Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 13:16:01 -0800 From: steve@Watt.COM (Steve Watt) To: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kernel environment between reboots, diskless Message-ID: <200401142116.i0ELG1RX088594@wattres.Watt.COM> In-Reply-To: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> "Re: kernel environment between reboots, diskless" (Jan 14, 13:11)
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On Jan 14, 13:11, Brooks Davis wrote: } On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 12:55:49PM -0800, Steve Watt wrote: } > I'm working on a dataless system that will be booting and rooting } > from flash for some environmental chamber (thermal) tests, and } > logging the results to an NFS server outside the chamber. } } I've got to ask, if you're in an NFS environment, why boot from flash at } all? Why not PXE boot or use etherboot? I'm attempting to minimize reboot cycle time, since part of the test suite involves 50 reboots per card, and with 5 cards in the system, a minute extra boot time is suddenly four hours. But I'll admit to not having gathered the data on that one, so I'll give it a closer look. If I PXE or etherboot, how would the kernel environment get populated then? -- Steve Watt KD6GGD PP-ASEL-IA ICBM: 121W 56' 57.8" / 37N 20' 14.9" Internet: steve @ Watt.COM Whois: SW32 Free time? There's no such thing. It just comes in varying prices...
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