LTSP where two or more servers were serving a
>> pool of workstations? Your help is munch appreciated.
>> 
>> 
>> Chris Thomas
>> 
>> 
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