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| author |   Andrzej Telszewski | 2010-05-11 22:54:58 +0200 |
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| committer |   David Somero | 2010-05-11 22:54:58 +0200 |
| commit | ecac12763b1242e543c315e4b0e3c02e7de071f7 (patch) | |
| tree | ca19832e661b1e61a77d375e83cd63101253c24c /network/nbd/README | |
| parent | c2bfcda4247edf3d70065b1fe91077972017b81d (diff) | |
| download | slackbuilds-ecac12763b1242e543c315e4b0e3c02e7de071f7.tar.gz | |
network/nbd: Added to 12.1 repository
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diff --git a/network/nbd/README b/network/nbd/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..18f1ebcb93 --- /dev/null +++ b/network/nbd/README @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +With NBD you can access block device on remote host just as it was in your +local /dev. It works with companion with the kernel nbd driver and consists +of a server and a client. Communication between client and server works over +TCP/IP networking, but to the client program this is hidden: it looks like +a regular local file access to a block device special file such as /dev/nd0. + +NBD kernel driver location: Device Drivers -> Block devices -> Network block +device support The kernel driver needs only to be compiled on client side. |