LTSP - 64bit server / 32bit clients

[wirefly]

Hey All,

I have a bit of a question that I'm wondering if someone knows the answer too before I start.

I have a new AMD Quad core machine with 8Gb of ram currently running 64bit Ubuntu and have a load of other machines all P4 < 3Ghz (32bits) around the house which I'm looking at running off the big AMD box now.

My question is LTSP how does/will it/what if? The AMD is running 64bit software, how is that going to affect the clients who obviously are only 32bits. Or do I need to have 32bit running on the AMD in order to run 32bit clients?

Thanks!!

Damian

[damormino]

Yes. You can run 32-bit thin clients on a 64-bit LTSP server.

On the server, do this:

sudo -s
su -
ltsp-build-client --arch i386
exit

Power off or disconnect any thin clients you have running, then do:

sudo /etc/init.d/nbd-server restart

Here is a good explanation of the whole process of setting up a 64-bit server with 32-bit clients:

How to create a Ubuntu 11.04 x64 LTSP server with 32bit thin clients