From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Mar 10 08:20:42 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA19865 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Tue, 10 Mar 1998 08:20:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gill.netrail.net (gill.netrail.net [205.215.10.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA19848 for ; Tue, 10 Mar 1998 08:20:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jonz@netrail.net) Received: from localhost (jonz@localhost) by gill.netrail.net (8.8.6/8.8.6) with SMTP id LAA10378; Tue, 10 Mar 1998 11:20:02 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 11:20:02 -0500 (EST) From: "Jonathan A. Zdziarski" To: Andrzej Bialecki cc: Jeff Lynch , freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: installboot (was Re: Boot) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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