boot loader

2007-10-26 Thread Thomas Ching
Hi, I am trying to do the following with existing systems running 4.5. I'd really appreciate if anyone has any hints, pointers, opinions, or even just you should talk to this other group for me. 1. Existing system: FreeBSD 4.5 based with FreeBSD boot loader (boot0) in MBR 2. I am

Re: boot loader

2007-10-26 Thread Doug Barton
FYI, for future reference this question is really more appropriate for [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 26 Oct 2007, Thomas Ching wrote: Hi, I am trying to do the following with existing systems running 4.5. I'd really appreciate if anyone has any hints, pointers, opinions, or even just you should

Re: Creating install CD with custom ports - how to massage INDEX file?

2007-10-26 Thread Ulrich Spoerlein
On Sun, 14.10.2007 at 09:38:14 -1000, Clifton Royston wrote: I've been building my own install CDs for a planned multi-server upgrade to 6.2Rp8 and ran into one last stumbling block this week. I understand the process a lot better now than I did a few years back when I was doing it for 4.8,

Re: A more tenuously package-related question

2007-10-26 Thread Ulrich Spoerlein
On Tue, 23.10.2007 at 15:47:40 -1000, Clifton Royston wrote: I got a request to summarize my results to the list, so here's a quick write-up. Based on my preliminary testing last week, pkg_replace looks like the right tool for package-based server maintenance. Interesting, as I'm facing the

RE: boot loader

2007-10-26 Thread Thomas Ching
Thanks Doug for your help. I am cc'ing freebsd-questions and I will drop freebsd-hackers from the next email on. A few things: 1. it's not a requirement, but I'd like to keep the current partitions (therefore dual boot) just in case anything goes wrong. 2. can you point me to more readings

Re: boot loader

2007-10-26 Thread Matthew D. Fuller
On Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 01:47:04PM -0700 I heard the voice of Doug Barton, and lo! it spake thus: You could theoretically install onto a local system, tar it up, then unpack it in the unused partition on your remote machine, yes. However in order to set the new slice bootable you'd have to

RE: boot loader

2007-10-26 Thread Thomas Ching
Thanks for sharing your thoughts/opinions; I am glad that there are at least some things that I can try. Thomas -Original Message- From: Matthew D. Fuller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 3:48 PM To: Doug Barton Cc: Thomas Ching; freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org