Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 00:03:14 +0100 From: "Andras Tudos - Computronic, C3" <andras.tudos@computronic.hu> To: Barkley Vowk <bvowk@necrosys.net> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: fsck and dropping to single luser mode problems. Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.19991115235303.01cd6f00@computronic.hu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9911151541230.53350-100000@continuity.necros ys.net>
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Hi, two ideas from our experience: 1) Keep the root partition for read-only stuff and use several partitions for everything else, like this: / /tmp /var ... 2) Use a terminal/console server (like a Cisco 2511) and redirect the console to the serial port on each servers Andras Tudos C3, Budapest At 1999.11.15 23:45, Monday, Barkley Vowk wrote: >I'm having a big nightmare with several co-located boxen dropping to >single user mode on a reboot if the filesystems have the slightest >problem, this is a REAL big deal because it means I have to drop >everything and drive across town to clean up the FS and reboot the box. I >was wondering if someone had a patch for the startup or an idea to keep >this from happening? I'm not sure if it would be in my best interest to >just force the box to mount the filesystems, but I can't keep doing this.. >its not a good deal during midterms. > >Thanks in advance >Barkley Vowk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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