[distcc] Probs with distcc

[Martin Pool]

On  2 Dec 2003, Dirk Schleicher <dirk.schleicher at gmx.de> wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 16:36:53 +1100
> Martin Pool <mbp at samba.org> wrote:
> 
> > Sorry, I don't understand the question.  Are you saying that if you
> > boot both machines into Knoppix then it works?
> 
> No, what I mean is that my Nobook is using Knoppix. But Knoppix is only
> booted from the CD not from the HD. At the HD there is only a dir with
> the Knoppix home where I install distcc.
> That's means that Knoppix can only write to this file and to the memory.
> My fear is that distcc on my Knoppix will try to save somewhere else and
> this will not work because that Knoppix is only booted from CD.

distcc won't write to directories that are not mounted by the OS.  In
fact it should only write to ~/.distcc, log files, and files you
specify.

> PS: Where you from?

Canberra, Australia.

-- 
Martin