[SOLVED] Help booting a thin client

[d.davolio at mastertraining.it]

Ok. The problem is the ethernet card SiS190. I installed on the client a 
cheap Intel Card with PXE Prom and the client finally works fine.
Thanks for the help.

On 01/23/2013 08:58 AM, d.davolio at mastertraining.it wrote:
> With a huge help from developers we determined that it's a command 
> that hangs during the boot.
> After the client connects the nbd image from the server, it run a 
> "blkid -s TYPR -o value /dev/nbd0" and this command simply hangs. No 
> timeout, no failure.
> I'll try with a different network card (this is a SiS190) because all 
> other clients models boot perfectly.
> I'll tell if it works.
> Thanks!
> Davo
>
>
> On 01/22/2013 03:43 PM, John Hupp wrote:
>> On 1/22/2013 5:46 AM, d.davolio at mastertraining.it wrote:
>>> I have a bunch of Acer Extensa with SiS Ethernet card. And I have a 
>>> boot problem.
>>> I'm running Edubuntu 12.04LTS. Many others Thin Clients boot fine 
>>> but this model is driving me crazy.
>>> The thin client stops at "Begin: Mounting file system...Begin: 
>>> Runing /scripts/local-top...Begin: setting up 
>>> nbd-client...Negotiation:..size=280MB...bs=1024..sz=2293883904".
>>> If I understand this is where the temporary root file system swap to 
>>> the ndb root file system.
>>>
>>> Question is, should I change the nbd-client parameters? But where?
>>> I really need help because it's just 10 days that I'm playing with 
>>> ltsp.
>>> Thanks!
>>> Davo
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> I don't recognize the problem with any certainty, but I wonder, how 
>> much memory do those Acers have?
>
>
>

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