From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 8 06:12:55 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EEC016A4CE; Fri, 8 Oct 2004 06:12:55 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp2.jazztel.es (smtp2.jazztel.es [62.14.3.162]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C047643D53; Fri, 8 Oct 2004 06:12:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from josemi@freebsd.jazztel.es) Received: from antivirus by smtp2.jazztel.es with antivirus id 1CFnzl-0005ZS-00 Fri, 08 Oct 2004 08:12:49 +0200 Received: from [212.106.254.137] (helo=rguez.homeunix.net) by smtp2.jazztel.es with esmtp id 1CFnzl-0005Z3-00 Fri, 08 Oct 2004 08:12:49 +0200 Received: from redesjm.local (orion.redesjm.local [192.168.254.16]) by rguez.homeunix.net (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id i986CqhM064756; Fri, 8 Oct 2004 08:12:52 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from josemi@freebsd.jazztel.es) Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by redesjm.local (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id i986CpEU000889; Fri, 8 Oct 2004 08:12:51 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from josemi@freebsd.jazztel.es) X-Authentication-Warning: orion.redesjm.local: freebsd set sender to josemi@freebsd.jazztel.es using -f From: Jose M Rodriguez To: Tim Kientzle Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 08:12:50 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.7 References: <20041003124353.29822.qmail@web54005.mail.yahoo.com> <200410071043.09015.josemi@freebsd.jazztel.es> <416627B8.40601@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <416627B8.40601@freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200410080812.51210.josemi@freebsd.jazztel.es> X-AntiVirus: checked by AntiVir Milter 1.1-beta; AVE 6.27.0.12; VDF 6.27.0.81 (host: antares.redesjm.local) X-Virus-Scanned: by antivirus cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.3: /stand/ versus /rescue/ ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2004 06:12:55 -0000 On Friday 08 October 2004 07:38, you wrote: > Jose M Rodriguez wrote: > > On Thursday 07 October 2004 05:40, Tim Kientzle wrote: > >>/etc/rc.d/initdiskless should not be using either > >>/stand or /rescue. > > > > Compressed tarball are the most standard and secure way for net > > boot and are in real use. > > > > My 2x250 GB HD doesn't have any problem with the 2 MB stand. > > But it does have problems with the few dozen KB of > uncompressed tarball? > > Tim Neither. My scripting need to know what is the required format. I think this matters on initdiskless roots. But expect POLA claims on this. Get a cluster safe working is not as easy as you can expect. And any downtime have really expensive cost. Check any change on this with a real initdiskless setup before. Also, speak loud and clear (HEADS-UP). -- josemi