Messages in this thread | | | From | "Stephen C. Tweedie" <> | Date | Wed, 16 Jun 1999 14:22:04 +0100 (BST) | Subject | Re: Migrating to larger numbers |
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Hi,
On Tue, 8 Jun 1999 09:57:27 +1000, Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au> said:
> Could please explain what the need is to export devices across NFS is?
NFS root filesystems. The client still needs a /dev even if running diskless. (And no, I don't want this to turn into a discussion on the merits of devfs! There are still Unixen which don't have that.)
--Stephen
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