On Wed, Jun 17, 1998 at 02:08:05PM -0400, Avery Pennarun wrote: > On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 11:49:25PM -0400, sjc@delphi.com wrote: > > > I also found out that I hafta do a chroot . bash --login > > once to get it to configure the base system (ie keymap stuff) > > You could copy /etc/resolv.conf and other config files out of the server's > /etc directory. Most of that should be correct (though you'll have to do > something special for 'nameserver 127.0.0.1' obviously). yes definitly...well really...I shouldn't need it...I mean... I am just connecting to a host, once I have the IPs needed, what is the nameserver needed for? > I've done an X terminal on a single 1.44 MB floppy. Almost all of the stuff > on the base system is unnecessary: what you really need is a simple init > system (calling ifconfig/route), libc, X, XF86Config, and rgb.txt. wow...I never thought it would fit on 1 floppy...then again... on my system X is only 4728 May 5 23:46 X hmm but XF86_S3V is over 2 MB :( ohg well back to NFS root :) as for the base system...I do that for flexibility...I mean what if I decide tomorow I want more than X Terminals? maybe I want them to be X Terminals...and PVM hosts :) just add the packages I need to the "System" with chroot. > Most of the useful tools you can use to set up the system can be found in > the "busybox" package that comes on the Debian rootdisk. Wonderful program, > that one. I will have to check that out...hmm busybox...where is that? > That said, I've also made NFS-rooted X terminals and they're easily fast > enough -- once X is loaded, there's no more "disk" access. Mine went from > zero to XDM in about 45 seconds (over an ARCnet network, which is slower > than ethernet) and needed only 4 megs of RAM to run happily. Nice nice...what type of systems they runnign on? > It would be great to see a Debian package that set all this up. It would > also be quite nice to see busybox broken out into its own package. yes It would...in any case I hope to make a little document and web page on how to do it (I just love doing something and then documenting it on a web page) > I may be able to help if you run into any major problems setting up the X > terminal. thats good to know...I have it mostly ready at work now... in fact I have a chroot'd shell..run X..which queries back to xdm which is runnng on the same host (non-chroot'd) and an xfs (also same non-chroot) Now all I need to do is get the NFS mount going and try i twith a real second machine. > Have fun, I plan to :)..with all the problems ive solved..and all the games I have played.... I never had as much fun with Windows as I do doing this stuff with Linux -Steve -- ** Stephen Carpenter ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** sjc@delphi.com ** "I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of." -- Clarance Darrow
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