From owner-freebsd-current Wed Mar 20 9:59:52 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mail-out-01.piro.net (mail-out-01.piro.net [194.64.31.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DA8137B400; Wed, 20 Mar 2002 09:59:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from pcserver.science-factory.com (Sciencefactory-atm1-181.pironet-ndh.net [195.135.137.205]) by mail-out-01.piro.net (8.9.3/8.9.3/PN-991208) with ESMTP id SAA14681; Wed, 20 Mar 2002 18:59:43 +0100 Received: by pcserver.science-factory.com (Postfix, from userid 511) id 565301D2AEE; Wed, 20 Mar 2002 18:59:21 +0100 (CET) From: Marc van Woerkom To: rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: (message from Robert Watson on Fri, 1 Mar 2002 18:58:29 -0500 (EST)) Subject: Re: more -current testers References: Message-Id: <20020320175921.565301D2AEE@pcserver.science-factory.com> Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 18:59:21 +0100 (CET) Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > In my environment, I have a central build and file server, and then a > series of network booted crash machines. Hey, this is interesting. I planed to buy a serial terminal or simple pc which plays terminal for quite a long time, but delayed that until I will have moved to the new appartment, where my wife won't kill me for adding "another ugly pc" :-) That original scenario would mean I would use the second terminal box as work station to monitor and operate the main box. This network scenario reverses roles: the existing comfortable box would stay work station and used to inspect bare network boxes that just feature cpu, ram, and ethernet. A cheap solution and they could be hidden in the closet. > It's possible to replace the kernel out from under a machine while still > crashing/dumping/rebooting. This can dramatically reduce the > develop/compile/install/test/crash/repeat cycle by coallescing the test > and crash bits with the other bits, since you can compile while still > testing or crashing. Thats sounds interesting. > Occasional PXE bugs can be very frustrating. Some machines I've used have > no problem loading pxeboot from a different machine than the DHCP server. > A couple of others ignore the server specification in the DHCP response > and insist on trying to tftp pxeboot from the DHCP server. Did you do a write up of your experiences? Regards, Marc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message