Re: networked filesystems

2000-12-26 Thread Scott Patterson
>I have just configured a simple network with one harddiskless computer >that boots from a floppy and mounts a remote root through nfs. It should make administration much easier:) >Now my questions: >- which other alternatives are there? I have heard that nfs has a big >overlay. I have also he

networked filesystems

2000-12-22 Thread Sebastiaan
Hello all, I have just configured a simple network with one harddiskless computer that boots from a floppy and mounts a remote root through nfs. Now my questions: - which other alternatives are there? I have heard that nfs has a big overlay. I have also heard about nbd. - is it true, or can you c