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> > From: "Scott J. Ellentuch" <tuc@valhalla.stormking.com>
> > Date: Sat, 6 Apr 1996 12:30:45 -0500 (EST)
> 
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > 	I finally got a chance to pick up the new netboot and am
> > booted with the netboot-rd kernel.  Ok, so now what?!  I'm trying to do 
> > this all via NFS, as there is no local disk.  Do I need to just get all
> > the binary sets and expand them and drop in a real netbsd-gen kernel, 
> > or is there some way I can use the miniroot?  What I'm looking to do is
> > *JUST* get DNS and SENDMAIL working on it, THATS ALL!  Any ideas, as I
> > don't want the whole monster if I don't need it.
> 
> You should unpack the "base" distribution on the server, then do some
> selective removal of things you do not plan to use.  You should keep
> 	/etc /sbin /bin (need most of the stuff in the root)
> 	/usr/lib	(need shared libraries, etc.)
> You get the idea.  You might temporarily move most of /usr to some
> invisible (to the client) holding place, and hard-link those files
> that are found to be needed back into the /usr hierarchy that is
> exported to the client.  Your results might interest people here.
> 
Ok, well, I grabbed everything and did what I think was right (Ok, for
the first go round I put EVERYTHING down... I'll take away as necessary).

However, its taking FOREVER to do the fsck...... But why, its a NFS root.
Does it STILL think it needs to do that?

			Tuc