On Sun, 2007-09-16 at 17:16 -0400, Derek Tattersall wrote: > I have a large desktop running F7 , the 64 bit version. I also have a > few bits and pieces of 32 bit hardware lying around, that I could make > into a diskless X-terminal. I have been reading up on tftp and pxeboot > and the kernel docs, and I think I can figure out how to set up the > client machine as a diskless X-terminal, but I am perplexed by one thing. > > What is the best way to set up the root file system? I want to set up a > series of subdirectories on my main machine with the root file system, > /bin, /lib, /etc, etc. I would like that to be 32 bit F7. I would then > export those directories by NFS for the diskless client to use. Is there > a way to unpack the F7 rpms into these subdirectories? I don't want to > set up an entire partition for this, and go through the entire > partitioning and install procedure. I just want to use a portion of the > existing disk. > > Is there an easy way to do this? I have a vague memory that you could do > this with slackware (this was back in the mid 90's - all my memories of > that time are vague), is there a way to do this with Fedora? ---- http://www.ltsp.org Craig
