Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 13:04:07 -0500 From: "Trevor S. Cornpropst" <tcornpropst@acm.org> To: Chris Fedde <chris@fedde.littleton.co.us> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Assistance creating a bootable restore tape Message-ID: <20011102130407.E67917@boole.cornpropst.net> In-Reply-To: <200111020624.fA26O5N07536@fedde.littleton.co.us>; from chris@fedde.littleton.co.us on Thu, Nov 01, 2001 at 11:24:05PM -0700 References: <20011101234056.D67917@boole.cornpropst.net> <200111020624.fA26O5N07536@fedde.littleton.co.us>
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On Thu, Nov 01, 2001 at 11:24:05PM -0700, Chris Fedde wrote: > On Thu, 1 Nov 2001 23:40:56 -0500 "Trevor S. Cornpropst" wrote: > +------------------ > | We have considered an automated install from a custom CDROM > | distribution but this is problematic due to different server > | configurations and the effort required to maintain multiple > | restore CDs. > +------------------ > > I'm not sure that I understand how tape would be different than the CDROM. > Do you want to be able to create a bootable recovery system in the field? Yes, the idea is to be able to create a bootable recovery system in the field customized to the particular server. We would be able to boot from tape by specifying the device in the SCSI BIOS, assuming we can get a boot block on the tape, etc. > > +------------------ > | I used to work on HP-UX systems that had a utility to create bootable > | restore tapes but, I no longer have an available system to study. > +------------------ > > I did tape recovery systems on motorola based HPUX 300 series > workstations circa 1988 or so. IIRC it was quite painful. I'm > not sure that modern PC bioses can even boot from tape. > > If I was planning a remote appliance configuration today, I'd shy > away from tape for anything "operational". I'd consider always > booting from CDROM for / and /usr. Then use a scheme of normal > and union mounts to allow customizations to be written "over" the > underlying image. I'd plan to use tape for archival storage only. > Thanks for your input. Trevor > -- > Chris Fedde > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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