Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 12:19:14 -0600 From: Nathan Kinkade <nkinkade@ub.edu.bz> To: Dan Kilbourne <bsd-lists@netophilia.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adding non-kernels to boot-loader Message-ID: <20041111181914.GH17779@gentoo-npk.bmp.ub> In-Reply-To: <20041111173526.GA22779@netophilia.net> References: <20041111164302.GA22697@netophilia.net> <20041111171906.GG17779@gentoo-npk.bmp.ub> <20041111173526.GA22779@netophilia.net>
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--CEUtFxTsmBsHRLs3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 12:35:26PM -0500, Dan Kilbourne wrote: > Nathan Kinkade extolled: >=20 > > You will probably have better luck using a more flexible boot loader > > like GRUB. How about just putting memtest86 on a floppy or CDROM and > > your techs can boot to the removable media whenever they need to test > > memory. This approach seems much more flexible, as any machine can then > > be used for tests instead of only the ones on which you have made > > special configurations. > >=20 > > Nathan >=20 >=20 > I would agree, but I am looking for more of an out of the box > solution. We have a couple thousand servers, several hundred of them > running FreeBSD. I want our build team to be able to simply install > memtest as a bootloader option so that any time a machine needs to be > tested, it can be without having to be removed from the rack. > Currently we install the kernel-image-like version of it on all of our > Linux boxen with no problems, I just need to figure out how to do it > for FreeBSD. As for removable media, our machines are not built with > CDs or floppies - everything is generally done via a network installer > we have hooked up, so removable media is not an option. >=20 > --=20 > ___ > Dan Ahh, I see. Well, GRUB has the ability to load a network image. I see at the memtest86.com site that one is able to build a network bootable image of memtest86. This way you could keep a single copy on an NFS/TFTP server and it could be loaded over the network. GRUB will need to be compiled with support for the various network cards you use, though I would image that your data center probably uses mostly the same cards in all the machines. Nathan --=20 PGP Public Key: pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=3Dget&search=3D0xD8527E49 --CEUtFxTsmBsHRLs3 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBk60iO0ZIEthSfkkRAtAnAJ9zgmKv9jHBtUtdiRbHASpauQmLNQCgwMJC hrRMs87BhgkMn6VFAgyls08= =iQGS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --CEUtFxTsmBsHRLs3--
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