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[00:02]<vrd>stupid question: how do i download something (remotely) to a new sol 10 installation if i don't have wget? (ironically, it's wget i'm trying to get)
[00:02]<rsmm>ftp ?
[00:02]<vrd>it's from sunfreeware
[00:02]<guyfv>tam, wget is in /usr/sfw/bin
[00:02]<vrd>i'll try that
[00:03]<guyfv>it shipped with the companion DVD
[00:03]<guyfv>:)
[00:03]<vrd>hmm, need to update all my paths
[00:25]<-- svgvsdyzgjvr__ xr>/dev/null")
[00:26]<njzyg-xjdn>/server -m irc.MTS2IRC
[00:27]<njzyg-xjdn>woops, sorry guys
[00:28]<guyfv>tam, i'm new to Solaris too.
[00:28]<guyfv>:)
[00:28]<guyfv>i installed that extra wget package and realized it wasn't needed.
[00:29]<guyfv>so i updated my PATH, MANPATH variables
[00:29]<guyfv>and rm -fr /usr/local
[00:29]<guyfv>:)
[00:30]<drvnqc9>what is the proper way to reboot a sun machine?
[00:30]<drvnqc9>shutdown -g0 -y -i6 ?
[00:31]<rsmm>yup
[00:31]<drvnqc9>what about "init 6"?
[00:32]<guyfv>init 0
[00:32]<guyfv>reboot -- -r
[00:32]<guyfv>:) either way
[00:32]<nzyc6t6>init 0 == doesn't boot back up
[00:32]<rrmnsm>you can leave off the -- -r if you haven't added hardware
[00:32]<drvnqc9>init 0 is ok prompt is it not?
[00:32]<nzyc6t6>init 6 == /usr/ucb/shutdown -r || /usr/sbin/shutdown -g0 -i6 || reboot
[00:33]<guyfv>eh? :) hmm
[00:33]<guyfv>erik757, doesn't boot backup?
[00:33]<guyfv>what does that mean
[00:33]<guyfv>backing up the boot archive?
[00:33]<nzyc6t6>i mean, he said how do you reboot
[00:33]<nzyc6t6>init 0 == shutdown
[00:33]<nzyc6t6>reboot -- -r == reboot
[00:34]<guyfv>:) okay
[00:34]<nzyc6t6>if you are not at the machine and have no console and it's far away, 'init 0' == driving to the colo :)
[00:34]<guyfv>colo?
[00:34]<guyfv>:o
[00:34]<guyfv>oh
[00:34]<guyfv>got it
[00:34]<guyfv>it shuts down :)
[00:34]<guyfv>and init 6 shuts down too.
[00:34]<rrmnsm>i heard a got fired for a typo .. init 5
[00:34]<rrmnsm>he meant init 6
[00:35]<guyfv>who got fired? :o
[00:35]<nzyc6t6>no, 'init 6' will boot back up, assuming the machine is configured properly
[00:35]<rrmnsm>er a guy
[00:35]<guyfv>erik757, that confuses me a bit.
[00:35]<guyfv>init 6 tries one of the options, failing which it reboots, rigt?
[00:35]<guyfv>what is a boot back up mean
[00:36]<lnnzan>it will boot back up. as in reboot.
[00:36]<lnnzan>init 6 is 'reboot'
[00:36]<guyfv>oh
[00:36]<guyfv>boot back :)
[00:36]<guyfv>ah!
[00:36]<guyfv>\o/
[00:37]<guyfv>a guy got fired for doing init 5? :o frightens me
[00:37]<guyfv>i mean
[00:37]<guyfv>what's the big deal
[00:38]<rrmnsm>um have you been near a data center in a fortune 500 since they all this new bullshit oxly crap
[00:38]<rrmnsm>it takes 5 forms and an escort from security to get in and restart a box.. it was in production... took an hour to get in and boot the box.
[00:39]<rrmnsm>cost the company some $$$$ while it was down
[00:39]<guyfv>:o
[00:39]<rrmnsm>it was scheduled for 15 minutes to reboot.
[00:39]<guyfv>oh. he rebooted it instead of switching to some init level
[00:39]<guyfv>downtime.
[00:39]<guyfv>i get it.
[00:40]<rrmnsm>took two hours to get it back up and running
[00:40]<mnzywnvxnz>He powered it OFF.
[00:40]<mnzywnvxnz>init 5 = power off.
[00:40]<guyfv>i've never been inside a datacenter before. in fact. i've never handled a rack or a blade in real life
[00:40]<mnzywnvxnz>Unless you have LOM, you are fucked.
[00:40]<guyfv>i've seen one of them though
[00:40]<guyfv>LOM?
[00:40]<mnzywnvxnz>Lights Out Management.
[00:40]<guyfv>what is that?
[00:40]<mnzywnvxnz>Lets you poweron and poweroff remotely.
[00:40]<rrmnsm>a computer in side a computer...
[00:41]<guyfv>oh?
[00:41]<rrmnsm>its always on.. so you can access obp/bios and boot the box remotely
[00:41]<guyfv>it's some kind of computer controlled power switch?
[00:41]<mnzywnvxnz>It's a beauteous thing.
[00:41]<mnzywnvxnz>No.
[00:41]<mnzywnvxnz>It's a lot more.
[00:41]<mnzywnvxnz>poweron/off is just one feature.
[00:41]<guyfv>like?
[00:41]<2zrmm>hi guys.. this isn't exactly a solaris issue.. I need to know how to change openfirmware to boot 'disk' instead of the network on bootup.. any ideas?
[00:41]<guyfv>explain, Meriwether :)
[00:41]<mnzywnvxnz>It also has temp monitoring.
[00:42]<rrmnsm>setenv
[00:42]<mnzywnvxnz>You can boot into diag-mode.
[00:42]<mygymrw>And when the server crashes, it can dump memory and all to a tape/disk.
[00:42]<guyfv>oh
[00:42]<guyfv>wow
[00:42]<mnzywnvxnz>It's a very cool thing.
[00:42]<guyfv>these things are pretty neat
[00:42]<rrmnsm>and the new ones can boot from a nfs mounted iso when the box doesn't have a cd/dvd
[00:42]<guyfv>:'( somebody throw a server at me
[00:42]<guyfv>wow

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