On Thu, Jun 18, 1998 at 01:52:17AM -0400, Avery Pennarun wrote: > On Thu, Jun 18, 1998 at 01:23:42AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > connecting to a host, once I have the IPs needed, what is the nameserver > > needed for? > > Well, you could have a nameserver entry for "xdm-server" (or something) > which is looked up while your X-terminal boots. This does seem pointless to > me, but who's counting. >
no comment :) > > > I've done an X terminal on a single 1.44 MB floppy. Almost all of the > > > stuff > > > on the base system is unnecessary: what you really need is a simple init > > > system (calling ifconfig/route), libc, X, XF86Config, and rgb.txt. > > > > wow...I never thought it would fit on 1 floppy...then again... > > hmm but XF86_S3V is over 2 MB :( ohg well back to NFS root :) > > Ah, the joys of inordinate bloat. This was about two years ago, before > libc6 and egcs started doubling the size of things. ahh that explains it...hmm someone mentiond seeing "Small X Servers" on sunsite... > You may be able to > squeeze it on anyway, if you use a compressed ramdisk. (Note that if you > use a ramdisk, you need more than the minimal 4 megs -- but if you use an X > server that large, you probably need more than 4 megs anyway.) I am now planning to use a small root disk which will then NFS mount the rest of the system with the actual X....hmm an internally mounted 3.5" drive with a disk in it.... 3.5" drives cost $20...disks are almost free (used to be free before AOL switched to CDs..they don't seem to send disks anymore)..so.. its a slow, $20 hard drive :) (and at only 1.44 MB..its close enough to diskless for me) > > > That said, I've also made NFS-rooted X terminals and they're easily fast > > > enough -- once X is loaded, there's no more "disk" access. Mine went > > > from zero to XDM in about 45 seconds (over an ARCnet network, which is > > > slower than ethernet) and needed only 4 megs of RAM to run happily. > > > > Nice nice...what type of systems they runnign on? > > 486DX/33 or 486DX/40 with XF86_S3. It was quite a while ago. Nowadays they > would look pretty slow compared to a "real" computer. Also, I may have been > a bit unclear above -- these really were only X terminals and accessed a > _remote_ xdm server. You can run a full X session in 4 megs, but you'll > have to swap like crazy (which you currently can't do on a diskless client). Ahhh but to quote the NFS-root HOWTO: * There is a patch floating around, that allows for swapping over NFS. It was sent to me (during a private high workload phase), but somehow I managed to loose the mail :( so...it can currently be done...just need to find the patch :) -Steve -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
