Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:00:29 -0700 From: Tim Judd <tajudd@gmail.com> To: Mario Pavlov <freebsd@abv.bg> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Re: Re: [solved] Re: Re: Re: diskless - NFS root mount problem Message-ID: <ade45ae90911190900p37817467y142a635d20f38014@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <314774211.102489.1258609764004.JavaMail.apache@mail53.abv.bg> References: <314774211.102489.1258609764004.JavaMail.apache@mail53.abv.bg>
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On 11/18/09, Mario Pavlov <freebsd@abv.bg> wrote: > oh yes, I got what you meant now > true, I used /usr from the server because I wanted to have all my ports > available to the client. Is there a nice way to install ports only in the > diskless distribution ? > > thank you. > > Regards > Mario Just like any other port you install. you can either chroot into your diskless root filesystem (as I have it laid out, not you), and run the port tools. you can also run the package management tools. All programs are are files on the disk, there's no local registry as in windows to worry about. You can even compile on the diskless client. It just reads and writes files to the nfs server to compile ports. --TJ
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