From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 20 22:17:20 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BEE216A41F for ; Tue, 20 Sep 2005 22:17:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lists@dylangoss.com) Received: from server20.olicentral.com (server20.olicentral.com [216.121.191.60]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FFB943D46 for ; Tue, 20 Sep 2005 22:17:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lists@dylangoss.com) Received: from [192.168.1.100] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by server20.olicentral.com (8.11.7/8.11.7) with ESMTP id j8KMH6j28863; Tue, 20 Sep 2005 15:17:06 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v734) In-Reply-To: <433085E1.8010109@mykitchentable.net> References: <200509202150.j8KLoA1c027151@clunix.cl.msu.edu> <433085E1.8010109@mykitchentable.net> Message-Id: <0E4F414F-7453-4BF9-A8BB-1D1D6E0BA88F@dylangoss.com> From: "D. Goss" Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 15:17:15 -0700 To: Drew Tomlinson , FreeBSD questions X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.734) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: Can I Rebuild / and /usr Remotely? Ideas? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 22:17:20 -0000 >> > Thanks. Guess it'll just be easier to physically go to the > console. Not that big of a deal in this case but I wanted to try > it remotely just for future reference. That way if the need arose, > I could be fairly confident I could do it remotely. It is OS independent but one thing to think about is that many brand- name servers have option cards (Comaq has it standard) that allow remote login to an independent IP address through a seperate network connection and they allow machine reboot, console viewing, etc. The one that I have for an IBM server allows remote disk image mounting via a web based interface (via a java applet). You can mount remote floppies or CDs and then reboot with them as if they were local. I think most second generation remote cards from Dell, Compaq and IBM have this sort of functionality. Some are around $100 on eBay and they occupy a single PCI slot. Best, d.