From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 26 09:59:53 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0FAB16A400 for ; Tue, 26 Jun 2007 09:59:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: from sigma.octantis.com.au (ns2.octantis.com.au [207.44.189.124]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54B2713C45B for ; Tue, 26 Jun 2007 09:59:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: (qmail 30912 invoked from network); 26 Jun 2007 04:59:53 -0500 Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) (210.84.50.231) by sigma.octantis.com.au with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 26 Jun 2007 04:59:52 -0500 Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 19:59:49 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome To: "Dominic Bishop" Message-ID: <20070626195949.3fade033@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20070626000501.8282313C455@mx1.freebsd.org> References: <20070626000501.8282313C455@mx1.freebsd.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.9.2 (GTK+ 2.10.13; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Booting from a large RAID X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 09:59:53 -0000 On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 00:39:52 +0100 "Dominic Bishop" wrote: > At this point I'm assuming my only option is a separate small HD for the OS > which can be partitioned using bsdlabel. Ideally I would rather not do this > however as the server cases only have 16 drive bays so I'll have to > sacrifice some capacity from the RAID in order to achieve this. Maybe you can make a USB bootable thumbdrive, if your bios supports booting from USB devices... you can find them in the low GB sizes now, which should be enough for the OS to bootup. Alternatively, one of the IDE Flash cards (attached to the server's IDE channel) - it may be a cluttered inside the server , but they are actually the size of a USB thumbdrive. for example, http://www.pqimemory.com/products-Domindustrial.asp _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome "That's what I love about GUIs: They make simple tasks easier, and complex tasks impossible." John William Chambless I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned.