How about booting off the network, from another system already deemed
reliable. Most network cards just need a bootrom to be plugged in, I think
some of the intel motherboards with integrated eepro are boot-capable.
I suppose you could have a network of raid5 machines all set up this way,
and prepared to boot off each other? You just need to make sure at least
one of them always stays running :)
On Fri, 29 Jan 1999, Benno Senoner wrote:
> >
> > >In this case the bootfloppy has the advantage that if it is corrupt you can
> > >quickly replace it with a new.
> >
> > This is why you'd have entries for all the disks in the lilo config files.
> > You'd use lablel like Linux_d1, Linux_d2 ... or whatever. If loading the
> > image from the first disk fails, you just have to enter the label of
> > another kernel at the lilo prompt.
>
> Hmm, you are right, floppy has security problem (but the customer in my case IS
> root, and
> there are no additional users)
>
> I forget the fact that you can setup multiple labels,
>
> but do you think that there is a possibility that the disk gets corrupted at a
> point which,
> LILO begins loading itself (prior kernel loading) and then stops due to disk I/O
> error ?
>
> thank you again for you infos,
>
> best regards,
> Benno.
>
>
> >
> >
> > >Plus there is another additional work when a disk fails,using your solution:
> > >
> > >you have to set up the /bootn dir and rerun lilo.
> >
> > Since you must repartition and raidhotadd the new disk anyway I don't
> > consider this to be much of a problem.
> >
> > >i plan to install software-RAID Linux PCs, where the user is a joe-average
> > >user, so I think for my purposes I think I will consider the boot-floppy
> > option.
> >
> > I don't particularely like booting off floppy for several reasons:
> >
> > * security problems - by booting with some sort of rescue disk you can get
> > around any security on the system.
> >
> > * I've had more problems with dust-clogged or otherwise inoperative floppy
> > disks than with failing harddisks - admittedly, this may not be typical.
> >
> > * additional single point of failure. If the floppy drive or controller
> > breaks, you're down till you get a replacement.
> >
> > Bye, Martin
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