On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 07:52:08 -0300 Werner Almesberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
you need a good nailed-up network for either network-block or network fs. one way or another once u have a network you may as well offer network access via nfs/smb etc. i don't see any point of block-level access over the network. networkmanager (or whatever else does the same job) is *ONLY* going to solve the issue of having a working network as often as possible. > Andy Green wrote: > > Yes I understood it, but then I said to myself we do all that work on a > > new project, and in the end we only supported block access which is not > > very useful over the network (NBD clients are thin on the ground). > > It's more a simplistic solution with fewer moving parts. Just > observe what people do to exchange files if they meet carrying just > their laptops. > > They usually don't go through the process of setting up WLAN, BT, or > something over USB, simply because it's too complex. Instead, they > copy the files to a USB stick, much like they've done with floppies > when they were toddlers ;-) > > What's different in our case is that a) we already have the "right" > USB connector, and b) we can make our side as friendly for the user > and the peer as possible. However, it may still be a relative pain > for the peer to get in touch. > > I suppose it would be useful if, at some point in time, someone > could describe the step-by-step processes for copying a file over > such an ad-hoc local networks for the most common operating systems. > > If it's easy or at least reasonable, great. If not, we should think > what to do about it. After all, this is projected well beyond the > geek market. > > > Access over a network link of some kind is more complete solution: > > Certainly, yes. Good support for that should be the highest > priority. > > - Werner > -- Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
