[Wylug-help] requirements for LTSP

[Andy Macdonald]

John,

Thanks very much for this.

On Tue, 20 May, John Hodrien  wrote:
> On Tue, 20 May 2003, Andy Macdonald wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to install a server for LTSP on a PC with RedHat 9 OS.
> >
> > [root@ltsp1 /opt/ltsp/templates]#./ltsp_initialize
> >
> > fails with "error reading information on service tftp"
> >
> > Trying to install tftpd-0.17-20.i386.rpm - gives me:
> >
> > rc-inetd >= 0.8.1 is needed by tftpd-0.17-20
> > /bin/id is needed by tftpd-0.17-20
> > inetdaemon is needed by tftpd-0.17-20
> >
> > does this mean 3 more things to install?
>
> The only thing I'd be wary of is the package names.  Where did you get the
> tftpd package from.  I'm pretty sure the redhat 9 package should be
> tftp-server.
>
> /bin/id isn't present on a redhat 9 system, it's /usr/bin/id which also makes
> me think you're headed for a world of pain.
>
> I reckon you want to install:
>
>
ftp://ftp.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/9/en/os/i386/RedHa
> t/RPMS/tftp-server-0.32-4.i386.rpm
>
> [apologies for the long line, but it's less likely to break]
>
> jh
>
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