From owner-freebsd-alpha Fri Nov 6 01:49:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA09323 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Fri, 6 Nov 1998 01:49:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from nlsystems.com (nlsys.demon.co.uk [158.152.125.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA09316 for ; Fri, 6 Nov 1998 01:49:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dfr@nlsystems.com) Received: from herring.nlsystems.com (herring.nlsystems.com [10.0.0.2]) by nlsystems.com (8.9.1/8.8.5) with SMTP id JAA26792; Fri, 6 Nov 1998 09:47:32 GMT Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1998 09:47:32 +0000 (GMT) From: Doug Rabson To: Simon Shapiro cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help! My Disks Are GONE... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 5 Nov 1998, Simon Shapiro wrote: > > Doug Rabson, On 05-Nov-98 you wrote: > > ... > > > > Shall I try to move the controller and its disks to the working > > > machine? > > > > I would try moving just the disks to a working machine and then if that > > works, test the controller in another machine. > > Will do as soon as the build finishes. The PW 433au is solid as a rock. I > have a feeling as if this is a more stable platform than the i386 is. > Definitely can take load in stride. I have a 433au and a 164lx and they have both been excellent workhorses so far. My 164lx doesn't have the ncr/de combo card though so I have no experience with that. > > > > Is there a documented way to boot the box over the net with ALL > > > filesystems > > > over NFS? > > > > This isn't supported yet. Netbooting just loads the kernel at the > > moment. > > I need to write some code to wire up the NFS root mount. > > Just let us know. I am attracted to the idea of having all the disk I/O > done in one place; Saves on backup hassles, keeps my source tree uniform, > etc. Ok. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 951 1891 Fax: +44 181 381 1039 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message