On Tue, 27 Aug 2002, Karl Gaissmaier wrote:
> Hi Matthew,
>
> Matthew Schalit schrieb:
> >
> > The only downside I've found to booting using remote packages
> > for the LEAF box is that my LEAF box is my router and tinydns
> > nameserver. So when it's still trying to boot, the internal
> > network can't resolve itself and whatnot. When that happens,
> > the remote computer that would be serving up the packages to
> > the LEAF box is unhappy because it's default route is down and
> > it can't resolve names. The lack of nameservice and default
> > route makes the loading of packages painfully slow. But if the
> > route's up, the packages load like a bat out of h e double hockey
> > sticks.
> >
> > So the only way I like my LEAF is for it to be self
> > sufficient.
> >
>
> Maybe in your config, where your LEAF Box is the firewall
> to the outside world. But imagine n x LEAF Boxes for a
> University Class B network protecting some departments
> more or less. The LEAF box is fetching some configs
> (typically the partial etc.lrp backup) from a server
> in the campus backbone.
You ignored his point about the nameservice. In a multi-LEAF setup,
startup sequence could become an issue... which would be even less
desirable there than in a small system.
> With this approach you could get rid of the error prone
> Floppy's and the adidas network.
I have pretty much eliminated floppies from my system. I use CF or HD,
and maintain backups using lrcfg-to-media and scp-to-linux-workstation.
> And by the way, it's just a feature, not a must, you could
> still use your floppy and I could use my network ;-)
>
> Anyway, I will not boot (vmlinuz, initrd) from the network,
> I would prefer to have the configs at a central site
> especially from shorwall.lrp and etc.lrp, anything else
> does not change frequently and I could spend a new CD
> after a few monts.
For such a minor thing, I would think scp would be sufficient.
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