[CPLUG] Dual-boot Linux

[Dana Goyette]

Recent version of Ubuntu (and perhaps Debian, and other distros) use 
gvfs instead of gnome-vfs; a handy hint is that you can access 
gvfs-mounted filesystems in non-gvfs-aware apps by going to ~/.gvfs -- 
the volumes will appear there.  If you want to make it easier to 
remember, you could always ln -s .gvfs volumes     -- that will give you 
an easier-to-remember name of "volumes" to use.

Nat Welch wrote:
> 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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