Re: looking for diskless advice

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Dec 21, 2004 at 03:52:45PM -0800, Chuck Tuffli wrote:
> Yup, these are normal machines. What is an example of an "alternative root"?
> 
> ---chuck

You install two DragonFlys, one in ad0s1 which is to be updated, one in
ad0s2 which is static.

You can switch the default system via "boot0cfg -s 2 ad0", which is used
to trigger an automic reinstall. Meaning you setup /etc/rc.local in
ad0s2a to fetch / rsync the system in ad0s1 and run
"boot0cfg -s 1 ad0; reboot".

You don't need a full system for the ad0s2, just enough to get networking
and your backup / copying tool to work.

Joerg