Configuring Clients and Servers
Daniel Heath
dan at garfield.catt.ncsu.edu
Thu Jun 20 11:39:53 AEST 1991
In article <BOGAART.91Jun19144021 at gin.serc.nl> bogaart at serc.nl (Eugene Bogaart) writes:
>
>Hoi Net,
>
>We have a DEC station 2100 as a client attached to a server DEC system
>5400. Via the Diskless Management System the clients are configured to
>boot their kernel of the /dlclient?/CLIENT.root area.
>
>The DMS manual shows how to modify the configuration so that a local
>disk can be used as swap.
>
>The I am wondering if it is possible to change the configuration of a
>client DECstation (2100) with one local disk (RZ23), so that not only
>the swap space is local but also its root filesystem. (servers is then
>only needed for the clients /usr's file system.)
Use RIS (Remote Installation Service) instead of DMS. RIS is designed
specifically to do what you are asking by making the client's root and
swap area local. See your manuals for details.
Later,
Dan Heath
dan at garfield.catt.ncsu.edu
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