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| Newer page: | version 11 | Last edited on Thursday, April 7, 2005 4:17:09 pm | by JoshEngland | Revert |
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[NFSRoot] is the term used to describe running an operating system with its root filesystem (/) mounted via [NFS].
Why would anyone do this? Thin-clients, kiosks, industrial uses, and so on. If you dont need to touch a local harddisk, you can save a lot in the way of moving parts.
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+There is a very functional package called [oneSIS | http://onesis.org] that makes running diskless very easy and has excellent documentation.
Other places to look for similar information include the DisklessWorkstationNotes page, and the notes on [PXE] and so forth.
This set up uses [PXE] booting network cards, via [PXELinux], to load a kernel and then mount / via NFS. Its very debian oriented, although the principles could be adapted to any situation.
