From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Nov 15 16:54:25 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from caladan.tdx.co.uk (caladan.tdx.co.uk [195.188.177.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00EB51505B for ; Mon, 15 Nov 1999 16:54:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kpielorz@caladan.tdx.co.uk) Received: from localhost (kpielorz@localhost) by caladan.tdx.co.uk (8.9.3/8.9.3/Kp) with ESMTP id AAA46097; Tue, 16 Nov 1999 00:54:00 GMT Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 00:54:00 +0000 (GMT) From: Karl Pielorz To: Bill Fumerola Cc: Barkley Vowk , freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: fsck and dropping to single luser mode problems. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, 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 If there that important, ever thought of a serial-console setup? (i.e. out-of-band management?) We use this here to great effect... So long as you pick a modem wisely, they quite often have a lot of security features built in, for verifying the caller before letting them get at your serial console (e.g. caller-id, callback etc.) When it fails in the future you could just dial it up, and fix it from afar... Just my $0.02's worth... -Karl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message