LTSP powered by Ubuntu

Finally got LTSP to work. Right now, clocking in at 15 clients. Had to tweak /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf to up the maximum allowable sessions.

In a nutshell, here's what I did:

• Installed Ubuntu Warty.


• Using the main repo, did apt-gets for SSH, NFS, TFTP, DHCP3, and libwww-perl, along with dependencies.


• Installed ltsp-utils; ran ltspadmin, then installed LTSP 4.1.


• Configured /etc/dhcp3/dhcpd.conf, /etc/hosts, /etc/hosts.allow, and /etc/exports.


• Had trouble tweaking DHCP (mainly the root-path and filename directives), but finally got it right.


• Fired up one client, setting it to boot through PXE first.


• Voila! Ubuntu login screen!


• Ooopss: used an i386 kernel so the 4-GB DRAM wasn't recognized. Promptly got i686 kernel images.


• Tested on 15 clients first, but forgot to set limit on maximum sessions.


• Tomorrow, will boot on new kernel to see what happens. *crosses fingers*

Update: Photos are here.