Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 00:53:24 +0200 From: des@des.no (=?iso-8859-1?q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: "Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg" <rocky@401.cx> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: comparing netboot thin client solutions? Message-ID: <xzpvfjtlz8b.fsf@dwp.des.no> In-Reply-To: <20040421223206.GA93049@rocky.ljusdal.net> (Roger Vetterberg's message of "Thu, 22 Apr 2004 00:32:06 %2B0200") References: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0404211353090.6619-100000@pilchuck.reedmedia.net> <20040421223206.GA93049@rocky.ljusdal.net>
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"Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg" <rocky@401.cx> writes: > This made me a bit curious since Ive been planning to do something > similar myself, so I looked up the Diskless X Server howto. > On the last page, it says "If you are not using devfs(5) (which is the > default in FreeBSD 5.X), you should make sure that you do not forget to > run MAKEDEV all in the dev directory." > Now, the article is dated 1996, but it still mentions devfs and FreeBSD > 5.x. > How long has FreeBSD 5.x been around? AFAIK it has been a work in > progress for quite some time, but devfs back in 1996? No, work on FreeBSD 5 started in March 2000. > Has the howto been updated without the date being changed, or am I > missing something here? That sentence was added in August last year. It is practically the only part of the article which is still somewhat relevant. You should read http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/network-diskless.html instead (though I can't guarantee it's 100% up-to-date) DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no
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