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From: "James A. Robinson" <jim.robinson@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2016 18:53:50 +0000
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Maintenance of an auth server files vs a dns+dhcp+tftp
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So in a canonical installation the auth server mounts its root from the
file server?

On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 10:47 AM Stanley Lieber <sl@9front.org> wrote:

> The idea is that there is one file system shared by all the neighboring
> systems. The canonical Plan 9 installation comprises one disk file server
> and many diskless computing machines (auth servers, cpu servers, terminals).
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<div dir=3D"ltr">So in a canonical installation the auth server mounts its =
root from the file server?<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"lt=
r">On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 10:47 AM Stanley Lieber &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:sl=
@9front.org">sl@9front.org</a>&gt; wrote:</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_q=
uote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1e=
x">
The idea is that there is one file system shared by all the neighboring sys=
tems. The canonical Plan 9 installation comprises one disk file server and =
many diskless computing machines (auth servers, cpu servers, terminals).<br=
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