From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Mar 10 02:24:30 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA01688 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Tue, 10 Mar 1998 02:24:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from korin.warman.org.pl (korin.nask.waw.pl [148.81.160.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA01522 for ; Tue, 10 Mar 1998 02:23:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from abial@nask.pl) Received: from localhost (abial@localhost) by korin.warman.org.pl (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id LAA14195; Tue, 10 Mar 1998 11:24:39 +0100 (CET) X-Authentication-Warning: korin.warman.org.pl: abial owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 11:24:38 +0100 (CET) From: Andrzej Bialecki X-Sender: abial@korin.warman.org.pl To: Jeff Lynch cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: installboot (was Re: Boot) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, 9 Mar 1998, Jeff Lynch wrote: > On Mon, 9 Mar 1998, Jonathan A. Zdziarski wrote: > > > wd(0,a) > > > > I tried running /stand/sysinstall and rewriting the boot track but that > > still didn't work (assuming I did it right, its not as if it tells you it > > was done). > > This, I think is an important question to ISPs and anyone else > heavily using FreeBSD. When I needed to do this on SunOS4.1.x, > I just booted off CD or as a diskless client, mounted /usr > and ran "installboot" with the appropriate args. Worked like > a champ. I have yet to find a parallel to this for FreeBSD. > But then, on SunOS we didn't have any possibly tricky boot managers > to consider. Anyone know the magic incantation, assuming one exitst? Hmmm... And what's wrong with: disklabel -Brw wd0 auto or any other incantation including 'disklabel' ? :-) You could even write an 'installboot' script to feel comfortable: ------------------------------- #!/bin/sh disklabel -Brw $1 auto ------------------------------- Andrzej Bialecki ---------------------+--------------------------------------------------------- abial@warman.org.pl | if(halt_per_mth > 0) { fetch("http://www.freebsd.org") } Research & Academic | "Be open-minded, but don't let your brains to fall out." Network in Poland | All of the above (and more) is just my personal opinion. ---------------------+--------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message