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From: treese@crltrx.crl.dec.com (Win Treese)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: DS3100
Message-ID: <209@crltrx.crl.dec.com>
Date: 9 Jun 89 06:29:46 GMT
References: <1573@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu>
Reply-To: treese@crltrx.crl.dec.com (Win Treese)
Organization: DEC Cambridge Research Lab
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In article <1573@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu> amw@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Andrew M. Winkler) writes:
>
>Also, is there some way to eliminate all the duplication in the server disk for 
>all the diskless clients? It would be ideal to be able to stick all the custom
>stuff, and /usr/users files on the swap disks. Can this be done? Is it a good
>idea?

It's not hard to do this, though it's not a "supported" configuration.
Generate a kernel with the disk device driver and boot it.  Make a root
filesystem on the local disk (newfs /dev/rrz?a rz??) and dump the current
root to it.  Generate a new kernel that expects its root on the disk, and
install that as vmunix in your new root filesystem.  Reboot and enjoy.

I'd advise leaving /usr/users on a central machine; it's much easier to
administer and back up that way.

Win "I don't speak for Digital" Treese

Win Treese						Cambridge Research Lab
treese@crl.dec.com					Digital Equipment Corp.