[H-GEN] Floppy disk print server

[Harry Phillips]

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> > 3. Etherboot off the network, and mount a share with samba on it from
> > across the network.
>
> 4. lpserver , emulates a jetdirect print server. LTSP.org has support
> for up to 3 printers this way, you could netboot a machine off the
Sinux
> server and use Samba on the server + cups/lprng to pipe it to the
> netbooted box. It works rather well.

I vouch for that, setup your DHCP server to give that particular MAC a
set IP, then set that IP to be a particular host name, them set LTSP to
give that particular host a run level of 3 instead of the default 5, then
set it up so that host automatically runs the print server.

Don't know how to do the last bit sorry. Then again if it is the only box
running booting to the LTSP then set the print server to start for every
machine that boots to the LTSP. That way all you have to do if you want
to change box is:

1. Change the MAC address that IP is handed to, or
2. Transfer the NIC to the new box and the MAC goes with it, nothing else
changes.

Regards
Harry


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