Re: 9.1-RC3 LiveCD missing features

2012-12-10 Thread Ulrich Spörlein
On Fri, 2012-12-07 at 16:11:37 -0600, Chuck Burns wrote: > On 12/7/2012 3:50 PM, CeDeROM wrote: > > Hello :-) > > > > I have tried to chceck for badblocks on my / but I did not find badblocks > > program on LiveCD and there is no option to install it. This is very useful > > utility, please add it

Re: 9.1-RC3 LiveCD missing features

2012-12-08 Thread Devin Teske
On Dec 8, 2012, at 12:09 PM, Garrett Cooper wrote: > On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 9:42 AM, Ian Lepore > wrote: > > ... > >> It shouldn't require rc.initdiskless; just the fact that rc.d/var >> detects it can't write to /var should cause it to automatically create a >> memory fileystem for it, and mi

Re: 9.1-RC3 LiveCD missing features

2012-12-08 Thread Garrett Cooper
On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 9:42 AM, Ian Lepore wrote: ... > It shouldn't require rc.initdiskless; just the fact that rc.d/var > detects it can't write to /var should cause it to automatically create a > memory fileystem for it, and minimally populate it. As far as I know, > this is automatic unless

Re: 9.1-RC3 LiveCD missing features

2012-12-08 Thread Ian Lepore
On Fri, 2012-12-07 at 23:31 -0800, Garrett Cooper wrote: > On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 11:06 PM, CeDeROM wrote: > > Hello Ian :-) > > > > This is the problem - / is read only and /etc/resolv.conf already links to > > nonexistent file. This way I cannot modify its content nor link other file > > (i.e. /

Re: 9.1-RC3 LiveCD missing features

2012-12-08 Thread Warren Block
On Fri, 7 Dec 2012, Garrett Cooper wrote: On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 11:06 PM, CeDeROM wrote: Hello Ian :-) This is the problem - / is read only and /etc/resolv.conf already links to nonexistent file. This way I cannot modify its content nor link other file (i.e. /var/resolv.conf) to /etc/resolv.

Re: 9.1-RC3 LiveCD missing features

2012-12-08 Thread Chuck Burns
On 12/7/2012 9:10 PM, Warren Block wrote: On Fri, 7 Dec 2012, Chuck Burns wrote: dd if=/dev/zer of=/dev/ada0 ^^^ There's your "badblocks" program. Any hard drive made in the last decade have been self-remapping.. That should be /dev/zero. And this will be very slow, going one 512-byte bloc

Re: 9.1-RC3 LiveCD missing features

2012-12-07 Thread CeDeROM
Hello Garrett :-) UnionFS works very well on Linux based embedded systems and its very powerful :-) I dont know the mdmfs sorry :-) +1 for your ideas :-) Best regards :-) Tomek -- CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.info ___ freebsd-current@freebsd

Re: 9.1-RC3 LiveCD missing features

2012-12-07 Thread CeDeROM
Running fsck -t ufs -fy solved the issue!! http://i47.tinypic.com/35m1qxk.jpg How reliable is new UFS2-SU+J? Are there any journal verification routines (I heard about some chcecks in the background). Will automatic fsck on boot force full filesystem checks in any case (like filesystem related ke

Re: 9.1-RC3 LiveCD missing features

2012-12-07 Thread Garrett Cooper
On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 11:06 PM, CeDeROM wrote: > Hello Ian :-) > > This is the problem - / is read only and /etc/resolv.conf already links to > nonexistent file. This way I cannot modify its content nor link other file > (i.e. /var/resolv.conf) to /etc/resolv.conf. Creating /var/resolv.conf does

Re: 9.1-RC3 LiveCD missing features

2012-12-07 Thread CeDeROM
Hello Ian :-) This is the problem - / is read only and /etc/resolv.conf already links to nonexistent file. This way I cannot modify its content nor link other file (i.e. /var/resolv.conf) to /etc/resolv.conf. Creating /var/resolv.conf does not help either. I think /etc/resolv.conf should point to

Re: 9.1-RC3 LiveCD missing features

2012-12-07 Thread CeDeROM
dd if=root_part of=root_part took loong time but it did not help :-( -- CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.info ___ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "

Re: 9.1-RC3 LiveCD missing features

2012-12-07 Thread CeDeROM
Thanks Warren :-) I noticed that Western Digital disks MUST be preformatted this way at first otherwise stragne things happen later on (I had 3 disks like this for desktop and laptop). Best regards :-) Tomek -- CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.info ___

Re: 9.1-RC3 LiveCD missing features

2012-12-07 Thread matt
On 12/07/12 17:20, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > ports/sysutils/smartmontools? Most modern disks support S.M.A.R.T and > will log read or write errors as well as perform non-destructive > (though far from comprehensive) testing. This is the correct way, since the drive could be hiding bad blocks by real

Re: 9.1-RC3 LiveCD missing features

2012-12-07 Thread Warren Block
On Fri, 7 Dec 2012, Chuck Burns wrote: dd if=/dev/zer of=/dev/ada0 ^^^ There's your "badblocks" program. Any hard drive made in the last decade have been self-remapping.. That should be /dev/zero. And this will be very slow, going one 512-byte block at a time. Using a 64K or 128K buffer

Re: 9.1-RC3 LiveCD missing features

2012-12-07 Thread Kevin Oberman
On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 3:25 PM, Adam Vande More wrote: > On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 5:05 PM, Tomek CEDRO wrote: > >> As I get ffs_valloc kernel panic on my / I want to check for badblocks but >> cannot do that from the system itself so I need another FreeBSD instance to >> run badblocks on unmounted

Re: 9.1-RC3 LiveCD missing features

2012-12-07 Thread Ian Lepore
On Fri, 2012-12-07 at 23:34 +0100, Bas Smeelen wrote: > On 12/07/12 23:11, Chuck Burns wrote: > > On 12/7/2012 3:50 PM, CeDeROM wrote: > >> Hello :-) > >> > >> I have tried to chceck for badblocks on my / but I did not find > >> badblocks > >> program on LiveCD and there is no option to install it

Re: 9.1-RC3 LiveCD missing features

2012-12-07 Thread Adam Vande More
On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 5:05 PM, Tomek CEDRO wrote: > As I get ffs_valloc kernel panic on my / I want to check for badblocks but > cannot do that from the system itself so I need another FreeBSD instance to > run badblocks on unmounted /. There are no badblocks on LiveCD and I cannot > simply down

Re: 9.1-RC3 LiveCD missing features

2012-12-07 Thread Tomek CEDRO
As I get ffs_valloc kernel panic on my / I want to check for badblocks but cannot do that from the system itself so I need another FreeBSD instance to run badblocks on unmounted /. There are no badblocks on LiveCD and I cannot simply download it with pkg_add -r. Installing another system just to te

Re: 9.1-RC3 LiveCD missing features

2012-12-07 Thread Devin Teske
On Dec 7, 2012, at 2:39 PM, Devin Teske wrote: > > On Dec 7, 2012, at 2:30 PM, CeDeROM wrote: > >> Hello Chuck :-) >> >> DD cannot perform non-destructive test.. unless I do dd if=/dev/ada0s2a >> of=/dev/ada0s2a :-) Do you think drives are now smart enough to remap >> badblocks this way? What

Re: 9.1-RC3 LiveCD missing features

2012-12-07 Thread Devin Teske
On Dec 7, 2012, at 2:30 PM, CeDeROM wrote: > Hello Chuck :-) > > DD cannot perform non-destructive test.. unless I do dd if=/dev/ada0s2a > of=/dev/ada0s2a :-) Do you think drives are now smart enough to remap > badblocks this way? What is the probability that there are no badblocks or > badblock

Re: 9.1-RC3 LiveCD missing features

2012-12-07 Thread Bas Smeelen
On 12/07/12 23:11, Chuck Burns wrote: On 12/7/2012 3:50 PM, CeDeROM wrote: Hello :-) I have tried to chceck for badblocks on my / but I did not find badblocks program on LiveCD and there is no option to install it. This is very useful utility, please add it as part of LiveCD :-) Also there

Re: 9.1-RC3 LiveCD missing features

2012-12-07 Thread CeDeROM
Hello Chuck :-) DD cannot perform non-destructive test.. unless I do dd if=/dev/ada0s2a of=/dev/ada0s2a :-) Do you think drives are now smart enough to remap badblocks this way? What is the probability that there are no badblocks or badblocks are not detected this way? Which pattern is better for

Re: 9.1-RC3 LiveCD missing features

2012-12-07 Thread Chuck Burns
On 12/7/2012 3:50 PM, CeDeROM wrote: Hello :-) I have tried to chceck for badblocks on my / but I did not find badblocks program on LiveCD and there is no option to install it. This is very useful utility, please add it as part of LiveCD :-) Also there is a problem with DHCP based workstations

9.1-RC3 LiveCD missing features

2012-12-07 Thread CeDeROM
Hello :-) I have tried to chceck for badblocks on my / but I did not find badblocks program on LiveCD and there is no option to install it. This is very useful utility, please add it as part of LiveCD :-) Also there is a problem with DHCP based workstations using LiveCD - although interface gets