On Jan 16, 2008 9:42 AM, Piotrek Kapczuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/1/16, Henning Brauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > * Piotrek Kapczuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-01-16 14:18]: > > > Didn't know it is exactly the same as options. I found it in > > > flashboot. I'll look more in to other flashboot customisations. Thanks > > > for pointing this out. > > > > flash boot and teh like are obsolete ways to complicate your life. > > Let me disagree with you. > Actually it's fantastic to have one system image which you can deploy > on dozen of firewalls remotely. > > Upgrade procedure from 4.1 to 4.2 ? > scp bsd [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/ > ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] "reboot" > > Total downtime = reboot time. > > Also, everything is on ramdisk so stupid users or power outages > doesn't concern you. Routers reboot and work unattended. > > > -- > Regards > Piotr Kapczuk > > Just curious, scp bsd means just scp'ing the kernel and not 4.2_userlandtoo?
Why not just make a full -release or -stable release(8), pxeboot, install it, (g4u the CF card if needed) and simply run everything in MFS with the CF / as read-only? It's actually very easy to do all this. As for others saying 'why re-compile GENERIC', well, GENERIC is awesome in itself and there is no need generally. But I think the reason for some people is that they too like tweaking /usr/src/sys/conf/GENERIC & /usr/src/sys/arch/$ARCH/conf/GENERIC to remove any un-needed options that they don't use or need or even for changing root device. Speeds up boot times, smaller kernel size, slightly less ram wasted and could even potentially secure the system more in some cases.
