Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 21:14:59 -0500 From: Terry J Dunlap Jr <terrydunlap@netzero.net> To: Mike Jeays <mj001@rogers.com>, negative <negative@magnesium.net> Cc: FreeBSD Newbies <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Ports & Sources Server Message-ID: <001501c2d7bc$b4790a10$0201a8c0@barney> References: <000901c2d799$5be5f340$0201a8c0@barney> <20030218220856.GB52127@toxic.magnesium.net> <3E52E0FC.3040708@rogers.com>
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NFS is new to me. In addition to the handbook and "FreeBSD Unleashed", any other sources you might suggest for learning NFS? I see that O'Reilly publishes "Managing NFS and NIS." Is this overkill for what I'm trying to achieve? Thanks for speedy and helpful replies! Terry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Jeays" <mj001@rogers.com> To: "negative" <negative@magnesium.net> Cc: "Terry J Dunlap Jr" <terrydunlap@netzero.net>; "FreeBSD Newbies" <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 8:42 PM Subject: Re: Ports & Sources Server > negative wrote: > > >On Feb 18, 2003 at 05:01:58PM -0500, terrydunlap@netzero.net wrote: > > > > > >>I have an old Pentium I machine. Is it possible to use this machine as a > >>simple file server where I can update the ports collection and /usr/src then > >>"push" it out to my other machines? By that, I mean once the file server is > >>updated, some type of script runs that automatically updates the other > >>machines' ports and /usr/src? Is this even doable? I don't know. > >> > >> > > > >Make sense to setup a NFS server to meet your need, but I suggest you > >to use better machine than PI for that. > > > > Jim Geovedi <negative@magnesium.net> > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > > > > > > Depends on what you have to hand, or how much cash you feel like > laying out. I use my old Pentium 120 as a server in my home installation, > and it seems perfectly adequate. (It does have a more recent 10GB disk). > NFS is certainly a good way to go. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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