Success - Edubuntu 6.06 + LTSP Clients in Parallels Desktop

[Jason Dixon]

Just a quick note about a very successful demonstration I've put  
together for an Edubuntu deployment I'm proposing.  The server and  
clients are both running in Parallels Desktop for Mac beta (http:// 
www.parallels.com/en/products/desktop/) on my Apple MacBook Pro Core  
Duo 2.0.  The entire process was surprisingly simple and  
straightforward.  The only difficulties I encountered were:

- The virtual NIC in the hypervisor doesn't support PXE, so I created  
a custom etherboot rom for the rtl8029.  Setting the CD-ROM in the  
virtual host to point to the ISO was all it required to successfully  
pxeboot from the server.

- Running ltsp-update-sshkeys after changing my virtual hosts to a  
Host-Only networking setup on a new network.

- The client initially crashed while configured with 64MB.  I believe  
this is a bug with Parallels and/or Mac OS X on the Core Duo.   
Bumping the memory up to 128MB resulted in no more crashes.

If there is sufficient interest, I will consider putting together a  
document on the process.  Honestly though, it hardly seems  
necessary.  :)

Thanks,

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Jason Dixon
DixonGroup Consulting
http://www.dixongroup.net