Adding non-kernels to boot-loader

[Dan Kilbourne]

Nathan Kinkade extolled:

I would agree, but I am looking for more of an out of the box solution. We have a couple thousand servers, several hundred of them running FreeBSD. I want our build team to be able to simply install memtest as a bootloader option so that any time a machine needs to be tested, it can be without having to be removed from the rack. Currently we install the kernel-image-like version of it on all of our Linux boxen with no problems, I just need to figure out how to do it for FreeBSD. As for removable media, our machines are not built with CDs or floppies - everything is generally done via a network installer we have hooked up, so removable media is not an option.



> You will probably have better luck using a more flexible boot loader
> like GRUB.  How about just putting memtest86 on a floppy or CDROM and
> your techs can boot to the removable media whenever they need to test
> memory.  This approach seems much more flexible, as any machine can then
> be used for tests instead of only the ones on which you have made
> special configurations.
> 
> Nathan
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