Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1998 02:45:16 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@NUXI.com> To: Satoshi Asami <asami@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CDROM as system disk Message-ID: <19981008024516.A28636@nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <199810072338.QAA11608@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu>; from Satoshi Asami on Wed, Oct 07, 1998 at 04:38:39PM -0700 References: <199810071347.GAA03046@dingo.cdrom.com> <199810072338.QAA11608@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu>
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> * You want to discover that CDROM drives have a similar MTBF under > * constant use? They'd slower, have lower data density, and if anything, > * will fail more rapidly. > > Eek. Why not cut your own FreeBSD install CD? This shouldn't be too hard to do since sysinstall is scriptable. When you get a new machine/internal disk replaced, pop in this CD and boot. It would partition the entire disk for FreeBSD, use one of the "standard" partitioning schemes, install your favorite bits. Then eject the cdrom using ``cdcontrol eject''. When you see the CDROM tray open, remove CD and reboot. This special version of FreeBSD would be hacked simular to what you were going to put on the CDROM. It would get as much information about itself dynamically. You could supply ``/etc/Distfile'' and let /etc/daily update things if you like. -- -- David (obrien@NUXI.ucdavis.edu -or- obrien@FreeBSD.org) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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