[K12OSN] First test build of 4.2.1, with PPC terminal support

[Eric Harrison]

On Mon, 14 Mar 2005, David Trask wrote:

> I will test it tomorrow (will download tonight).  Like Chuck I have a pile
> of iBooks to test with.  Just curious....what command did you use at the
> Open Firmware to instruct it to boot to LTSP?  Also....since I can't test
> yet....does holding down the option key present you with a network boot
> option (LTSP) and/or does holding down the "N" key also work in this
> case.....I know it works for netboot, but curious about etherboot/LTSP.

Holding down the "N" key works, I have not tried the option key (which
*should* work)

"boot enet:192.168.0.254" from the open firmware prompt works as well.

-Eric

> "Support list for opensource software in schools." <k12osn at redhat.com> on
> Saturday, March 12, 2005 at 7:33 PM +0000 wrote:
>>
>> I have uploaded a first test build of K12LTSP 4.2.1. In addition to all
>> of the official Fedora updates, this build includes support for PPC
>> terminals.
>>
>> An out-of-the-box install will boot my PowerBook G4. I have not tried any
>> other PPC terminals, nor have I verfied that upgrades work as expected.
>>
>> So proceed with caution, this is not ready for production use...
>>
>> If you are brave enough to try it, please let us know if 1) you tried
>> upgrading an existing server (non-producton, test servers only!) and
>> 2) what PPC boxes you tried to use as terminals and whether or not they
>> worked.
>>
>> 	ftp://k12linux.mesd.k12.or.us/pub/K12LTSP/testing/4.2.1/
>> 	rsync -Pav k12linux.mesd.k12.or.us::testing/4.2.1/ .
>>
>>
>> Thanks to everyone here who worked on making the PPC support so seemless!
>>
>> -Eric