[CPLUG] Dual-boot Linux

Thu Jan 8 15:23:14 PST 2009

Thank you all for the great suggestions. I like the look of Unison, so if
someone could give me some tips on getting it set up, that would be awesome.

Spencer

On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Dana Goyette <danagoyette at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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