From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Nov 15 15: 5:10 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from ntserver.computronic.hu (ntserver.computronic.hu [194.38.126.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 522E31518C for ; Mon, 15 Nov 1999 15:04:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from andras.tudos@computronic.hu) Received: from thinkpad (dhcp1.c3.hu [194.38.96.1]) by ntserver.computronic.hu (Post.Office MTA v3.1.2 release (PO205-101c) ID# 0-44403U100L100S0) with ESMTP id AAA538; Tue, 16 Nov 1999 00:04:57 +0100 Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.19991115235303.01cd6f00@computronic.hu> X-Sender: andras.tudos@computronic.hu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.0.58 Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 00:03:14 +0100 To: Barkley Vowk From: "Andras Tudos - Computronic, C3" Subject: Re: fsck and dropping to single luser mode problems. Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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