[CPLUG] Dual-boot Linux

[Nat Welch]

This is definitely doable, and josh would be the one to talk to if
this is what you want to do. I have two alternative suggestions
though.

Option 1. Use SVN.

This is how I do things. I created an svn repository on vogon and I
check all of my code into it. Then I added the following lines to a
file name .ssh/config (which is in my home directory) :

Host vogon
	Hostname vogon.csc.calpoly.edu
	User nwelch
	KeepAlive yes

so now I can first of all just type ssh vogon, instead of ssh
nwelch at vogon.csc.calpoly.edu, but i can also do this awesome svn
checkout:

svn co svn+ssh://vogon/home/nwelch/school/classname/

Or if I want to get all of the class work I've ever done

svn co svn+ssh://vogon/home/nwelch/school/

I can then go into the folder

cd classname

and do my work

vim file.c

when I'm done for the day or whatever I check in my progress.

svn ci

and then when I get home, I can get the work I did on the lab machines
or wherever by changing into the school directory which I had
previously checked out and updating it.

cd school
svn up

now my work is the same on both my student account and at home.

Option 2. Use SSHfs

What I have done in the past for other scenarios and before I used svn
(which I like because it tracks your changes) is use sshfs (
http://fuse.sourceforge.net/sshfs.html ). SSHfs basically allows you
to mount any ssh directory. This of course requires you to be online,
but that's a similar requirment as what you are asking above. This
requires a little research, but you can easily put this in your
/etc/fstab (the mount points here are mounted at boot) and you will
always have your lab folder available.

Hope these ideas help.

/Nat


On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 11:09 AM, Mark Gius <mgius7096 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I declare this to be the official thread since it has a subject.
>
> Mark
>
> On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 11:07 AM, Mark Gius <mgius7096 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> When you say "log in directly to your CSC account" I'm going to assume
>> you mean you wish have your username/password/profile from the CSC
>> building apply to your local machine, so in essence, you are going to
>> have your laptop serve as a lab machine, only you own it.
>>
>> As far as I know, no one has ever done this (attaching their personal
>> linux machine to the CSC domain), but if you're interested in doing
>> it, you're going to want to talk to the CSC admins about it,
>> specifically Greg, Byron, and Josh (Greg and Byron have offices in the
>> main CSC lab).  Most of the configuration is very specific to the CSC
>> dept, and non-CSC admins aren't exactly privy to the details.  If you
>> want to try and hack your way in (which I _really_ don't reccomend)
>> you're going to want to look into authentication via Windows Active
>> Directory and NFS home directory mounting (neither of which I've done
>> on Fedora).
>>
>> A much easier option (which I highly reccomend), is to have a gnome
>> virtual filesystem (or the KDE equivalent) that mounts your CSC home
>> directory in a folder on your desktop, and then access your files from
>> there.  I've done this before, and it gives you a really simple way to
>> access your files without having to deal with other software.  We can
>> help you set this up fairly transparently (so that your programs can't
>> tell it's a network drive), and it's going to be a LOT easier than
>> trying to strap your system into the CSC domain.
>>
>> Mark Gius
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Spencer Ellsworth <sellswor at calpoly.edu> wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>> I'm trying to dual boot Windows and Fedora 9. The thing is that I want to
>>> set up Fedora so that when I boot it, I'll be able to log directly into my
>>> Cal Poly CSC account. Can anyone tell me how I should go about doing this,
>>> or point me in the right direction (tutorials, websites, etc.) Any help
>>> would be greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks again,
>>>
>>> Spencer
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