Re: [Thinstation-general] Nice...

[Trevor B. <tr...@ba...>]

I think I accidently sent this as html, so it didn't appear on the list. Will 
try again.

Dave,

the build.conf file has a bootresolution parameter (down towards the end) that 
will select the bootsplash image to use. Miles has included images for 
640x480, 800x600 & 1024x768 (in the utils/tools/boot directory).

There is also a kernel parameter (on the param line of the 
pxelinux.cfg/default file) 'vga=nnn' that can be set. Valid options are:
 
256 colours
 640x400 (769) 
 800x600 (771) 
 1024x768 (773) 
 
32K 
 640x400 (784) 
 800x600 (787) 
 1024x768 (790) 
 
64K 
 640x400 (785) 
 800x600 (788) 
 1024x768 (791) 
 
16M 
 640x400 (786) 
 800x600 (789) 
 1024x768 (792) 

You can also have specific pxelinux.cfg/default files for each ip. Snippet 
from the pxelinux.txt file in the boot-imges/pxe directory..
<<
Finally, create the directory "/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg".  The
configuration file (equivalent of syslinux.cfg -- see syslinux.doc for
the options here) will live in this directory.  Because more than one
system may be booted from the same server, the configuration file name
depends on the IP address of the booting machine.  PXELINUX will
search for its config file on the boot server in the following way:

  First, it will search for the config file using its own IP address
  in upper case hexadecimal, e.g. 192.0.2.91 -> C000025B
  (you can use the included progam "gethostip" to compute the
  hexadecimal IP address for any host.)

  If that file is not found, it will remove one hex digit and try
  again.  Ultimately, it will try looking for a file named "default"
  (in lower case).

  As an example, for 192.0.2.91, it will try C000025B, C000025,
  C00002, C0000, C000, C00, C0, C, and default, in that order.
>>

Trevor B

Quoting DAVE CUSHING <dmc...@ca...>:

> After pulling my hair out and asking a bunch of silly questions, all my
> problems came down to using an old version of the thinstation.conf file
> with the 2.0b3 release - obviously it didn't like some of the settings
> in there.  Once I blasted everything and had a couple of cool beverages
> and read through the mail list, I put together a nice etherboot image
> for my users in about 1 hour.
> 
> I do have a couple of questions though
> 
> 1.  I don't get a bootup splash screen on my workstations.  I did on
> some higher end ones, and noticed the splash screen appears to be
> 1024x768?  I know for a fact that the old video cards in these
> particular stations will only support 800x600.  Any chance on future
> versions having splash screens for the resolutionally challenged? :)  (I
> think this why I am getting the 'unsupported video mode' error message
> right after my initrd is decompressed and linux begins to boot up).
> 
> 2. Can anyone give me some pointers on the entries in the
> thinstation.conf.network for network attached printers?  There are
> examples for usb, serial, and parallel in the file, but none for network
> printers, and that is what I am interested in playing with next.
> 
> Thanks in advance for your help.
> 
> 
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Trevor Batley
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