On Sat, Jul 02, 2005 at 06:44:55PM +0100, Gavin McCullagh wrote: > In that case, is there any possibility for the more complex auto-config > procedure to be used on the first boot and cached in some way rather than > be redone time and again? It sounds like /etc (or rather /) is mounted > over nfs with unionfs and customised for the thin client in question. > Perhaps at boot time a check could be done to see if the mac address is > known, and if any of its hardware has changed since last boot. If not, it > could copy in xorg.conf and so forth, skip the autodetection and boot > quickly. You might call it hardware pre-seeding.
Yes, we've talked about this, but there definitely isn't time to do it as part of the initial implementation. It's something to consider as an optimization for the future. -- - mdz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
