Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:54:27 -0700 From: "Thomas Ching" <tching@arraynetworks.net> To: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net>, "Doug Barton" <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: RE: boot loader Message-ID: <BBBF2B6511353C4CAABD39BFAC8CB4F10167CEFF@Exchange.arraynetworks.net> In-Reply-To: <20071026224810.GN50315@over-yonder.net>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Thanks for sharing your thoughts/opinions; I am glad that there are at least some things that I can try. Thomas -----Original Message----- From: Matthew D. Fuller [mailto:fullermd@over-yonder.net]=20 Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 3:48 PM To: Doug Barton Cc: Thomas Ching; freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: boot loader On Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 01:47:04PM -0700 I heard the voice of Doug Barton, and lo! it spake thus: >=20 > You could theoretically install onto a local system, tar it up, then > unpack it in the unused partition on your remote machine, yes. > However in order to set the new slice bootable you'd have to then > use the disk editor, and if you get even one thing the tiniest bit > wrong, you've bricked it. Actually, you may be able to talk the 4.x loader into loading and booting off the created 6.x partition. That would save disk editing. Still, you only get one shot at it without console access. But you said you have a serial port, so you could stuff a serial console on it, which gives you lots more safety. I moved a couple 4.x machines to 6.x remotely with just a serial console, and I think I only ended up needing to use the serial console on one machine where I didn't properly nudge the loader to look in the right place. Sure was glad to have it there, though. --=20 Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Systems/Network Administrator | http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/ On the Internet, nobody can hear you scream.
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?BBBF2B6511353C4CAABD39BFAC8CB4F10167CEFF>