On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 15:57:41 -0600, Robert Kulagowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a number of frontends, each with local storage. I have a master > backend which is already serving as a DHCP / TFTP / NFS server to a > MediaMVP and my frontends. > > What I'd like to do is take my existing frontends (one a Debian > unstable, one a FC2) and set them up as semi-diskless; boot off the > local storage, then switch to using NFS for everything else, at which > point I can spin-down the local hard drive, reducing noise. > > I'm not really interested in a complete diskless system, and the various > HOWTO's that I've seen pretty much revolve around netbooting / PXE. > > Has anyone already done something similar? >
I must misunderstand your question, it seems to easy. Knoppmyth will boot a frontend setup off of the CD, and then connect to your backend. http://www.mysettopbox.tv/doc.html#frontend I experimented with Knoppymyth recently. I was really impressed with it. It worked out of the box, and had just about everything that my system needed.
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