Re: Distro with NFS Root Clients

These Debian packages might be of interest:

nfsboot - Allow clients to boot over the network
toncho/~ 0 apt-cache show nfsboot
Package: nfsboot
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 32
Maintainer: Ola Lundqvist <opal@xxxxxxxxxx>
Architecture: all
Version: 0.0.14
Recommends: dhcp, nfs-kernel-server | nfs-user-server, atftpd | tftpd-hpa | tftpd, bind9
Suggests: grub, nis, dhcp-dns
Filename: pool/main/n/nfsboot/nfsboot_0.0.14_all.deb
Size: 10086
MD5sum: 3729a172809ea1e80d98edb27882d779
SHA1: 8ff7573ca9c85a9888532c4356af64309a6a94f4
SHA256: d3028183adc03ea66d2dae8dc082287d4b762b44c4d293e95b9fcb24e3c23a48
Description: Allow clients to boot over the network
This package help you to set up your host to allow clients to
boot over nfs.
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This package should be installed on the server so that the clients
can connect to it. The package contains no server itself, but recommends
all packages that you will need in order to make nfsrooted clients
to work.
Tag: admin::boot, interface::daemon, role::metapackage

Package: fai-nfsroot
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 184
Maintainer: Thomas Lange <lange@xxxxxxxxxx>
Architecture: all
Source: fai
Version: 3.1.8
Depends: fai-client
Filename: pool/main/f/fai/fai-nfsroot_3.1.8_all.deb
Size: 45640
MD5sum: 3c52fb87332a4b16ca02af8dfd971a34
SHA1: 3aa659eed7a5d5c13adda6097338f933721918ee
SHA256: 34a04b9d0ae382fb942a9805776caf38551d35bfbb18c8dcd6c75cbb7f8b1023
Description: Fully Automatic Installation nfsroot package
FAI is a tool for doing Fully Automatic Installation of Debian(-based) Linux
systems. This package contains the software that is only needed in
the FAI nfsroot. Do not install this package on a normal machine.
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Homepage: http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de/fai
Tag: special::auto-inst-parts


'apt-cache search "thin client"' on Debian/Sid finds these packages:

Package: education-thin-client-server
Priority: extra
Section: misc
Installed-Size: 52
Maintainer: Debian Edu Developers <debian-edu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Architecture: i386
Source: debian-edu
Version: 0.821
Depends: education-tasks
Recommends: atftpd, dhcp3-server | dhcp, education-workstation, iptables, ltsp-server-standalone, ltspfs, nbd-server, rdiff-backup, tftp, xfs
Suggests: italc-client, italc-master, ltsp-utils
Filename: pool/main/d/debian-edu/education-thin-client-server_0.821_i386.deb
Size: 20600
MD5sum: aa10ae087242a959d337136ed6374b32
SHA1: 0e530cba4107d5570aaced79bdc2d1929784607d
SHA256: b3fceeef6a15d9dbf3e132f00acab112c581e89a4aa5d7587cb0f548a4bf8698
Description: DebianEdu networked thin client server packages
A metapackage containing dependencies for packages required on all
networked thin client server installations in the DebianEdu custom Debian
distribution.
Tag: role::metapackage, use::learning

Package: ltspfsd
Priority: optional
Section: net
Installed-Size: 76
Maintainer: LTSP Debian/Ubuntu Maintainers <pkg-ltsp-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Architecture: i386
Source: ltspfs
Version: 0.4.3+debian3
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.5-5), libx11-6, libxau6, python (>= 2.4), lsof
Recommends: ldm
Filename: pool/main/l/ltspfs/ltspfsd_0.4.3+debian3_i386.deb
Size: 16840
MD5sum: 6901117c0c89a162117da8de0393b58a
SHA1: 04969e11223ba28c9435b26201be30348576ecd0
SHA256: 810ae82e005dce3bc505e5f23bdbac6d5f6a77698d6c334c8b82a1aaca3ee3b4
Description: Fuse based remote filesystem daemon for LTSP thin clients
LtspFS is a remote filesystem consisting of two parts:
1) A network server daemon that runs on the LTSP terminal.
2) A FUSE module that runs in userspace on the server, that connects with
the daemon on the client.
This package contains the daemon to be run on the LTSP thin client.

Package: ltspfsd
Priority: optional
Section: net
Installed-Size: 76
Maintainer: LTSP Debian/Ubuntu Maintainers <pkg-ltsp-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Architecture: i386
Source: ltspfs
Version: 0.4.3+debian3
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.5-5), libx11-6, libxau6, python (>= 2.4), lsof
Recommends: ldm
Filename: pool/main/l/ltspfs/ltspfsd_0.4.3+debian3_i386.deb
Size: 16840
MD5sum: 6901117c0c89a162117da8de0393b58a
SHA1: 04969e11223ba28c9435b26201be30348576ecd0
SHA256: 810ae82e005dce3bc505e5f23bdbac6d5f6a77698d6c334c8b82a1aaca3ee3b4
Description: Fuse based remote filesystem daemon for LTSP thin clients
LtspFS is a remote filesystem consisting of two parts:
1) A network server daemon that runs on the LTSP terminal.
2) A FUSE module that runs in userspace on the server, that connects with
the daemon on the client.
This package contains the daemon to be run on the LTSP thin client.

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John Hasler
john@xxxxxxxxxx
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI USA
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