Martin, yes thats the correct way to do it. Only the pc-card slot is able to fully partition both CF and HDD using a install-media image and get you a fresh and blank JunOS installed. It will install on both CF and HDD and thus you will have a redundant setup (when either CF or HDD fails).
Regards, Jonas Am Donnerstag, den 10.02.2011, 02:52 +0200 schrieb Martin T: > Chris, Alex: > > so one needs to download "install-media-*", dd(1) this image(as I > understand, it contains MBR and file-system with installation files) > to CF and finally insert the CF to "PC Card" adapter in order to > insert it into "PC Card" slot of RE-850? This will make default setup, > where JUNOS is installed to CF(ad0), but /var is mounted to HDD(ad1)? > In addition, how to make a redundant setup, where RE is able to boot > from HDD and be fully functional if CF fails(I have CF as first boot > device and HDD second one)? > > regards, > martin > > 2011/2/9 Ryu, Alex <[email protected]>: > > You just need to copy installation media image to PCMCIA media, and use it > > for installation. > > It will automatically format/partition/install JUNOS into RE during the > > boot. > > > > Alex > > > > > > ===================================================================== > > Alex Ryu (Formerly known as "Hyunseog Ryu") > > Engineer III / Data Engineering > > Windstream Communications > > (Formerly KDL, Inc. / Norlight, Inc.) > > 13935 Bishops Drive > > Brookfield, WI 53005 > > U.S.A. > > Email) [email protected] or [email protected] > > Phone) +1-262-792-4993 > > Fax) +1-812-206-4682 > > ===================================================================== > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Martin T > > Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 1:00 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [j-nsp] general guidelines for installing JUNOS to RE, where HDD > > and CF are blank > > > > I have a RE-850 with Compact Flash and PATA 2.5" form factor HDD installed. > > However, both of these are zero-filled. What are the general guidelines to > > get JONOS running on this RE? > > > > Boot order in BIOS is following: > > > > PCMCIA ATA Flash Card > > Compact Flash > > Primary IDE Hard Disk > > Ethernet > > > > As I have no "PCMCIA ATA Flash Card" in RE, I think it's smart to start > > with CF. Are the required steps something like this: > > > > 1) insert compact flash card(1GB) to laptop using CF-to-PC-Card adapter > > > > 2) create MBR partition table like this(CF card is associated with > > /dev/sdb): > > > > printf "0,1024,a5,*\n0,0\n0,0\n0,0\n;\n" | sfdisk -uM /dev/sdb > > > > ..it will make a partition in 1024MB size with "system ID" a5(FreeBSD) and > > make it bootable. Other three primary partitions are not used. In other > > words output should be something like this: > > > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > > /dev/sdb1 * 1 2030 1023088+ a5 FreeBSD > > > > 3) make filesystem to this /dev/sdb1 partition using ufsutils mkfs.ufs > > utility: > > > > mkfs.ufs -O 1 /dev/sdb1 > > > > ..however, I'm very unsure, should I enable journaling, is volume name > > needed or any other more advanced filesystem options(?) > > > > 4) as I understand, now I need to install FreeBSD in order to install > > jinstall-xxxx.tgz bundle using pkg_add later. How to accomplish FreeBSD > > installation in such conditions? Which version should I install? Or are > > there any other possibilities to get JUNOS running on CF? > > > > > > regards, > > martin > > _______________________________________________ > > juniper-nsp mailing list [email protected] > > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp > > > > *************************************************************************************** > > The information contained in this message, including attachments, may > > contain > > privileged or confidential information that is intended to be delivered > > only to the > > person identified above. If you are not the intended recipient, or the > > person > > responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, > > Windstream requests > > that you immediately notify the sender and asks that you do not read the > > message or its > > attachments, and that you delete them without copying or sending them to > > anyone else. > > > > _______________________________________________ > juniper-nsp mailing list [email protected] > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp
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