Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 20:42:20 -0500 From: Mike Jeays <mj001@rogers.com> To: negative <negative@magnesium.net> Cc: Terry J Dunlap Jr <terrydunlap@netzero.net>, FreeBSD Newbies <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Ports & Sources Server Message-ID: <3E52E0FC.3040708@rogers.com> References: <000901c2d799$5be5f340$0201a8c0@barney> <20030218220856.GB52127@toxic.magnesium.net>
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negative wrote: >On Feb 18, 2003 at 05:01:58PM -0500, terrydunlap@netzero.net wrote: > > >>I have an old Pentium I machine. Is it possible to use this machine as a >>simple file server where I can update the ports collection and /usr/src then >>"push" it out to my other machines? By that, I mean once the file server is >>updated, some type of script runs that automatically updates the other >>machines' ports and /usr/src? Is this even doable? I don't know. >> >> > >Make sense to setup a NFS server to meet your need, but I suggest you >to use better machine than PI for that. > > Jim Geovedi <negative@magnesium.net> > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > > Depends on what you have to hand, or how much cash you feel like laying out. I use my old Pentium 120 as a server in my home installation, and it seems perfectly adequate. (It does have a more recent 10GB disk). NFS is certainly a good way to go. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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