A fully working Ubuntu LTSP demo system has been uploaded to the downloads area, and installation of VMware Server or VMware Player is required. This comprises of four separate virtual machines: a NAS appliance, the Ubuntu Server, a Ubuntu MueKow terminal, and the miru directory server. This demonstrates an example deployment of a diskless workstation and a diskless LTSP server all booting from miru directory server and all files: the operating systems and user files being store on one NAS appliance.
Due to the size of the Ubuntu installation 7-zip compression has been used to create the smallest download possible: 526MB vs. 2.1GB uncompressed. 7-zip decompression tools are available for Windows, and a tool p7zip (command line: 7za) for Linux, and Unix platforms.
Further details on how to configure and use the demo can be found on the page HOWTO: miru directory server VMware LTSP demo.
--Steve-o 2006-08-11
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