From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 3 08:26:04 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E8C816A40F for ; Sun, 3 Dec 2006 08:26:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout3.cac.washington.edu (mxout3.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.166]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2B0E43CA8 for ; Sun, 3 Dec 2006 08:25:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.141] (may be forged)) by mxout3.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.09) with ESMTP id kB38Q3I3019088 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Sun, 3 Dec 2006 00:26:03 -0800 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.0.101] (dsl254-013-145.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.254.13.145]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.09) with ESMTP id kB38Q2wK012595 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Sun, 3 Dec 2006 00:26:03 -0800 Message-ID: <45728A19.7050300@u.washington.edu> Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2006 00:26:01 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (X11/20061116) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org References: <20061202210741.02e0728a@kan.dnsalias.net> <375baf50612022005i6b9a174w5d251e710d8cefc@mail.gmail.com> <20061203064956.GB2405@kobe.laptop> In-Reply-To: <20061203064956.GB2405@kobe.laptop> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.2.2.285561, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.0.283055, Antispam-Data: 2006.12.3.1433 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CP_MEDIA_BODY 0, __CP_URI_IN_BODY 0, __CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Subject: Re: Tools for FreeBSD development X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2006 08:26:04 -0000 Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2006-12-02 20:05, Kevin Sanders wrote: >> On 12/2/06, Alexander Kabaev wrote: >>> I personally think that having a dedicated box in disk-less >>> configuration is the best option out there. [...] >> Alexander, when you say disk-less configuration, are you >> referring to booting from a network image/server? That's an >> interesting idea. I'm fairly new to FreeBSD development also, >> and prefer the speed of a dedicated box, but recently suffered >> my first corrupted beyond repair system. > > Yes, a "diskless" boot is a network-based boot :-) Look into BOOTP for that: . You may want to just use vmware (best reliable solution, IMO but it costs money), depending on what resources you have on hand and what you're trying to accomplish. -Garrett