Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 02:15:15 -0800 From: Joe Park <joepark@uclink4.berkeley.edu> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: newbie questions on file system Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.20000228013510.00bdde20@uclink4.berkeley.edu>
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Hello,
I'm a newbie and I just realized that my file system is not very
efficient. I have two pc as following :
"A" - FreeBSD 3.3 release, P-200, 72mb ram, 13.5 gb HD, 8mb videocard
"B" - FreeBSD 3.4 stable, PIII-600, 128mb ram, 10 gb HD, 32mb riva tnt ultra
"A" is configure as NFS file/Samba file/Samba printer server, gateway for
my cable modem.
"B" is X window station with KDE, co-existing with Win98.
I just updated "B" with FreeBSD 3.4 stable with cvsup and I realized that I
have double copy of many files between "A" and "B". I mean, I have two
sets of almost same lib, /usr/src, /usr/X11R6, and other files I don't
realize yet. (I was hoping any of you guys can tell me more) After seeing
that, I felt stupid and urge to reorganize everything.
My first question is what is the conventional way to do this? Which folder
goes to server and which folder stays local? I'm guessing that for fast
execution, some files need to stay in local file system.
I just updated "B" with stable version of FreeBSD and I don't want to do
that with "A" again. Can I just MOVE /usr/src from "B" to "A", and do
"make world" and build a kernel for "A"? Then just make a link from "B" to
"A" /usr/src? (or maybe I should just move whole /usr folder to server)
How about X server? Can I just keep one X server at "B" and use it from
"A"? I'm guessing that the way to do this is to move "/usr/X11R6" from "B"
to "A" and make a link. If I do move X server, would it effect
performance? My server machine don't. have great videocard as stated above.
If I had to do this everything all over again, what would be the proper
way? Maybe setting up a server first, set up proper X server I want, and
somehow install workstation ("B") from server computer and make a bunch of
links to server?
Where can I find more information on this matter? A good book maybe?
Lastly, this is not so urgent matter, but I'm trying to use Asian
fonts(korean) for my KDE and a bit confused with true type fonts. After I
installed xtt-svga, I see that X is now linked to XF86_SVGA_xtt instead of
XF86_SVGA. How can I use true type after that? I'm using qt-i18n, and
does that mean I don't have to use true type font server? I'm very
confused and if there are somebody out there who have experiences on
installing and using asian fonts on both X and regular console, please
guide me to right direction.
Sorry for too many questions at same time, and I do appreciate any help.
Thank you.
Joe
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