On Mon May  7 15:00:02 EDT 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Just to make sure I have this straight, a cpu server is not running
> a terminal server as its console.  The keyboard, mouse, and display
> on the cpu server are not under the control of a terminal server.

yes.  except in plan 9 a terminal is the opposite of a server so 
they're generally refered to as terminals.

> That is the setup I am going for (cpu/auth/file server and drawterm).
> However, for someone who only has one machine, what is the preferred
> setup and why?

i don't think anything is perferred about such a setup.  however, i
ran a terminal with fossil only for about 6 months before i got a fs working.
this was acceptable for working on stuff.

> I realize that the previous question could be an invitation to a holy
> war.  That is not my intent.  I have been thinking about computers from
> a UNIX perspective for a long time and I have a lot of inertia to
> overcome. Explanations of motivation or why something is done the way it
> is, is very instructive to me at my current state of non-understanding.

sounds like you're getting it.  the papers in /sys/doc are still good, though
dated.

- erik

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