Updating the Edubuntu thin client boot stuff

[Scott Ledyard]

Thanks so much, Steve. These look to be excellent, step-by-step directions.
I'll give it a try on a small server in my classroom over next week's break.
(It's spring up here.)
Scott

On 3/27/07, Steve Jackson <stevej at msn.com.au> wrote:
>
> Scott, you are almost right about the path for the thin client 'stuff'. It
> doesn't get updated automatically with the server side, unless you delete
> and recreate it every time there is an update to the ltsp client build.
>
> I think you should do this to update it, based on
> https://wiki.edubuntu.org/EdubuntuLTSPUpgradeNotes; all these steps are
> done on the LTSP server:
>
> # Copy the apt sources list into the thin client chroot
> sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/apt/
> sudo chroot /opt/ltsp/i386 apt-get update
>
> # It is suggested at
> http://developer.novell.com/wiki/index.php/Edgy/HOWTO:_Install_MueKow_on_Ubuntuthat you do this next:
> sudo chroot /opt/ltsp/i386/ mount -t proc proc /proc
>
> # In any case, the next step is:
> sudo chroot /opt/ltsp/i386 apt-get upgrade
>
> # If you want to upgrade the thin client kernel do
> sudo chroot /opt/ltsp/i386 apt-get dist-upgrade
> sudo ltsp-update-kernels
>
> However, I follow the maxim 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' as far as
> thin clients are concerned. If you do try it, take a copy of /opt/ltsp/i386
> first.
>
> I hope this helps!
>
>
>
> On 27/03/07, Scott Ledyard <scott at redboot.biz> wrote:
>
> > Hello all,
> > You can probably guess by the use of the word "stuff" in the topic that
> > I'm kind of clueless for this next question.
> >
> > I've heard people talk about a need to update the part of the system
> > that the thin clients boot from. Is this what is stored in
> > /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/?
> >
> > Does this get updated automatically during regular updates or is there a
> > special process to update it? If so, when does it need updating?
> >
> > I've looked for information about this, but since we're using Edubuntu
> > 6.10 and LTSP changes so often, I'm not sure what's what.
> >
> > Thanks for any light you can shed on this.
> > Scott
> >
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