On 03/16/2017 05:58 AM, k...@aspodata.se wrote: > Thelma: >> Is anybody running Diskless machine, booting over network? >> How is the speed? > > I've done diskless before but it has been a few years since, > it was working just fine. Don't remember any specific issues > once you get it working. > >> I have a Gentoo machine running Windows7 via VM. >> I need to network another PC and connect to that VM so I was thinking >> setting up Diskless node but never done it before. > > You have to ask someone else about diskless MS-Windows. >
Thanks for the input. I think I would "tax" the resources on the serving machine too much. I would need to run another VM-2 - Windows7 on the server that create access to VM-1 - Windows7 running the main program on the server. >> Would there be a problem with upgrades? >> I know all the node files have to reside on Sever from which the node is >> booting. > ... > > You have to know which files are system dependent och which are common > to all your diskless nodes and that depends on how and if you are > using any shared directories/disks for the nodes. > > Regards, > /Karl Hammar > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Aspö Data > Lilla Aspö 148 > S-742 94 Östhammar > Sweden > +46 173 140 57 Sometimes I straggle with upgrades so introducing "diskless-node" might create extra challenges. -- Thelma
