Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 17:45:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Holtor <holtor@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Remote Format? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9906181744590.34137-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <19990616222038.12035.rocketmail@web125.yahoomail.com>
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On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, Holtor wrote: > I've got several machines up at a colocation. > On one machine, I have 2 hd's. What I want to do. > Is backup my second HD on the first one, format > it, and slice it up into a 500 meg /tmp and the > rest back to the second HD, then restore.. > Since my machine is a colo, I've got no console > access to it..would it be a wise idea to do this > remotly? Please advise..i'd really like to split up > this drive if possible into a /tmp. Probably not since it involves a reboot, and you could flub the partition table setup and lock yourself out with 'No Operating System' sitting on the console. :-) Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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