man 8 daily
etc/daily
This script is run daily. It currently does the following:
...
Creates a backup root file system which is updated daily. This only
happens if the following conditions are met:
1. The environment variable ROOTBACKUP must be set. For ex-
ample, the following can be added to root's crontab(5):
ROOTBACKUP=1
2. The mount directory /altroot must exist, and there must be
an /etc/fstab entry specifying `xx' for the mount options,
e.g.
/dev/wd0j /altroot ffs xx 0 0
...
Thanks,
Josh
On 11/6/07, Frans Haarman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Just wondering.......
>
> Has anyone ever thought of having 2 openbsd installations to boot from ?
> This way I could upgrade the installation on one slice/disk and boot from it!
>
> Then if the kernel would crash/reboot the other slice would be used for
> booting.
>
> So at boot time the active slice is changed, after booting its changed back
> if there are no troubles!
>
>
> Perhaps this is an ugly work around to most, but it might save my life when a
> system refuses to boot the active slice...... Most of this can be
> prevented with
> remote consoles or ILO stuff I guess! What do you think ? FUD ? ;)
