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35 lines
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diff -uNrp nbd-2.9.5.nowarn/README nbd-2.9.5.doc/README
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--- nbd-2.9.5.nowarn/README 2007-01-30 14:00:59.000000000 +0100
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+++ nbd-2.9.5.doc/README 2007-07-30 17:08:31.328692000 +0200
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@@ -12,14 +12,16 @@ deadlock issues if you do that[1].
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To install the package, please see the INSTALL file. You'll need to
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install it on both the client and the server.
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-Using NBD is quite easy. First, on the client, you need to create the
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-device nodes:
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+Using NBD is quite easy. First, on the client, you need to load the nbd
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+kernel module; on modern systems, udev will create the needed device
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+nodes /dev/nbdX.
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+Otherwise, you can create them manually:
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# cd /dev
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-# ./MAKEDEV nb0
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+# ./MAKEDEV nbd0
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-(if you need more than one NBD device, repeat the above command for nb1,
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-nb2, ...)
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+(if you need more than one NBD device, repeat the above command for nbd1,
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+nbd2, ...)
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Next, start the server. You can use a file or a block device for that:
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@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ nbd-client <hostname> <port> <nbd device
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e.g.,
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-nbd-client 10.0.0.1 1234 /dev/nb0
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+nbd-client 10.0.0.1 1234 /dev/nbd0
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nbd-client must be ran as root; the same is not true for nbd-server (but
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do make sure that /var/run is writeable by the server that nbd-server
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