Subject: Re: nfs question
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From: Ignatios Souvatzis <ignatios@theory.cs.uni-bonn.de>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 01/30/2003 12:08:27
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On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 08:19:37AM +0100, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
> i'm thinking how to export floppy and sound from x terminal.
>=20
> if i start nfs server with /dev or something on X terminal and mount it on
> host machine on for example /home/wojtek/xterminal/dev
>=20
> will
>=20
> cat /home/wojtek/xterminal/dev/rfd0b >image read image from it's floppy or
> host's floppy?
>=20
> does NFS export names or actually devices?

Names, if I understand your terminology. To make it explicit:

You'll be able to read from the floppy of the machine where the=20
reading program executes.

Diskless machines traditionally use this feature so that they can=20
read from their own devices.

Regards,
	-is

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