[X2Go-Dev] Raspberry Pi as cheap Thin Client

[Stefan Baur]

Am 09.01.2014 09:32, schrieb kamerun at immerda.ch:

> as raspberry has no pxe we load raspian and x2goglient [...]

I don't know how the boot process of the RasPi works, but if it allows 
for booting alternative kernels/initrds, I would strongly suggest adding 
two bootable environments.
Either as two separate partitions, or, if you're using
kernel + initrd + squashfs(or nfs), two subdirectories under your boot 
folder. That way, you can push/pull updates of the base operating system 
from the running system to the non-running system in the other 
folder/partition and simply switch the default boot entry once the 
update has been completed.

I'm currently using such a code for some older non-PXE-bootable* 
Intel-based computers at home, but it's not ready for inclusion into 
X2Go yet.

-Stefan

*It's usually possible to PXE-boot an Intel-based computer using the 
images from http://boot.ipxe.org, even when the network card doesn't 
support PXE natively, but in my particular case, that doesn't help, either.