Re: [Drbl-user] CentOS vs Scientific Linux

[Robert A. <ro...@gm...>]

On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 8:00 AM, Les Mikesell <les...@gm...> wrote:
> Also, is it possible to make DRBL boot any live-cd image on a client or
> is something special done to support this with the clonezilla-live
> images?  Could this approach be used to boot clients that can't run the
> same kernel as the host?

Hi Les,

Yes this is already possible. From the install docs page

"Another useful command is drbl-SL.sh, it can load Small GNU/Linux
(DSL, PuppyLinux, INSERT, PLD, Debian Live, GeeXbox, PUD-Linux...)
into DRBL environment. By doing this, the client can use that Small
GNU/Linu after booting via PXE. The client still can work even if the
network cable is unplugged. It's fire and forget"

This is great for just bringing up a usable live distro. Don't see why
it can't use a bigger live distro with a much slower boot time
(especially if you have many users booting). However, it does not
handle authentication and mounting home dirs since NIS is not setup on
clients. Plus,  if a user runs a live distro and has root then that's
a security issue. Maybe a customized live distro would work better.
But in any case, if all you want is a live distro server, DRBL can do
that.

-- 
Robert Arkiletian
Eric Hamber Secondary, Vancouver, Canada