> 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
