Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 20:33:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Holtor <holtor@yahoo.com> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Remote Format? Message-ID: <19990619033339.21031.rocketmail@web130.yahoomail.com>
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No, no... I'm formating my da1, a second HD i have on the server, my da0 with the OS, etc..will remain there.. Holt --- Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> wrote: > On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, Holtor wrote: > > > I've got several machines up at a colocation. > > On one machine, I have 2 hd's. What I want to do. > > Is backup my second HD on the first one, format > > it, and slice it up into a 500 meg /tmp and the > > rest back to the second HD, then restore.. > > Since my machine is a colo, I've got no console > > access to it..would it be a wise idea to do this > > remotly? Please advise..i'd really like to split > up > > this drive if possible into a /tmp. > > Probably not since it involves a reboot, and you > could flub the partition > table setup and lock yourself out with 'No Operating > System' sitting on > the console. :-) > > Doug White > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: > The Power to Serve > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | > www.freebsd.org > > _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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