On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 18:41, Stephen Smoogen wrote:
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Actually it is the opposite of want I need. The clients are usually
multi cpu/ large ram machines/ etc with the server being not much at
all.
I think that LTSP servers 90% of most diskless environment needs.. I
just end up in the 10% where the machines are diskless for programatic
needs but the work must be done on the workstation (Lets just say a lot
of the work maxes out a 2-4 CPU workstation.)
Ah, I see. So it sounds like a job for openMosix (with node/cpu
affinity), Compaq/HP's SSI, or maybe a customized LTSP config that
creates a really big ramdisk to hold a full OS instead using NFS
mounts. Hmm, if you use the big ramdisk approach, then it seems like
not so big a change from the usually LTSP config, though I wouldn't call
it LTSP at that point, but instead 'diskless-client' or something
similar.
I think most of what wrote might still apply. It could be made as
some config option. Or even if it's separate, they are related enough
that I might be able work on both.