<p dir="ltr">On 26 Nov 2012 09:34, "Per Jessen" <<a href="mailto:per@computer.org">per@computer.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> Paul Gardiner wrote:<br>
> > 3) To do the initial install actually on the diskless machine,<br>
> > so that I get as much automatic config as possible.<br>
><br>
> I think that means hooking up a drive first, then installing, then<br>
> copying the filesystem to your NFS-server. I don't think I've ever<br>
> tried installing straight onto NFS.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I have managed this once on an older version of Ubuntu. It involved dropping out of the installer near the start, mounting the remote at the installer's /target folder, and dropping back into the installer. It was sufficiently fiddly that I can't recall further details.</p>
<p dir="ltr">There are maintenance benefits of being diskless, but I personally found they were outweighed by the maintenance disadvantages and in the end I got a small SSD for my latest install.</p>
<p dir="ltr">David</p>