From owner-freebsd-current Thu Apr 16 15:29:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA27868 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Thu, 16 Apr 1998 15:29:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA27823 for ; Thu, 16 Apr 1998 22:29:21 GMT (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA01446; Thu, 16 Apr 1998 15:25:51 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199804162225.PAA01446@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Luigi Rizzo cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Diskless configuration... In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 16 Apr 1998 19:15:01 +0200." <199804161715.TAA07192@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 15:25:50 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > [not sure this is relevant to -current, but since the noise on -hackers > is so high...] > > At http://www.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/diskless.html , I have put up a > short description of the strategy I used to support two labs of > diskless FreeBSD workstation booting from the same server using a > shared readonly root and /usr partition. > > The description also includes most if not all of the files I have used > to configure my machines. > > I'd like to receive suggestions and comments on the architecture > i have devised, to see if there is some better approach. Hmm. See also: http://www.freebsd.org/~msmith/FTL/appnotes/1000.R-BOOTP_TFTP http://www.freebsd.org/~msmith/FTL/appnotes/1010.P-DISKLESS I haven't completed the RARP/BOOTPARAM appnote yet; being less relevant to FreeBSD systems it's a lower priority. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message