Network Block Device

[Aaron Grewell]

> don't you need a nbdfs instead of ext3 in /etc/fstab (like smbfs)? When
> you use ext3, it's going to mount it as a local device.
>
> I knew nothing about nbd, though. Just speak from my experience with samba.

No, nbd exports a block device rather than a filesystem over the network.  You 
just use the standard filesystems, and the client doesn't know it's not 
local.  It's like having a scsi or ide device, but remotely.