Notes On LTSP4.2

howto Upgrade to LTSP-4.2

If you are on our local network you can visit http://magico.bristolwireless.net for more instructions. There are package repositories for LTSP-4.2 and other versions, plus the 4.1 documentation.

This also covers most of the set up from the ground up, though you may have a few teething problems that are not covered here.

Here are a number of step for setting it up on Debian GNU/Linux:

1. install ltsp-utils 0.20 from magico or the internet;
2. install the server package from magico or the internet;
3. run apt-get -f install to sort out the dependancies for these packages;
4. run ltspadmin (the installer and configuration tool need to both be run);
5. update dhcp.conf for the new kernel images and root path (and restart the dhcp server too);
6. run update-rc.d ltspswapd defaults;
7. run /etc/init.d/ltspswapd start;
8. add all the users who are able to access local devices to the group fuse (add username fuse)
9. make sure fusermount is excecutable by users ( chown :fuse /usr/bin/fusermount & chmod 4750 /usr/bin/fusermount ) and check that they are set correctly.

And that should be it. Consult the main documentation on http://ltsp.org/ for more info. The troubleshooting and theory of operation sections of the 4.1.1 documentation are most useful.