From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 3 10:15:08 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 B7C6C16A415 for ; Sun, 3 Dec 2006 10:15:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwatson@FreeBSD.org) Received: from cyrus.watson.org (cyrus.watson.org [209.31.154.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 137B543CB0 for ; Sun, 3 Dec 2006 10:14:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rwatson@FreeBSD.org) Received: from fledge.watson.org (fledge.watson.org [209.31.154.41]) by cyrus.watson.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 292A546DA0; Sun, 3 Dec 2006 05:14:57 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 10:14:57 +0000 (GMT) From: Robert Watson X-X-Sender: robert@fledge.watson.org To: Garrett Cooper In-Reply-To: <45728A19.7050300@u.washington.edu> Message-ID: <20061203101352.K40536@fledge.watson.org> References: <20061202210741.02e0728a@kan.dnsalias.net> <375baf50612022005i6b9a174w5d251e710d8cefc@mail.gmail.com> <20061203064956.GB2405@kobe.laptop> <45728A19.7050300@u.washington.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org 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 10:15:08 -0000 On Sun, 3 Dec 2006, Garrett Cooper wrote: > 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. If using FreeBSD on i386/amd64 boxes, use PXE. There are quite a few "instant setup" web pages out there that tell you how to get it running. pxeboot makes life incredibly easy, as you can load kernels, modules, configurations, etc, over NFS. Robert N M Watson Computer Laboratory University of Cambridge