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Eric Thibodeau wrote: |
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> The way I see it, multiple Gentoo roots would be available (different |
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> machine profiles/optimisation) and they would be specified in the DHCP server's |
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> config file as simply as any PXE entry.... So I am not too sure I |
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> understand your "couple of ROOT=/foo" _and_ the busybox one... |
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I just had a single NFS root for all the nodes; didn't have time to get |
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more sophisticated. So the couple of ROOT was one NFS, one busybox. |
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> Didn't know/find such a document specific to Gentoo!....Google to the |
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> rescue, I skipped through http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/diskless-howto.xml |
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> and I agree that the copying of the master's environment is definately not |
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> the approach I would take. But, from what I read, it should be fairly easy |
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> to modify the procedure simply to point to a root that is an independant |
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> Gentoo tree, into which we can chroot (...limited to compatible arches of |
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> course...) and manage the installed packages from there (portage tree |
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> could be loop-mounted to avoid duplicating it). |
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No reason to chroot, loop mount and all that garbage if you're just |
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doing package management. Just start by unpacking a stage there, and then: |
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ROOT=/path/to/diskless emerge -up world |
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Thanks, |
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Donnie |
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