Re: Remote system directories
On Tue, Dec 21, 2004 at 07:30:16AM +0300, Andrew P. typed: > Hello! > > I've got a freebsd box with a 2Gb hard drive and a server with a lot of > free space. I want to make use of nfs and let the "small" box mount most > of its directories in read-write mode from the server. What directories > are safe to be moved to a remote location? The idea is that should the > server go down, the box must still be bootable and accessible via ssh. > > I've read hier manual page, but it doesn't go deep into how bad the > system need each directory at startup - and how heavy access is to each > folder during normal operation. > > Can the system boot into multi-user mode in case /usr fails to mount? No > I'm now experimenting with different subfolders of /usr and other dirs, > and I'd be glad to hear a piece of advice. If I were you I would do a minimal (though complete) installation of FreeBSD on the client machine. Enable sshd and put a script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d to nfs-mount whatever you need from the server. (remember, you can easily mount over an existing directory hierarchy, thereby hiding the original files) Something like: #!/bin/sh # # check if nfs-server is up /usr/bin/showmount -e nfs-server if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then # mount nfs shares /sbin/mount -t nfs nfs-server:/export/usr /usr # etc fi ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Remote system directories
Andrew P. wrote: Hello! I've got a freebsd box with a 2Gb hard drive and a server with a lot of free space. I want to make use of nfs and let the "small" box mount most of its directories in read-write mode from the server. What directories are safe to be moved to a remote location? The idea is that should the server go down, the box must still be bootable and accessible via ssh. I've read hier manual page, but it doesn't go deep into how bad the system need each directory at startup - and how heavy access is to each folder during normal operation. Can the system boot into multi-user mode in case /usr fails to mount? I'd say "no" to that last; not.without some modifications (and I wouldn't care to speculate on the advisability of that). Here's the first obvious problem I see: [642] Mon 20.Dec.2004 23:09:16[EMAIL PROTECTED]/home/kadmin] ps -aux | grep tty root 68398 0.0 0.1 1408 600 p5 R+ 11:09PM 0:00.00 grep tty root 682 0.0 0.0 1280 12 v0 Is+ Wed12PM 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv0 root 683 0.0 0.0 1280 12 v1 Is+ Wed12PM 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv1 root 684 0.0 0.0 1280 12 v2 Is+ Wed12PM 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv2 root 685 0.0 0.0 1280 12 v3 Is+ Wed12PM 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv3 root 686 0.0 0.0 1280 12 v4 Is+ Wed12PM 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv4 root 687 0.0 0.0 1280 12 v5 Is+ Wed12PM 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv5 root 688 0.0 0.0 1280 12 v6 Is+ Wed12PM 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv6 root 689 0.0 0.0 1280 12 v7 Is+ Wed12PM 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv7 No tty's are available without /usr Kevin Kinsey ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Remote system directories
Hello! I've got a freebsd box with a 2Gb hard drive and a server with a lot of free space. I want to make use of nfs and let the "small" box mount most of its directories in read-write mode from the server. What directories are safe to be moved to a remote location? The idea is that should the server go down, the box must still be bootable and accessible via ssh. I've read hier manual page, but it doesn't go deep into how bad the system need each directory at startup - and how heavy access is to each folder during normal operation. Can the system boot into multi-user mode in case /usr fails to mount? I'm now experimenting with different subfolders of /usr and other dirs, and I'd be glad to hear a piece of advice. Best wishes, Andrew ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
