Re: [Fwd: the root filesystem] (again)

[Heinrich Rebehn <rebehn@comm.uni-bremen.de>]

Matthew Hoskins wrote:
> 
> Ok, that is possable too... But it should be noted that the commands i used to
> create the fs from 6.0 rpms may not work for 6.1+ etc... I have never seen redhat
> use exactly the same rc scripts from version to version.   Most of my work was
> hacking on the rc scripts.   When 6.x comes out, i will have to re-hack for any
> new changes...
> 
[snip]

Hi,

I have gone through the above with SuSe, RedHat and Debian. Debian
caused least troubles. You can use the scripts almost 'as is'. 
The only changes i had to make were:
	- dsiable fsck'ing the root fs (/etc/init.d/checkroot.sh)
	- get the ip address with bootpc (/etc/init.d/network)
	- for each diskless client: update /etc/hostname, /etc/hosts,
/etc/mailname
This works for the unstable release and IIRC for stable.
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