Really? Strange... last time I looked around there (a couple of months ago) I couldn't find what I wanted. i haven't looked there again since, but I'll have another quick check.
AFAIK there are "rescue disks" but none that also include a telnetd and remote connection capabilities as well. I don't just want it to be able to repair the disks... whats the point if I need to be right there at the server? I could run the debian rescue disk as it also has e2fsck if i only needed a regular rescue disk :-/ I'll have another quick look. Sincerely, Jason ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allen Ahoffman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2001 5:47 PM Subject: Re: Remote Resue Disk > there are several of these out there, look for rootboot disk on > freshmeat.net > > [Charset iso-8859-1 unsupported, filtering to ASCII...] > > Hi all, > > > > I was about to develop my own "Remove Rescue Disk)... but thought maybe > > you had a better idea or had already done this... > > > > Regularly if the hard disk fails or needs a manual fsck (usually just > > pressing y throughout), then it means a trip to the datacenter at whatever > > ungodly hour it may be for this relatively simple task. > > > > If it was possible to create a boot disk with a simple telnetd (and > > minimum network support) and static e2fsck utilities, then, in theory, all > > that needs to be done is to insert the disk, reboot the server, and the > > telnetd binds to a special, pre-defined IP just for this emergency > > purpose. Then I can telnet in from home or wherever, run e2fsck, mount the > > drives, see /var/log/syslog, etc. to see what went wrong. After the > > repairs, the disk can be removed, and server rebooted. > > > > Does this sound realistic? Even if 2 disks or even 3 were required, if it > > means I can save a trip to the datacenter it would be worthwhile to do. > > > > Perhaps you guys have thought of something similar, or maybe there already > > IS something like this out there? Any ideas/suggestions would be greatly > > appreciated. > > > > Sincerely, > > Jason > > > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >
