... not quite the level of communication I aimed at, but somehow enlightening...
On Donnerstag 17 Juli 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > Let's see: > - nfsroot, means that NFS root is used to setup the diskless environment, Is this one writable nfsroot? Do all hosts get the same? Is anything else but the nfsroot mounted? > - ramfs-rsync, means that rsync is used to setup the diskless environment > (transfer of "images"), What does "diskless environment" exactly mean? What you transfer is something like a tmpfs content? How is the NFS coming in and what is mounted by the client, or what needs to be exported by the server? Regards, Erich > - ramfs-http, means that rsync is used to setup the diskless environment > (transfer of "images"). > > I have to admit that i do not understand what you want me to explain, names > are pretty obvious. I can understand that we have a lack of technical > documentation but if you want me to explain what is nfsroot and so on, sorry > but i do not have the time. About initramfs, this is a technical detail that > can easily be fixed but clearly if you expect us to do it, we do not have the > resources. > > Based on your email, it seems this is a problem (e.g., "you should probably > switch to that"); if so, forget about it. I actually plan to maintain my own > packages and diffuse them; if someone is interested, it is still possible to > take them. > > Regards, > > ----- Mail Original ----- > De: "Erich Focht" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > À: "geoffroy vallee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], sisuite-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > Envoyé: Jeudi 17 Juillet 2008 13:42:53 GMT -05:00 USA/Canada - États de l'Est > Objet: Re: [Sisuite-devel] patch for a diskless support > > Hi, > > well, actually I was really interested in the details, and from my questions > you could recognize that I at least spent some time to try to understand > some small pieces. Because I was interested in the details I asked questions > and suggested changes. I still think it would help if you guys would comment > on your work... > > Regards, > Erich > > > On Donnerstag 17 Juli 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I never said the solution is perfect, we needed to have those solutions for > > a specific study and we do not plan to maintain the diskless solution (and > > all its different flavors, it is time consuming and we do not have this > > time). > > Our plan was more to submit what we have to the community to see if someone > > else is interesting. Based on you email, it seems that it is not the case, > > just i guess you can just forget about the patch (we do not have more > > resources for further developments, sorry). > > > > Best regards, > > > > ----- Mail Original ----- > > De: "Erich Focht" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > À: sisuite-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > Cc: "geoffroy vallee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Envoyé: Jeudi 17 Juillet 2008 05:02:23 GMT -05:00 USA/Canada - États de > > l'Est > > Objet: Re: [Sisuite-devel] patch for a diskless support > > > > Hi, > > > > I am curious about the aproach taken but cannot easilly recognize it from > > the code. Could you (or the author) please explain what the aproach is? What > > is mounted from where, what is exported from where, which directories are > > read-only and which are writable? What is the meaning of nfs-root, > > ramfs-rsync, ramfs-http? > > > > Is the approach only working for fedora? > > > > Why is the ramdisk built as cramfs? It is uncommon to use anything else than > > initramfs (simply buildable with cpio) since many years... If nothing speaks > > against initramfs, you should probably switch to that. > > > > Thanks & best regards, > > Erich > > > > > > > > On Dienstag 15 Juli 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > Ferrol has been working on the extension of SystemImager for a diskless > > > support. He did a pretty good job, the implementation being not intrusive. > > > > > > Please find a description of the modification, a patch for > > > si_prepareclient and a new Perl module for SystemImager that actually > > > implements the diskless support. It does not aim at being perfect but it > > > is a small extension that enables a basic diskless support, and we think > > > the community may be interested by such a capability. > > > > > > Is it something that could be included directly into SystemImager? > > > > > > Of course, if you have any questions or remarks, feel free to contact us. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Description of changes made: > > > ---------------------------- > > > > > > 1. The user needs only modify a configuration file. This file is > > > /etc/systemimager/diskless.conf. > > > > > > <ip> <path_to_kernel> <method_of_boot> > > > > > > The <method_of_boot> section can define three methods: > > > nfs-root, ramfs-rsync, ramfs-http. > > > > > > 2. /usr/sbin/si_prepareclient was modified in order to include a flag > > > that can > > > be used to signify whether or not modifications should be done. > > > The proper call is: > > > > > > /usr/sbin/si_prepareclient --diskless > > > > > > It looks to see if that flag is there and then calls a function named > > > diskless(). This function makes use of a perl module, > > > /usr/lib/systemimager/perl/SystemImager/Diskless.pm, that contains > > > most of the code that was used in si_mkdiskless. > > > After the function, diskless(), returns si_prepareclient exits. This > > > can be changed, it was just seen as a possible annoyance to have some > > > parts of si_prepareclient to run if the user only wanted the diskless > > > portion to run. > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ sisuite-devel mailing list sisuite-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-devel
