Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 12:35:26 -0500 From: Dan Kilbourne <bsd-lists@netophilia.net> To: Nathan Kinkade <nkinkade@ub.edu.bz> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adding non-kernels to boot-loader Message-ID: <20041111173526.GA22779@netophilia.net> In-Reply-To: <20041111171906.GG17779@gentoo-npk.bmp.ub> References: <20041111164302.GA22697@netophilia.net> <20041111171906.GG17779@gentoo-npk.bmp.ub>
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Nathan Kinkade extolled: I would agree, but I am looking for more of an out of the box solution. We have a couple thousand servers, several hundred of them running FreeBSD. I want our build team to be able to simply install memtest as a bootloader option so that any time a machine needs to be tested, it can be without having to be removed from the rack. Currently we install the kernel-image-like version of it on all of our Linux boxen with no problems, I just need to figure out how to do it for FreeBSD. As for removable media, our machines are not built with CDs or floppies - everything is generally done via a network installer we have hooked up, so removable media is not an option. > You will probably have better luck using a more flexible boot loader > like GRUB. How about just putting memtest86 on a floppy or CDROM and > your techs can boot to the removable media whenever they need to test > memory. This approach seems much more flexible, as any machine can then > be used for tests instead of only the ones on which you have made > special configurations. > > Nathan > -- > PGP Public Key: pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xD8527E49 -- ___ Dan
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