Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 15:17:15 -0700 From: "D. Goss" <lists@dylangoss.com> To: Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net>, FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Can I Rebuild / and /usr Remotely? Ideas? Message-ID: <0E4F414F-7453-4BF9-A8BB-1D1D6E0BA88F@dylangoss.com> In-Reply-To: <433085E1.8010109@mykitchentable.net> References: <200509202150.j8KLoA1c027151@clunix.cl.msu.edu> <433085E1.8010109@mykitchentable.net>
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>> > Thanks. Guess it'll just be easier to physically go to the > console. Not that big of a deal in this case but I wanted to try > it remotely just for future reference. That way if the need arose, > I could be fairly confident I could do it remotely. It is OS independent but one thing to think about is that many brand- name servers have option cards (Comaq has it standard) that allow remote login to an independent IP address through a seperate network connection and they allow machine reboot, console viewing, etc. The one that I have for an IBM server allows remote disk image mounting via a web based interface (via a java applet). You can mount remote floppies or CDs and then reboot with them as if they were local. I think most second generation remote cards from Dell, Compaq and IBM have this sort of functionality. Some are around $100 on eBay and they occupy a single PCI slot. Best, d.
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