Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 22:27:52 -0400 (EDT) From: Kenneth W Cochran <kwc@world.std.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Tracking -stable remotely/colocated Message-ID: <200107100227.WAA25392@world.std.com>
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Hello -stable: I would like to install & run FreeBSD & track -stable on a remote, headless, keyboardless machine in a colocation facility to which I have minimal physical access at best. Questions: - How do I install FreeBSD on such a machine? It has a CDROM drive, but is there a way to install without connecting a monitor & keyboard? - How do I "make installworld" remotely with the system quiesced (shut-down to single-user mode)? In other words, how can I access the system remotely from the network (Ethernet) via ssh if the system is single-user? I would want to do something like the following: 1. make buildworld... 2. shutdown now (go to single-user) 3. make installworld & new kernel & install new kernel 4. shutdown -r now - (Re)booting: How do ensure that the system reboots properly without any (physical) operator intervention (ie. after installing a new kernel)? I've searched the Handbook & mailing lists & some of the Core Team websites & can't find quite what I'm looking for. FAQ, documentation and/or "howto" pointers/references are *very* welcome. :) Many thanks, -kc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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