....some time later....

Round#1 to the software.

Managed to change a DHCP setting on my server that I shouldn't have :roll:
Had to drag over a monitor, keyboard and mouse and plug them in to get back into it again.

Also ended up with multiple versions of LTSP installed (forgot to uninstall some bits of ver 3 before installing 4.1) and things were getting messy.

Decided to wipe the drive and start clean.
FC4 reinstalled.

This time going to stick with LTSP 4.1. The newer installer is a breeze and takes care of a lot of config stuff too.

That will get me back up to stage 3 again.

Learned a lot from the first time around. Feeling more confident about the next attempt.

reminder to me - I'll have to re-test the Cat5 cross-over cable plugged into the node - I think it's suss.