Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 10 Jun 1998 09:24:39 -0700 | From | "Vadim E. Kogan" <> | Subject | Re: New Linux distribution - PSL |
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Michael H. Warfield wrote: > > Geert Uytterhoeven enscribed thusly: > > > On Wed, 10 Jun 1998, Stefan Petters wrote: > > > It took me some time, but I've currently running Debian on about 20 PCs. > > > Really maintaining I'm only one (the server which is an SMP--machine, > > > the rest are mostly single--processor--machines). I had to configure a > > > few things seperatly for each host (like fstab or things like that) > > > hacked the scripts in /etc/init.d to accept an /etc/rc.config (This was > > > refused by Debian about 2 and a half years ago and is now implemented in > > > a very similar way, the replies indicated, that they didn't understand > > > the concept at first ;-) and manage different setups (ISDN--router, > > > modem--server, boards with framegrabber). To distribute changes made on > > > the server I use SUP. This way I wriggled my way, from one of the first > > > releases over to rex, bo and now hamm. I've to say: Everything works > > > just fine. > > > Same here, but we use rdist instead of sup. > > If you are using rdist, you might want to take a look at rsync. > I used rdist for updating systems but after trying rsync I immediately > switched over. While both can use ssh as an underlying transport, rsync > can be orders of magnitude faster than rdist and it's much easier to setup. > You use the rsync command just the same way you would use the rcp or scp > commands except that you also have recursive modes, permission preservation, > mod time preservation, ownership preservation, missing file deletion, etc, > etc, etc, like you do with rdist. The reason rsync is sooo much faster is > that it uses a "diff and patch" type of approach and only sends out changes. > > The other BIG advantage rsync has over rdist is that it works > "both ways". You can rsync IN FROM a remote system as well as OUT TO > a remote system. > > I didn't believe the speed improvements over rdist at first. It went > so fast, I thought it hadn't done anything - but the changes where there! > > Check it out up at http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/ > > > Greetings, > Yeah, all these things are great! The only problem is that you have to do it yourself & learn how to do it right. And no real help from dist. But I want it to be the *default* on server-system. I want installation to be able to benefit from such a SMP machine on the net, that has all the required stuff compiled the way you want it.
Vadim
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