> :> Basically this consists of a bit of code in /etc/rc and, later tonight,
> :> an /etc/rc.diskless script ( a new script ).
> :
> :before you reinvent the wheel, have you looked at my code in
> :http://www.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/diskless981113/
...
> I was basically just cleaning up stuff I've been using for several
> months.
me too :)
> Your stuff looks quite similar.
>
> What I propose is that a new kernel sysctl variable be added called
> 'kern.conf_dir' which the kernel initially sets to nothing.
ok, i can only suggest that if you replace the sysctl kern.conf_dir
variable with a shell variable as i did, you can achieve a more
portable result (this also in light of Jordan's idea of having a
2.2S CD being made... putting patches for diskless into some
'xperimnt' directory would be helpful). Other than that, i have no
objections, and i am very glad you raised the issue since i am
using diskless machines a lot!
I haven't seen how you suggest to build&populate the MFS filesystems --
right now i use a rather crude method of putting all the stuff in a tgz
archive on the server and expanding it at runtime on the client. I
haven't solved the problem with passwords (i.e. i just copy the files
from the server. -- this is clearly a security hole, perhaps YP-based
solutions would be much better).
cheers
luigi
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