PXE boot nodes

Step #1 Perform a full install of Red Hat Shrike - release 9
Select custom for the type and at the bottom of the install screen in the MISC section - select the box marked "EVERYTHING". and continue. This takes a while....

Step 2 - download LTSP stuff - http://ltsp.org and downloaded the following:
ltsp_core-3.0.9-0.i386.rpm
ltsp_kernel-3.0.10-0.i386.rpm
ltsp_local_apps-3.0.0-0.i386.rpm
pxestuff-3.0.5-i386.tgz
ltsp_initrd_kit-3.0.9-i386.tgz
ltspcfg from the 4.0 section. PERL script to setup an LTSP system "easier".

Download ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux - syslinux-2.05.tar.gz

Step 3 - Install LTSP packages
As root, open a terminal window. Navigate to where the downloaded files were placed. Install the downloaded files by entering

rpm -ivh ltsp_core-3.0.9-0.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh ltsp_kernel-3.0.10-0.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh ltsp_local_apps-3.0.0-0.i386.rpm
tar zxvf pxestuff-3.0.5-i386.tgz
1. cp bzImage* /tftpboot/lts
2. cp init* /tftpboot/lts
3. cp pxelinux.0 /tftpboot/lts
4. mkdir /tftpboot/lts/pxelinux.cfg
5. cp pxelinux.cfg/default /tftpboot/lts/pxelinux.cfg

tar zxvf syslinux-2.05.tar.gz
cp pxelinux.0 /tftpboot/lts

then do
cd /opt/ltsp/templates
./ltsp_initialize (Just choose to apply the changes.)

File locations you need to edit
/opt/ltsp/i386/etc/lts.conf -- controls client access
/etc/dhcpd.conf -- controls clients and MAC addresses

Commands you need to know
/etc/rc.d/init.d/portmap restart
/etc/rc.d/init.d/named restart
/etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd restart
/etc/rc.d/init.d/dhcpd restart
/etc/rc.d/init.d/nfs restart

1.) Find out where the terminfo directory is on your system (probably /usr/share)
2.) make the same directory under /opt/ltsp/i386/ if yours was in /usr/share, then do: mkdir /opt/ltsp/i386/usr/share/terminfo
3.) now copy all the contents of the one from your system over to the clients directory:

cp -R /usr/share/terminfo /opt/ltsp/i386/usr/share

# Add Default Route
pr_set 87 "Adding Default Route"
echo "adding default route"
route add -net 127.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 lo
route add 0.0.0.0 gw 192.168.2.6 eth0

to add workstations just use vi and edit these two files
/etc/dhcpd.conf and
/opt/ltsp/i386/etc/lts.conf

/etc/rc.d/init.d/dhcpd restart

These tips, suggestions and help all contributed by the following folks
PCZ, rsbriggs and Dyyryath
I have followed the above and can replicate this on Mandrake 9.1 with no problems.
More to follow...

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1.) Find out where the terminfo directory is on your system (probably /usr/share)
2.) make the same directory under /opt/ltsp/i386/ if yours was in /usr/share, then do: mkdir /opt/ltsp/i386/usr/share/terminfo
3.) now copy all the contents of the one from your system over to the clients directory:

cp -R /usr/share/terminfo /opt/ltsp/i386/usr/share

# Add Default Route
pr_set 87 "Adding Default Route"
echo "adding default route"
route add -net 127.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 lo
route add 0.0.0.0 gw 192.168.2.6 eth0