Lew Hitchner (hitchner++at++netcom.com)
Thu, 11 Aug 1994 09:07:04 -0700
>> We run performer on a number of machines (Onyx and Indigo 2) and would
>> like to avoid having a full distribution of Performer on each machine,
>> but rather would like to mount it from the server for all the machines.
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>> Is there a way to install Performer in a single dir tree (/usr/Performer
>> say) and export/mount that and maybe set a few env variables.... that
>> sort of thing?
How about this?
1. create a file system, say /usr/performer, on the host server --
note: don't name it /usr/Performer
2. NFS mount that file system to all other machines
3. Create soft links between the directories on all the machines,
including the server, to the separate Performer files and
directories, e.g.,
% ln -s /usr/performer/lib/libp*.a /usr/lib
% ln -s /usr/performer/src /usr/Performer/src
I haven't tried this, tho we've done similar things with other file
systems. Potential problems:
- I'm not sure how this will interact with installing Performer.
Obvioulsy, the links must be created before installing. So, that
might mean if you've already installed Performer, you might have
to uninstall it, create the links and new fs, then reinstall.
- This probably isn't possible if if your machines aren't running
the same version of IRIX.
Lew Hitchner
Virtual Reality and Visual Simulation Consultant
Mountain View, CA
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