On Tue, Dec 21, 2004 at 07:30:16AM +0300, Andrew P. typed: > Hello! > > I've got a freebsd box with a 2Gb hard drive and a server with a lot of > free space. I want to make use of nfs and let the "small" box mount most > of its directories in read-write mode from the server. What directories > are safe to be moved to a remote location? The idea is that should the > server go down, the box must still be bootable and accessible via ssh. > > I've read hier manual page, but it doesn't go deep into how bad the > system need each directory at startup - and how heavy access is to each > folder during normal operation. > > Can the system boot into multi-user mode in case /usr fails to mount?
No > I'm now experimenting with different subfolders of /usr and other dirs, > and I'd be glad to hear a piece of advice. If I were you I would do a minimal (though complete) installation of FreeBSD on the client machine. Enable sshd and put a script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d to nfs-mount whatever you need from the server. (remember, you can easily mount over an existing directory hierarchy, thereby hiding the original files) Something like: #!/bin/sh # # check if nfs-server is up /usr/bin/showmount -e nfs-server if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then # mount nfs shares /sbin/mount -t nfs nfs-server:/export/usr /usr # etc fi _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
