On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 12:02:15PM +0700, John Francis Lee wrote: > Hello again, > > I have looked at the script > install-rh8.0 > and decided I will try > install-rh8.0 minimum > > I have just a vserver 'host' installed now. > > I have a separate filesystem mounted on /vservers. > > I guess that I will end up with two "linux systems" : > one under / > the one unshared, separate vserver 'host' > one under /verservers > the one shared, via hard links, > among my vservers
/ might not be the 'optimal' place for a vserver, which should if possible reside on a separate partition, but it should be possible with recent tools (which allow to configure the path) or symlinks ... > Is this correct? > > Can I then update/add/'unify' those rpms I want to share among my > vservers to the second, shared, linux system? given that, two vserver lie on the same partition and they have common rpms, then you can 'unify' those vservers (or to be more precise the static part of specific or all rpms), creating immutable but removeable hardlinks (that is what unification does) ... > And update/add those rpms or tarballs I want not to share to the > individual vservers? that is the idea behind the ILI (Immutable Link Invert), to allow removal but prohibit modification so, it _is_ possible to update or just remove a package for a unified vserver, but you cannot modify the unified files, though you can remove and recreate them with different 'not unified' contents. > Do I understand what I'm doing :) ? hmm, good question, time will tell ... > Thanks for your help. you are welcome HTH, Herbert > -- > John Francis Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > _______________________________________________ > Vserver mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver _______________________________________________ Vserver mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver