On Sat, Apr 14, 2007 at 10:00:00AM -0700, Tenzen wrote: > Hi, > > I've a net4801 + freebsd-on-hdd setup running comfortably. > > I'm interested in lists members' opinions on whether there's any > particular reasons/advantages to ADDing flash-mem. > > That's ADDing to, NOT replacing the hdd.
1. Saving /etc and other important config data from the HDD to flash, in case you need to replace the HDD? 2. Having a backup system to boot from, should your HDD fail, or should the normal upgrade procedure (make installworld...) go wrong for any reason. > 3 arg types come to mind -- > > (1) philosophy > (2) performance > (3) power utilization > > Other than mv'ing /boot to flash which, since the hdd is already > spun-up/in-use doesn't _seem_ like a huge up-side, what are your > thoughts? Essentially as a backup drive; allowing for operation in "degraded mode" if there's any problem with the HDD or the FreeBSD partition. It's also useful if you hooked up your remote net4801 to a terminal server: rebooting into the degraded mode Flash is easy, and from there, you can mount the HDD and copy the backup install on it again; then reboot to HDD; voila, instant restore! ;-) > Thanks. > > --Tenzen Cheers, -Farid. _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
