| 27 Mar 2024 |
 ibanez88 | 
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| ibanez88 | But still getting errors | 12:42:14 |
 infinte | i was load from tftp pxe server which built-in qemu slirp stack,maybe you need to load it direct from efi shell | 12:47:37 |
| infinte | grub2 may have chainloader | 12:48:11 |
| 5 Apr 2024 |
|  casa_bolivia joined the room. | 16:55:06 |
| casa_bolivia | Hello all, i'm a teacher working in a high french school. 1 year ago, i discovered Linux Terminal Server Project and i manage to make it work (chrootless server + Debian 12 + LTSP -> DHCP server of the school) in my class room with about 25 very old computers . It was working like a charm until the administration of my school decided to add a fog server. Now it's very difficult to use my server because the client computers have trouble booting : They try to boot on the fog server but they fail and after a while most of them freeze.
I have to restart them several times one by one and very often I have to boot them on a USB key with the IPXE ISO. Do you think there's a solution to make the clients start automatically on the IPXE boot of my server?
Thank you in advance for your help.(they try to boot on the fog server & they ) & if I want them to work, I have to start them one by one on a USB key containing the ISO Ipxe wich cost me a lot of time. | 17:22:27 |
| casa_bolivia | * Hello all, i'm a teacher working in a high french school. 1 year ago, i discovered Linux Terminal Server Project and i manage to make it work (chrootless server + Debian 12 + LTSP -> DHCP server of the school) in my class room with about 25 very old computers . It was working like a charm until the administration of my school decided to add a fog server. Now it's very difficult to use my server because the client computers have trouble booting : They try to boot on the fog server but they fail and after a while most of them freeze.
I have to restart them several times one by one and very often I have to boot them on a USB key with the IPXE ISO. Do you think there's a solution to make the clients start automatically on the IPXE boot of my server?
Thank you in advance for your help. Mark | 17:23:17 |
| casa_bolivia | * Hello everyone, I'm a teacher in a French high school. 1 year ago, I discovered Linux Terminal Server Project and managed to get it working (chrootless server + Debian 12 + LTSP -> school DHCP server) in my classroom with about 25 very old computers (without hard disk). It worked like a charm until my school administration decided to add a fog server. Now, it's very difficult to use my own server because the client computers have trouble booting: they try to boot on the fog server but they fail and after a while, most of them freeze.
I have to reboot them several times one by one and very often I have to boot them on a USB key with the IPXE ISO , which takes a lot of time. Do you think there's a solution for clients to boot directly using IPXE from my server?
Thank you in advance for your help. | 17:31:29 |
 stappers | Idea: Talk with the administrator of the fog-server and agree on a boot menu provided by either networkbootserver.
| 17:32:44 |
 Toby: The Squeakquel | In reply to @casa_bolivia:matrix.org
Hello everyone, I'm a teacher in a French high school. 1 year ago, I discovered Linux Terminal Server Project and managed to get it working (chrootless server + Debian 12 + LTSP -> school DHCP server) in my classroom with about 25 very old computers (without hard disk). It worked like a charm until my school administration decided to add a fog server. Now, it's very difficult to use my own server because the client computers have trouble booting: they try to boot on the fog server but they fail and after a while, most of them freeze.
I have to reboot them several times one by one and very often I have to boot them on a USB key with the IPXE ISO , which takes a lot of time. Do you think there's a solution for clients to boot directly using IPXE from my server?
Thank you in advance for your help. if you could run your own network (connected to the greater school network) you could make each of them netboot iPXE | 17:33:41 |
| casa_bolivia | The problem is the administrator is a 100% Windows boy and i'm pretty sure that i'll not help me on this particular problem. | 17:36:04 |
| casa_bolivia | Plus, i'm not sure he has the skills to change anything locally. | 17:36:58 |
| casa_bolivia | netboot IPXE ?? | 17:37:23 |
| Toby: The Squeakquel | iPXE can be served up by the network over the PXE protocol | 17:37:54 |
| Toby: The Squeakquel | well, not protocol. i'm not really sure how it works but i've netbooted things in a pinch | 17:38:18 |
| Toby: The Squeakquel | pretty sure there's a way to run a PXE server on enterprise windows? | 17:38:37 |
| casa_bolivia | Can i do that from my server ?? | 17:40:15 |
| Toby: The Squeakquel | if you can run a DHCP server | 17:42:04 |
| Toby: The Squeakquel | (and have the horde connect to it) | 17:42:28 |
| casa_bolivia | Would you have a tutorial to recommend? | 17:43:39 |
| Toby: The Squeakquel | unfortunately no, I largely had to piece it together myself and I've only ever done it for one client
when I did it, I used dnsmasq if that helps at all. it has a built in TFTP server (which is what PXE clients download kernels, etc. from) | 17:44:43 |
| Toby: The Squeakquel | * unfortunately no, I largely had to piece it together myself and I've only ever done it for one client, I used dnsmasq if that helps at all. it has a built in TFTP server (which is what PXE clients download kernels, etc. from) | 17:44:57 |
| casa_bolivia | Ok, it's out of my scoop ... | 17:46:36 |
| Toby: The Squeakquel | ah, well i'm sure there's another way ^^ | 17:50:00 |
| casa_bolivia | I teach economy unfortunately... | 17:50:19 |
| casa_bolivia | Ok, if you think of something that could help i would appréciate. Right now, i've to leave but will be back tomorrow. In any case, thanks the informations you gave me. | 17:52:29 |
| 6 Apr 2024 |
| stappers | In reply to @casa_bolivia:matrix.org
Ok, if you think of something that could help i would appréciate. Right now, i've to leave but will be back tomorrow. In any case, thanks the informations you gave me.
if you think of something that could help
Step beyond the "problems"[1] that you see. Start the dialogue with the follow citizens of the LAN[2] of your school. [1]: "i'm pretty sure that i'll not help me" [2]: "Local Area Network, in ancient days common area used by several tribes". Those ancient tribes were able to talk with each other about common interests. Yes, I expect a teacher to initiate such meetings.
Goal for the same-LAN-user-meetings should be which network boot menu will we implement.
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| 16 Apr 2024 |
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