Guillaume Cottenceau wrote: > > No.. as explained by Todd & Andrej, you're just setting up > clients & servers, no wonder you need client and server stuff.
My complaint is that the installer mishandles this. As I recall, no user option is provided to install what you call nfs servers in non-server installations. That is the problem. In passing let me remark that the client-server model is a Microsoft invention and is not generally excepted by the industry. It is too shallow a concept and positively misleading in practice except possibly at the machine level. It assumes single-direction transmission only, which is not a real-world truth. It leads to far more problems that it resolves. I recommend Mandrake drops the use of the client-server model and terminology except possibly at the machine level. Even in this case there should be 3 options, server, client, and server & client. Conclusion: It is not a useful distinction or even simplification. Throw it out! -- Ron. [au]
