On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 01:28:14PM -0600, Ryan A. Carris wrote: > 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.
But KnoppMyth won't autoboot off the CD, it requires that you put in some paramters. Also a true diskless system will not require a CD drive at all, and using a CD to run your system will use up the CD drive pretty quickly. -- "They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin
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