edubuntu-users Digest, Vol 17, Issue 23

[Don Venardos]

Gavin,

Thanks for the info on building the environment that solves one piece.
I still need to figure out how to configure the iMac to boot to the
server on startup instead of booting into OS X or OS 9 on startup. How
did you do this?

Thanks,
Don V.

> Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:23:14 +0100
> From: Gavin McCullagh <gmccullagh at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: EdUbuntu x86 server with Newworld iMac G3 thin client
> To: edubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <20071015192314.GA16358 at gmail.com>
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>
> Hi,
>
> On Mon, 15 Oct 2007, Don Venardos wrote:
>
> > I am trying to find instructions for how to setup a new world iMac G3
> > 500 mhz as a thin client to a Edunbuntu x86 server. I can't seem to
> > find instructions anywhere (other than the comment that you use yaboot
> > in the docs), has anyone done this? This is for home use, but academic
> > institutions have tons of these machines, so instructions would be
> > greatly useful. Ideally the iMac would be able to boot either to OS X,
> > OS 9, or Edubuntu. The Edubuntu option could be either netboot or the
> > mini-kernel could loaded on the hard drive of the iMac.
>
> I looked this up a while back and it seems that you have to build the thin
> client environment on a powerpc machine.  So, what was suggested was that
> you would use a live cd to boot a powerpc machine and use it to build the
> ltsp.  Instructions are here:
>
>         https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuLTSP/LTSPCrossArchSetup
>
> Gavin