64bit server and 64 bit clients

[Gavin McCullagh]

Hi,

On Fri, 16 May 2008, Nicolas Roussi wrote:

> My question is: Is it possible to have amd64 and i386 image files and
> select which one the thin client uses to boot? Maybe by modifying the if
> statement in dhcpd.conf or have options on boot of the thin client?

I'm not sure if this is what you want, but you can create MAC specific dhcp
settings.  We have a set of kiosks which boot a different chroot to
everything else.  This is preset on the server of course, you don't get to
choose on the thin client.

The settings below create a group of mac addresses with special settings.
You could similarly change the filename and root-path to the 64-bit one.

Gavin

group {
  # Library Kiosk Group
  option root-path "/opt/ltsp-kiosk/i386";
  filename "/ltsp/i386/pxelinux.0";
  server-name "brooks.mt";
  next-server brooks.mt;
    
  host library1 { 
    hardware ethernet 00:02:a5:1d:4b:f8;
    fixed-address library1.mt;
  } 
  host library3 {
    hardware ethernet 00:02:a5:59:2a:35;
    fixed-address library3.mt;
  }
  host library4 {
    hardware ethernet 00:02:a5:0b:30:31;
    fixed-address library4.mt;
  }
}