Hi Developers,
I have a suggestion regarding ramdisk / bsd.rd : I believe it (they)
could be even more useful with the additional of the 'nc' utility on
it's internal filesystem.
I added a line referencing /usr/bin/nc to (for example) /usr/src/
distrib/i386/common/list, and made a release(8). The resulting bsd.rd
file was not significantly bigger (in my completely unqualified
opinion). However I could then:
1. Get a dmesg output from CD-ROM booted bsd.rd to my other machine
for emailing etc.
# dmesg | nc 10.20.30.40 1234
2. Get information off a machine, either for backup purposes or data
recovery etc.
# dd if=/dev/rwd0c | nc 10.20.30.40 1234
3. Restore a 'disk image' from above...
# nc -l 1234 | dd of=/dev/rwd0c
( I keep a spare USB 802.11g ural http://www.gigabyte-usa.com/
Communication/Products/Products_Wireless_GN-WBKG.htm device and an
official CD along with my laptop on customer visits, so this would be
very convenient for me...)
If I've overlooked something, or if the size increase is infact
significant (and breaks something else), then I appologies, otherwise
I hope it's a valid & useful suggestion...
p.s. I'm aware that any such network transfers would be unencrypted,
obviously depending on the sensitivity, an ethernet cross-over cable
could be used. Just because I give you a gun doesn't mean to have to
shoot yourself in the foot with it....
/Pete
