Hello, Rich!
Yes, Gerald was the one who introduced AoE onto TC, but the question here is more focused on tc-config/tce-setup as to where and how things like AoE, NFS, NBD, etc. are located in regards to setting up tcedir and persistent directories.
NFS, for example, is mounted via /etc/init.d/tc-config and when tce-setup is launched, the mount (and command-line) are detected and the NFS mount then takes over as the TARGET of where tce, opt, home and/or local are to be set up from. (AoE I just mention as I don't see any mention of it being usable AS tce/opt/etc. in source.) If none of the above are found or requested, it falls back to /tmp/tce in tce-setup thus making the entire session temporary.
My question is/was... are there any other files relating to setting up tce/opt/home/local/etc. that get launched at boot time (one of which might even have the missing AoE persistence support?)
Thanks!