From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Apr 7 10:10: 7 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from a.mx.everquick.net (a.mx.everquick.net [216.89.137.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B4F737B424 for ; Sat, 7 Apr 2001 10:10:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eddy+public+spam@noc.everquick.net) Received: from localhost (eddy@localhost) by a.mx.everquick.net (8.10.2/8.10.2) with ESMTP id f37H9gX01130; Sat, 7 Apr 2001 17:09:42 GMT X-EverQuick-No-Abuse: Report any e-mail abuse to Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2001 17:09:41 +0000 (GMT) From: "E.B. Dreger" To: sean-freebsd-hackers@chittenden.org Cc: Andrew Hesford , Jason Victor , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A novel idea.... In-Reply-To: <20010405014037.O8827@rand.tgd.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 01:40:38 -0700 > From: sean-freebsd-hackers@chittenden.org > > 20) Multi-staged booting. You don't need to change your MBR when you > install a new kernel (or want to roll back to a different kernel). I > think I've only been stuck high and dry w/o a bootable system twice in > four years and well over 400+ servers. With Linux, you're SOL if you screw up LILO. With FreeBSD, leaving the MBR alone gives a much safer boot procedure. Not only that, but with the console on a serial port _before_ running the kernel... Eddy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. EverQuick Internet / EternalCommerce Division Phone: (316) 794-8922 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message