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Tiny Core Base => TCB Talk => Topic started by: uggla on June 29, 2013, 07:01:59 AM

Title: Mount extension over internet
Post by: uggla on June 29, 2013, 07:01:59 AM: Is it possible to mount an extension directly from the repository (or from anywhere on the internet)? Wouldn't that be cool? 8)
Title: Re: Mount extension over internet
Post by: tinypoodle on June 29, 2013, 07:33:45 AM: Not sure if sshfs could potentially handle such, of course you would have to set up a remote sftp server (nfs would not be secure enough).
Title: Re: Mount extension over internet
Post by: uggla on June 29, 2013, 02:06:13 PM: tce-load http://webaddress.com/extension.tcz

:P
Title: Re: Mount extension over internet
Post by: curaga on June 29, 2013, 02:12:50 PM: It would be really slow, only usable on a LAN.
Title: Re: Mount extension over internet
Post by: uggla on June 29, 2013, 02:46:24 PM: Extensions would have a slow start up but memory cache and/or disk cache could make them fast once loaded. Ondemand extensions would take no (zero) disk space when not loaded.
Title: Re: Mount extension over internet
Post by: tinypoodle on June 29, 2013, 03:04:08 PM: Quote from: curaga on June 29, 2013, 02:12:50 PM
It would be really slow, only usable on a LAN.

A description which to some degree fits sshfs as well.
Title: Re: Mount extension over internet
Post by: tinypoodle on June 29, 2013, 03:06:26 PM: Quote from: uggla on June 29, 2013, 02:46:24 PM
Ondemand extensions would take no (zero) disk space when not loaded.

That has always been the case already when running in Default mode (Cloud).
Title: Re: Mount extension over internet
Post by: uggla on June 30, 2013, 02:48:23 AM: Quote from: tinypoodle on June 29, 2013, 03:06:26 PM
Quote from: uggla on June 29, 2013, 02:46:24 PM
Ondemand extensions would take no (zero) disk space when not loaded.

That has always been the case already when running in Default mode (Cloud).

Are you referring to netboot?
Title: Re: Mount extension over internet
Post by: genec on June 30, 2013, 05:24:32 AM: Quote from: uggla on June 30, 2013, 02:48:23 AM
Are you referring to netboot?
Just regular boot without persistent tce/ directory. If you didn't download it (yet), it takes no space.
Title: Re: Mount extension over internet
Post by: uggla on June 30, 2013, 11:24:53 AM: Yes, your right. But it would be nice to be able to mix persistent and non-persistent extensions. Frequently used extensions (onboot mostly) should be persistent while less frequently used extensions (ondemand mostly) could be non-persistent.
Title: Re: Mount extension over internet
Post by: curaga on June 30, 2013, 01:37:20 PM: It wouldn't be that respectful towards the mirrors to do that.