Ken Yap writes: > >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. However, having separate /dev directories means you can't easily share the same root directory. Of course, this isn't an issue with devfs: http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~rgooch/linux/kernel-patches.html Regards, Richard.... =========================================================================== This Mail was sent to netboot mailing list by: Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au> To get help about this list, send a mail with 'help' as the only string in it's body to majordomo@baghira.han.de. If you have problems with this list, send a mail to netboot-owner@baghira.han.de.
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