Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 11:20:02 -0500 (EST) From: "Jonathan A. Zdziarski" <jonz@netrail.net> To: Andrzej Bialecki <abial@nask.pl> Cc: Jeff Lynch <jeff@mercury.jorsm.com>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: installboot (was Re: Boot) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980310111858.10301A-100000@gill.netrail.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.95.980310112024.28890H-100000@korin.warman.org.pl>
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Tried this and got: disklabel: ioctl DIOCSDINFO: Open partition would move or shrink ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jonathan A. Zdziarski NetRail Incorporated Systems Administrator 230 Peachtree St. Suite 1550 jonz@netrail.net Atlanta, GA 30303 http://www.netrail.net (888) - NETRAIL ----------------------------------------------------------------------><> On Tue, 10 Mar 1998, Andrzej Bialecki wrote: :On Mon, 9 Mar 1998, Jeff Lynch wrote: : :> On Mon, 9 Mar 1998, Jonathan A. Zdziarski wrote: :> :> > wd(0,a) :> > :> > I tried running /stand/sysinstall and rewriting the boot track but that :> > still didn't work (assuming I did it right, its not as if it tells you it :> > was done). :> :> This, I think is an important question to ISPs and anyone else :> heavily using FreeBSD. When I needed to do this on SunOS4.1.x, :> I just booted off CD or as a diskless client, mounted /usr :> and ran "installboot" with the appropriate args. Worked like :> a champ. I have yet to find a parallel to this for FreeBSD. :> But then, on SunOS we didn't have any possibly tricky boot managers :> to consider. Anyone know the magic incantation, assuming one exitst? : :Hmmm... And what's wrong with: : disklabel -Brw wd0 auto : :or any other incantation including 'disklabel' ? :-) You could even write :an 'installboot' script to feel comfortable: : :------------------------------- :#!/bin/sh : : disklabel -Brw $1 auto :------------------------------- : :Andrzej Bialecki : :---------------------+--------------------------------------------------------- :abial@warman.org.pl | if(halt_per_mth > 0) { fetch("http://www.freebsd.org") } :Research & Academic | "Be open-minded, but don't let your brains to fall out." :Network in Poland | All of the above (and more) is just my personal opinion. :---------------------+--------------------------------------------------------- : : :To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org :with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message : To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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