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Re: Diskless Network - /me confused



Ken Yap wrote:
> 
> >The clients would be using bootdisks (they do have a floppy) to connect
> >to the server. The clients are then supposed to mount their root on the
> >server, and it's here the confusion starts. Where will this root be?
> >Will other users be able to access this? Will this root have its own
> >/dev so that the client can access its own hardware (like cdrom)?
> >If yes, will other clients be able to access the other clients /dev?
> 
> Each client should have their own root "partition". They should not
> share /devs, but clients can share /bin, /sbin, /lib and any other files
> (via hard links on the server) that are not client specific. Most /devs
> are similar, but there may be differences and anyway the directory just
> consists of entries which take up very little space.

i am using one directory for all clients - but directories like /etc are on
a ramdisk (check http://elina.htlw1.ac.at/~hoerandl/nfs-root/ ) - is this
solution so bad ?

Gustl

-- 
August Hoerandl                 hoerandl@elina.htlw1.ac.at
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight 
you, then you win." -- Gandhi (?)
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