In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: >If you'd like to save some spaces, you can select several directories to >be exported. Of course, the server and the clients have to be running >the same version of the OS. If I remember correctly, /lib, /bin, /sbin, >/usr can be exported safely.
You have to be careful with /lib, /bin, and /sbin, as files in these directories are required on boot... My diskless package (latest version 0.3.2) mounts /etc from a NFS server, but this cannot be shared with other clients. >Selecting directories that can be exported is a bit tricky, so I think >the easisest way is to instal a "new system" on the server machine. >Since bootp would boot from /tftpboot/x.x.x.x (where x.x.x.x is the IP >number you assign for the client machine; defined in /etc/bootptab), >just create x.x.x.x directory in /tftpboot, then export it (in >/etc/exports). On the other machine, mount that directory somewhere, and >then install a new system using the mount point as the root directory. I use a symlink from /tftpboot/x.x.x.x to /the/real/dir. In fact, I do not even need /tftpboot/x.x.x.x in my exports file! All that is required is an entry for /the/real/dir. Weird. -- Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
