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 (?) =========================================================================== This Mail was sent to netboot mailing list by: August =?iso-8859-1?Q?H=F6randl?= <hoerandl@elina.htlw1.ac.at> 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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