[K12OSN] 486 Terminals Fail to Boot (4.0.1)

[Chris Thomas]

Hello,

They might of changed the name or the path of the
kernel image. Check to see if thoes two things are
correct. I had the same problem and it was a path/name
change issue (cant remember) when I copied my old
dhcpd.conf file.

Chris

--- k12ltsp <k12ltsp at hermon.net> wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
> 
> I have looked on the internet for an answer to this
> puzzle that I can't
> figure out, but with no success! I was wondering if
> anyone could point me
> in the right direction. Here's our issue:
> 
> In one of our classrooms, we are using 486 computers
> with ISA cards to
> boot into K12LTSP. Formerly, on the 3.1.2
> distribution, we had no trouble
> booting into the server. We added the option 128 and
> 129 lines and they
> booted flawlessly. Below is a line we used for one
> of the terminals:
> 
>     host ws007 {
>         hardware ethernet     00:50:BA:2F:D1:E7;
>         fixed-address         192.168.0.7;
>         filename              "/lts/vmlinuz.ltsp";
>         option option-128 e4:45:74:68:00:00;
>         option option-129 "NIC=ne IO=0X300";
> 	}
> 
> We then made an entry in the lts.conf file for these
> computers:
> [00:50:BA:2F:D1:E7]
>          XSERVER            = XF86_SVGA
>          X_COLOR_DEPTH    = 8
> 
> The lines did the trick, but with the same entries
> on 4.0.1, the terminals
> fail to boot. They stop at the point that the kernel
> downloads. There is
> no error message, it simply stops working. I am
> suspecting that the
> vmlinuz.ltsp kernel is incompatible? What can I do
> to get these terminals
> to boot?
> 
> Thank you for the help! LTSP is great! In Hermon
> Maine, we are using these
> terminals district wide in all schools and the kids
> love them!
> 
> Sincerely,
> Alan Owen
> Student Computer Technician
> Hermon School Department
> 
> 
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