[Ltsp-discuss] Amazement... How is it possible that this works so well?

[Silvan <si...@wi...>]

I had something of a surprise today.  I had to shut down my server to go boot 
Windows.  Terrible...

When I re-booted, I checked on my terminal.  Nothing there, unsurprisingly.  I 
gave it a bit of time, and KDM re-appeared a few minutes later.  Upon logging 
in, I found everything working perfectly, including sound.

That really surprised me.  I figured I'd have to re-start the terminal for 
sound if nothing else, to re-establish whatever nebulous connection it has 
with the server that makes that bit of magic possible.

How is it that rebooting the server didn't break any connections between it 
ant the terminal?

I don't have a deep understanding of a lot of this stuff because it just 
works.  No need to learn when installation is as easy as 1-2-3.  :)  The 
folks putting these packages together have done a marvelous job!  However, 
because it works, I haven't had to dig into it, and I've missed out on the 
discovery process.

So, I'm curious...  How is it possible that the terminal is still working?  
How can that be?  Didn't it mount the /opt/ltsp/i386 directory as / by way of 
NFS?  Didn't I break that share by rebooting the server?

It's all just very fascinating, really.  I'm continually surprised by how 
robust and maintenance free this whole setup has been.

-- 
Michael McIntyre  zone 6b in SW VA
Silvan Pagan
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