Re: [gentoo-user] updating mostly identical systems

2005-08-04 Thread Eric S. Johansson
Michael Crute wrote: Hmm not to be insulting but: no, it is not insulting at all. One must always make sure that the devices plugged into the wall. * Is NFS Running on the server and, yes showmount and mounting devices loopback work * Is there a firewall on either host (and if so are

bad howto warning: Re: [gentoo-user] updating mostly identical systems

2005-08-04 Thread Eric S. Johansson
Michael Crute wrote: Have you seen the build host tutorial on the wiki? http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Create_A_Build_Host to put it politely, this how-to is misleading. It should be removed. problem 1: assumes automounter works. I was not able to get automounter to function and had to

Re: bad howto warning: Re: [gentoo-user] updating mostly identical systems

2005-08-04 Thread Justin Patrin
On 8/4/05, Eric S. Johansson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Michael Crute wrote: Have you seen the build host tutorial on the wiki? http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Create_A_Build_Host to put it politely, this how-to is misleading. It should be removed. Well, since this is a wiki...why don't you

Re: bad howto warning: Re: [gentoo-user] updating mostly identical systems

2005-08-04 Thread Michael Crute
Bingo... edit it please... share your experiences and put down the right way to do it. -MikeOn 8/4/05, Justin Patrin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 8/4/05, Eric S. Johansson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Michael Crute wrote: Have you seen the build host tutorial on the wiki?

[gentoo-user] updating mostly identical systems

2005-08-03 Thread Eric S. Johansson
I need feedback on this cunning plan. I have five (virtual machine) systems which are mostly identical. Originally I customized each one with a different set of use flags. Each one has a different set of applications with a common core. I started updating them last night and woke up this

Re: [gentoo-user] updating mostly identical systems

2005-08-03 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 10:40:49 -0400, Eric S. Johansson wrote: what would be the best way for the four other machines to access the binary packages? NFS? File copy? I have $PKGDIR (in make.conf) set to an NFS share, so all machines can download binary packages from the same directory. The

Re: [gentoo-user] updating mostly identical systems

2005-08-03 Thread Michael Crute
Have you seen the build host tutorial on the wiki? http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Create_A_Build_Host -MikeOn 8/3/05, Neil Bothwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 10:40:49 -0400, Eric S. Johansson wrote: what would be the best way for the four other machines to access the binary

Re: [gentoo-user] updating mostly identical systems

2005-08-03 Thread Eric S. Johansson
Michael Crute wrote: Have you seen the build host tutorial on the wiki? http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Create_A_Build_Host -Mike no I had not. look like just what I need. also looks like putting it in place would be faster than waiting for the current set of updates to finish. thanks!!!

Re: [gentoo-user] updating mostly identical systems

2005-08-03 Thread Michael Crute
Hmm not to be insulting but: * Is NFS Running * Is there a firewall on either host (and if so are the ports for NFS opened) If all is good there then my last think would be why not just put your mount in fstab and skip the automounter jazz? -MikeOn 8/3/05, Eric S. Johansson [EMAIL PROTECTED]