On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 06:22:47PM +0100, maximilian attems wrote: > > Basically, the idea is to make it possible to do diskless virtual > > machines with a minimum of fuss. I can't think of any easy way to make > > all the moving parts fit together.
We've been experimenting with AoE for use with LTSP, and Alkis wrote a simple initramfs-tools local-top script which loads a the aoe module when root=/dev/etherd/e*, and then the "local" script can mount the device like any other block device: https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ltsp-upstream/ltsp/ltsp-trunk/view/head:/client/Debian/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/local-top/aoe_ltsp There's nothing really ltsp-specific about it, though. It would seem more appropriate to be in initramfs-tools directly, as it doesn't require any userspace utilities; there aren't really any existing AoE-related packages that would make sense to add a single script to. Interestingly enough, you don't even need IP networking for a remote root filesystem! > well i could ship it in examples section then AoE people would > just have to copy over or you could add it to a special aoe package. > > iscsi or such seems in wider use, thus higher priority, > don't know if exerternal package does provide some boot scripts. iSCSI seems a bit more complicated to set up. That said, I don't see support or non-support for iSCSI as a reason to exclude AoE. live well, vagrant -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
