Hi hope i am in the right place have googled for hours on this and the closest i come to any hits are here but not what i need so here goes

i seem to have been succesfull in installing knoppmyth the latest version to my hard drive not tried every single thing but seemed ok
i am running it on a temp system just to see if it was what i wanted before i jumped in spending lots of money.
i wanted to pxe boot so i ran prep-ts command some message copying cloop runs for a while then i get some error messages i am new to linux but they seem to be saying they can not mount certain file terminal_server being one of them. then it asks if i want to run server at start up so i say yes.

then i run through some options in a gui screen.

then it drops back to like a dos screen not sure what is called in the linux world.
again bit vague but messages say cant mount files then unmounting then some more stuff relating to different files then some thing about the disk 79% full.

sorry but i dont know how to screen shot or if there is an error log i can post
i looked at the partitions created by knoppmyth hard drive install then looked at the amount used and sure enuff one of them seems to be about 79% full

i am guessing that the partiton/folder that the cd image of knoppmyth is being copied to is too small.
is there an error log to post or does some one know of a way round to this problem. just a small note i did manage to run a terminal server from knoppix 4.0 live cd no probs so i know my ethernet works just seems the file system is not being put in place for pxe to boot from. probley i did some thing worng.

it maybe that pxe boot isn't what i am looking for i am trying all the options before i decide.

maybe if some one could tell me the answer to these questions then it maybe that pxe booting isn't what i am loking for then i dont need so fix errors.

1/ does client machine have to be configured each time it boots or do you pre define all the working settings on the server?

2/am i right in thinking once pxe booted the client machine can just be flicked off at the switch when not in use rather than shuting down with out any file damage on the server?

3/ a work around to the errors quoted above
thanks in advance.

1. Yes
2. Yes
3. Well there are no error quotes above... You should get specific errors, you didn't state what those specific errors are.
4. Don't ever refer to an xterm as a DOS window, it isn't. If you search the wiki and Google, you'll find plenty of beginner Linux tutorials.

The CD is copied to /myth, so unless you are using a small hard drive to test the waters, you should have plenty of room. To check how much free space you have:

Thanks for prompt reply......sorry for refernce to dos but having spent 3 days trying to work out why i could not register on your forum only just worked out this was because i didnt have a pop3 email only msn.
kept comming up with me being banned quite anoying when all you want is a little guidence.

i wasnt about to google to make sure i made a improper reference to some thing. i understand you pointing this out but i didnt steal your money.....nor crash into your car so maybe a little less abrupt would of been nice.
i am a willing student when it comes to linux i have been impressed by the distro's i have sampled so far.

so back to question 1 i asked if it needs to be configured at each boot or done on server and saved there your reply was yes.....yes it need setting up each time or yes it can be preconfigured on the backend server?

you said no errors mentioned - i also asked if there was a log or some way to record the errors.....is there?
then i can give better information.

thanks again.

No, running prep-ts doesn't create any log. Did you check your drive space? Note: If you need help (specifically my help), if I give you commands to try (etc. ) and I don't see response to my suggestions. I tend to ignore further queries.

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yes i have plenty of disk space not huge but installed on a 40gb hard drive. just as a tester.
its not so much the space its that hard drive install creates partitions of a fairly small size 4 in all one is remaining space of approx 25gb

my concern was that it was trying to install to an approx 4gb partiton created by the knoppmyth install that was allready 2gb used i dont know
i understand the terminal server is installed to /myth i maybe being dumb here as i have a lot to learn about linux but /myth means the root of a drive/partiton - if so which one.

what i will do in the absence of a log ill run the prep-ts command a few times and try to get some rock solid errors also another real dumb question. when trying to log this info it tends to be more than one screen full any way of scrolling up/ and maybe copy and paste - if not then its pen and paper time.

btw result of command:

filesystem size used avail use% mounted on
/Dev/hda1 2.6g 1.89g 679m 73% /
/Dev/hda3 4.1g 24k 4.1g 1% /cache
/Dev/hda4 32g 51m 32g 1% /myth

thx for responce once again

You can ignore that error... With the KnoppMyth CD in the drive, do the following as root:

After configuring the terminal server, simply boot off the network with another PC.

Ok That got me a lot further than before i have an error but ill google this first rather than bother you with it any more gonna strip a few bits out of the comp too just encase its a conflict of some kind. one other question from what i saw of the pxe boot it looked the same as setting up a front end from the cd rom disk rather than a pre configured front end.

so back to my question as before is there a way that the settings relating to a client can be saved and then loaded from pxe so its just a case of boot and go? or am i hoping for too much?

thanks again for the help so far and if i get no where with the current error ill log it and post here.