From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Aug 30 23:41:17 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA02435 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 30 Aug 1998 23:41:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from srv01.bigwheel.net (srv01.bigwheel.net [208.197.88.101]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA02420 for ; Sun, 30 Aug 1998 23:41:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from doug@srv01.bigwheel.net) Received: (from doug@localhost) by srv01.bigwheel.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) id XAA07662; Sun, 30 Aug 1998 23:40:02 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 23:40:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199808310640.XAA07662@srv01.bigwheel.net> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: Doug Jolley Subject: Contingency Floppy Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG When disaster occurs, it can take many forms. One common form is for a hard disk to fail so that the system won't boot. File systems and data on the hard disk remain intact, the system just won't boot. What I'd like to do is to have a bootable floppy to handle that contingency. The bootable floppy would have a root file system, /var and /usr directories where I could mount the corresponding file systems on the hard disk, and (of course) the necessary drivers in /dev so that those file systems could be mounted. The idea is that, in an emergency, I would be able to boot from the floppy, and mount the /var and /usr file systems on the hard drive so that the system could be returned to operation. Repair of the hard drive could then be deferred to off hours. The problem is that I don't know the best way to do this. I'm thinking that possibly somehow modifying a fixit floppy might be the way to go; but, I don't know. I'm wondering what others might think. Any input is greatly appreciated. Thanks. ... doug _____________________________________________________________________ Doug Jolley mailto://doug@footech.com http://www.footech.com Don't bogart that file, my friend. Net it over to me. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message