From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:10:54 -0700 From: x0r5150 To: 9fans@9fans.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_252_7594770.1205863854897" Subject: [9fans] Stupid newbie question: Fileserver (fossil vs dedicated) Topicbox-Message-UUID: 7b8a6e50-ead3-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 ------=_Part_252_7594770.1205863854897 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Sorry for the newbie question. I start to love plan9 and decide to build a real network instead of a stand alone do it all workstation. I'm a little bit confuse about the file server set up. Am I supposed to use the 9pcfs kernel on a dedicated machine or just export fossil from a "normal" plan9 install. If just exporting fossil work, could I do a auth/cpu/fs in one box and pxe boot terminal and cpu from it or is this just broking the whole idea? thanks -nic -- x0r5150@gmail.com ------=_Part_252_7594770.1205863854897 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Sorry for the newbie question.

I start to love plan9 and decide to build a real network instead of a stand alone do it all workstation. 

I'm a little bit confuse about the file server set up.

Am I supposed to use the 9pcfs kernel on a dedicated machine or just export fossil from a "normal" plan9 install.

If just exporting fossil work, could I do a auth/cpu/fs in one box and pxe boot terminal and cpu from it or is this just broking the whole idea?

thanks

-nic

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x0r5150@gmail.com ------=_Part_252_7594770.1205863854897-- From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <8a5627740cbc1340ace5ca78def5751f@quanstro.net> To: 9fans@9fans.net From: erik quanstrom Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:37:52 -0400 In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] Stupid newbie question: Fileserver (fossil vs dedicated) Topicbox-Message-UUID: 7bbea2f6-ead3-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > Am I supposed to use the 9pcfs kernel on a dedicated machine or just export > fossil from a "normal" plan9 install. 9pcfs is ken's fileserver. it is a stand alone deal requiring il. (and a patch to the kernel, these days.) imho, it is still the best fs out there. > If just exporting fossil work, could I do a auth/cpu/fs in one box and pxe > boot terminal and cpu from it or is this just broking the whole idea? yes, you can do that. it is not quite the original idea, but it does work. the downside is that something going sideways in cpu/auth can take out your fs. and if you reboot the fs, you need to reboot your terminal. - erik From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <8e653a55527e181d8aec487357fb4248@csplan9.rit.edu> To: 9fans@9fans.net Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:42:39 -0400 From: john@csplan9.rit.edu In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] Stupid newbie question: Fileserver (fossil vs dedicated) Topicbox-Message-UUID: 7ba937d6-ead3-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > If just exporting fossil work, could I do a auth/cpu/fs in one box and pxe > boot terminal and cpu from it or is this just broking the whole idea? > In my opinion, that is exactly what you should do, at least at first. Install Plan 9, follow the instructions on the wiki for setting up a standalone CPU server. You'll be using the 9pccpuf kernel. PXE booting isn't particularly hard, or you could install Plan 9 to the terminal's hard drive and specify root from the file server. John