[Bug 619204] Re: LTSP Lucid doesn't work with etherboot clients

[Alkis Georgopoulos]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 487826 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/487826

** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 487826
   Etherboot floppy boot terminal appears to load image and failed with 'Issuing RESET:' on 9.10

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Title:
  LTSP Lucid doesn't work with etherboot clients

Status in “ltsp” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Until now I had a Debian Lenny box working fine as an LTSP server. 
  Thin clients connected via etherboot (booting with a diskette) and loaded nbi.img from the server, or via PXE if they could be able.
  The server is Pertium Core Duo 7300. DHCP is provided by another server in the same network.

  I installed in the same computer a Lucid Lynx in the standard way (as a standalone machine). Afther that, I did
  - sudo aptitude install ltsp-server openssh-server
  - sudo dpkg-reconfigure -plow nbd -server (to create the config file, with the exports and ports)
  - sudo ltsp-build-client
  - sudo ltsp-update-sshkeys
  - sudo ltsp-update-image 

  All these steps were done fine, without any error message.

  The installation works fine with PXE clients, such as laptops, but it
  doesn't work with etherboot clients, booting from floppies (I tried
  some of them, that were previously working). Thin clients boot, find
  DHCP server, get an IP address, get nbi.img (a lot of dots appear, as
  usual), the word "done" appear after the dots, and that's all. It
  hangs up. No more messages. No logs anywhere. I have not any clue to
  know what is going on.

  The worst of all is that it doesn't give any clues: no messages, no
  logs, and I couldn't find anything similar by googling. Except
  Launchpad Question 118802, which I think that describes the same
  problem in another environment.

  Thanks in advance