LTSP - Mandrake 9.0

I've set up a Linux Terminal Server running on Mandrake 9.0 using the excellent documentation and packages from LTSP. As there were no specific documents for LTSP and Mandrake 9.0, I decided to write this document at the same time that I worked on the project.

The closest documentation that I've found was the LTSP-HOWTO for Mandrake 8.2 available here. In that document, there are a series on links to rpm packages. Those links don't work. Download the latest rpm versions from this page instead. The packages that I've download and used are:

For the Server

First of all, install the dchp-server, the nfs-utils and the tftp-server packages, either with the command urpmi or with the rpmdrake GUI tool. After that, start the following services:

Second, install the downloaded RPMs for the LTSP. Usethe command rpm -ivh *.rpm, the urpmi utility or the rpmdrake GUI, as you wish.

Third, configure the system:

For the Client

This should be all. Now, boot a client machine with the proper floppy, and you should see the login screen. Enjoy LTSP!

Troubleshooting

I've had my own amount of "gotchas". Thanks to the LTSP project, those problems were painless to troubleshoot. How do you troubleshoot a problem? With the silver bullet, of course. And, if even the silver bullet fails, contact the LTSP team at the #LTSP channel on the irc.freenode.org server.