From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <193F972F-FBE8-45C0-A91F-4EDAA89C07A5@me.com> <65A95727-540E-4110-BF6F-8DA41E480CBA@me.com> In-Reply-To: <65A95727-540E-4110-BF6F-8DA41E480CBA@me.com> From: "James A. Robinson" Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2016 15:54:06 +0000 Message-ID: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=94eb2c07d42837f12b053ec11f4e Subject: Re: [9fans] What does your fileserver consist of? Topicbox-Message-UUID: a553b2cc-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --94eb2c07d42837f12b053ec11f4e Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Thank you to everyone for their answer. It sounds like the safest route is for me to build a small computer to handle the role of fileserver. The last time I built a cluster I know I could PXE boot the terminals, but as I recall I set up the auth and fileservers using a CD. Is it possible and straightforward to use PXE boot to set up the fileserver installation as well? E.g., PXE boot a server and then run the installation and configuration for a fileserver over the network? Jim --94eb2c07d42837f12b053ec11f4e Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Thank you to everyone for their answer.

It sounds like the safest route is for me to build a small= computer to
handle the role of fileserver.

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as I recall I set up the auth and fileservers using a CD.

Is it possible and straightforward to use PXE boot to= set up the fileserver
installation as well?=C2=A0 E.g., PXE boot= a server and then run the installation
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Jim
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