Matt Dillon([EMAIL PROTECTED])@2001.07.13 15:27:08 +:
> Also, do performance testing with dynamic-linked verses static-linked
> binaries. Static-linked binaries may look larger, but they have a
> much lower dirty-page overhead then the dynamically linked equivalent.
> It depe
> "Ian" == Ian Dowse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Ian> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David
Ian> Gilbert write s:
>> Is it not possible (or has nobody done it) to swap with the current
>> diskless boot?
Ian> The patch (against RELENG_4) is below; I wonder should this just
Ian> be committed?
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David Gilbert write
s:
>Is it not possible (or has nobody done it) to swap with the current
>diskless boot?
I do remember some problem with PXE and swap, but I forget the
details or if it was resolved. The diskless setup that we have
locally uses an MFS root image
:
:Is it not possible (or has nobody done it) to swap with the current
:diskless boot? Of all people, I would have expected Matt to be able
:to help :).
Sure you can swap. I haven't diskless-booted a box in a few months so
someone might have broken something, but I have definitely used
> "Matt" == Matt Dillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Matt> Right, you only need swap to be able to flush dirty pages.
Matt> Clean code (and even clean data) pages are simply dropped and
Matt> reloaded from the disk image later on if needed again. With
Matt> careful program management you
:Thierry> I don't know : my application was "embedded" and used much
:Thierry> less than the 128MBytes installed in the machines (thus no
:Thierry> swap!)
:
:I'm currently running in this configuration ... and have noticed that
:the system will allow clean pages (largely loaded from the
:executab
> "Thierry" == Thierry Herbelot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Thierry> David Gilbert wrote:
>>
Thierry> [SNIP]
>> I'm still having trouble with diskless operation. If I specify
>> the swap option in DHCP, the pxeboot chokes on it. If I don't
>> specify the swap there, things boot, but I have
David Gilbert wrote:
>
[SNIP]
>
> I'm still having trouble with diskless operation. If I specify the
> swap option in DHCP, the pxeboot chokes on it. If I don't specify the
> swap there, things boot, but I have no swap. There isn't an obvious
> way to add nfs swap once a server is running.
>
* Nik Clayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010713 05:51] wrote:
> > Actually, this is what I did for Google, we were able to have 40 machines
> > installed in about an hour:
> >
> > http://people.freebsd.org/~alfred/pxe/
>
> Or
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/pxe/index.html
> "Thierry" == Thierry Herbelot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Thierry> Alfred Perlstein wrote:
Thierry> [SNIP]
>> http://people.freebsd.org/~alfred/pxe/
Thierry> first : a big thank you for your paper : I finally could use
Thierry> PXE for diskless booting (not install, just running a full,
> Actually, this is what I did for Google, we were able to have 40 machines
> installed in about an hour:
>
> http://people.freebsd.org/~alfred/pxe/
Or
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/pxe/index.html
N
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FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://www.freebsd.org/
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On Jul 13, David O'Brien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> What? You don't like TCL? Well then, be finished with your effort
> before the libh guys do.
Good call. ;-)
To me, the language choice is immaterial on the face of it. The value of the
conversation was based upon some of the feature set
On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 06:06:07PM +0100, Paul Robinson wrote:
> On Jul 12, "Karsten W. Rohrbach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > perl might be superior in features at first glance but it has
> > serious deficiencies in the resulting code style, due to it's nature it
> > not simply enables program
:Actually, this is what I did for Google, we were able to have 40 machines
:installed in about an hour:
:
:http://people.freebsd.org/~alfred/pxe/
:
:--
:-Alfred Perlstein [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
I did something similar at BEST, though back then it was a
NFS bootp boot floppy.
* Thierry Herbelot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010712 16:54] wrote:
> Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> >
> [SNIP]
> > Actually, this is what I did for Google, we were able to have 40 machines
> > installed in about an hour:
> >
> > http://people.freebsd.org/~alfred/pxe/
> >
> > --
> > -Alfred Perlstein [[EMA
Alfred Perlstein wrote:
>
[SNIP]
> Actually, this is what I did for Google, we were able to have 40 machines
> installed in about an hour:
>
> http://people.freebsd.org/~alfred/pxe/
>
> --
> -Alfred Perlstein [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Ok, who wrote this damn function called '??'?
> And why do my pr
* Nick Popoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010712 14:30] wrote:
>
> "Karsten W. Rohrbach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > - - every class has properties which can be preloaded (unattended
> > install functionality from 'recorded' install session or manually
> > generated setup)
> > - - remote install dial
"Karsten W. Rohrbach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> - - every class has properties which can be preloaded (unattended
> install functionality from 'recorded' install session or manually
> generated setup)
> - - remote install dialog ui using ethernet as transport (yay!) would
> be a nice idea
Ho
On Jul 12, "Karsten W. Rohrbach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> perl might be superior in features at first glance but it has
> serious deficiencies in the resulting code style, due to it's nature it
> not simply enables programmers to do bad things[tm] but almost enforces
> them to do so.
A slo
Paul Robinson([EMAIL PROTECTED])@2001.07.12 15:44:32 +:
> On Jul 11, "Karsten W. Rohrbach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > some rough and spontaneuos ideas:
> > - stripped down python interpreter runs as init
>
> Wow. If you think about it, that's quite a big departure from where FBSD is
>
On Jul 11, "Karsten W. Rohrbach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> some rough and spontaneuos ideas:
> - stripped down python interpreter runs as init
Wow. If you think about it, that's quite a big departure from where FBSD is
at the moment (or I'm missing the point). You might find a lot more peopl
On Wed 2001-07-11 (19:02), Karsten W. Rohrbach wrote:
> Terry Lambert([EMAIL PROTECTED])@2001.07.09 13:29:23 +:
> [...]
>
> > There are too many steps.
> >
> > X11 is a distribution set, instead of a package.
> >
> > Etc. (I could go on forever).
> >
>
> ...then let's wrap up a concept of
Terry Lambert([EMAIL PROTECTED])@2001.07.09 13:29:23 +:
[...]
> There are too many steps.
>
> X11 is a distribution set, instead of a package.
>
> Etc. (I could go on forever).
>
...then let's wrap up a concept of a interpreter language driven
installer. redhat does it in python since year
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