# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: # The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line # up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' # on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must # make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also # customary to leave one space after the ':'. |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| nbd: nbd (Tools for the Linux Kernel's network block device) nbd: nbd: With NBD compiled into your kernel, Linux can use a remote server as nbd: one of its block devices. Every time the client computer wants to nbd: read /dev/nd0, it will send a request to the server via TCP, which nbd: will reply with the data requested. Unlike NFS, it is possible to put nbd: any file system on it. But (also unlike NFS), if someone has mounted nbd: NBD read/write, you must assure that no one else will have it mounted. nbd: nbd: nbd home: http://nbd.sf.net/ nbd: