[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> I whant to settled up a main server and a number of
> diskless terminals. So I got some questions.
 
> 1. what network card I can use to boot from a remote 
> linux/unix server

Any card that has a boot rom and is supported in the kernel you boot from.
The Intel cards are nice, very reliable and I think they all come with
a boot rom now.


> 2. what is an efficient way to share files from a main
> sever to those terminals.

NFS, make sure your blocksize is 8k for read and write. NFS version 2 
over UDP is the most efficent, but NFS version 3 over TCP is more reliable.

Swaping over NFS is a disaster. If you must have swap to run, then use
a small local disk for it.

Geoff.

-- 
Geoffrey S. Mendelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] 972-54-608-069
Icq/AIM Uin: 2661079 MSN IM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Not for email)
Carp are bottom feeders, koi are too, and not surprisingly are ferrets.


=================================================================
To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with
the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command
echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Reply via email to