accounting

2008-08-05 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
hi together, we're trying to setup system accounting with sa to get detailed information which user takes how much cpu. for any reason we'd like to have separate files like sa_20080805_14 for each hour we run process accounting and keep them as well. but of course when issuing an accton file

Re: /bin/csh script in GELI partition crashes 6.3-STABLE

2008-02-12 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
Subject: /bin/csh script in GELI partition crashes 6.3-STABLE things i ran into with GELI/UFS2+S: - geli partition sector size larger than 4KB caused panics on one of our boxes - fs sector size any than 512 sometimes caused hangs/watchdog reboots try setting up a kernel with debug-flags and

re: strange panic: freebsd 6.3: ffs_alloccg: map corrupted [SOLVED]

2008-02-11 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
during copying ~350GB from one volume to another on the local machine (separate disks, separate fs's) i get the following panic: start = 0, len = 23691, fs = /newdata panic: ffs_alloccg: map corrupted KDB: enter: panic [ thread pid 835 tid 10070 ] stopped at kdb_enter +0x2c: leave for

Re: strange panic: freebsd 6.3: ffs_alloccg: map corrupted

2008-02-02 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
On Fri, February 1, 2008 16:30, [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net wrote: hi folks, during copying ~350GB from one volume to another on the local machine (separate disks, separate fs's) i get the following panic: start = 0, len = 23691, fs = /newdata panic: ffs_alloccg: map corrupted KDB: enter

how to capture freebsd 6.3 kernel panics

2008-02-01 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
hi, since i migrated from 6.2-REL to 6.3-REL i got several panics when copying much data from one volume to another. because of the copy-job taking several hours, i don't get a realistic chance to CATCH the stupid panic and see what's going on (or at least get an idea of). this is really

Re: how to capture freebsd 6.3 kernel panics [solved]

2008-02-01 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
On Fri, February 1, 2008 12:46, Manolis Kiagias wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net wrote: On Fri, February 1, 2008 11:54, Manolis Kiagias wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net wrote: hi, since i migrated from 6.2-REL to 6.3-REL i got several panics when copying much data from one volume

strange panic: freebsd 6.3: ffs_alloccg: map corrupted

2008-02-01 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
hi folks, during copying ~350GB from one volume to another on the local machine (separate disks, separate fs's) i get the following panic: start = 0, len = 23691, fs = /newdata panic: ffs_alloccg: map corrupted KDB: enter: panic [ thread pid 835 tid 10070 ] stopped at kdb_enter +0x2c: leave

Re: huawei e220 hsdpa on freebsd 6.3-BETA2

2007-12-07 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgedv.net
Your HSDPA modem presented itself like a mass storage device, probably with some autorun and virus like drivers intended for the Windows operating system :-) unfortunately, this is the intended behaviour. this device has the ability to present itself as mass storage which will show up as a

huawei e220 hsdpa on freebsd 6.3-BETA2

2007-12-06 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgedv.net
hi folks, i've got a huawei e220 hsdpa modem, which is connected to a hp nx8220 notebook (ICH6 usb controller) w. 6.3-BETA2. i tried GENERIC as well as custom kernels. this is my current situation: - custom kernel with just [u,o,e]hci and usb(4) support. (removed all other usb device support

Re: huawei e220 hsdpa on freebsd 6.3-BETA2

2007-12-06 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgedv.net
Can you make your modem show up like ugen by loading ugen before plugging your device. here it is ;) Standard Device Descriptor: bLength18 bDescriptorType01 bcdUSB 0110 bDeviceClass 00 bDeviceSubClass00 bDeviceProtocol00 bMaxPacketSize

Re: /bin/sh vi mode command line editing and the period

2007-08-29 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgedv.net
I wasn't able to reproduce what you explained...maybe I missed something? i just do the following: clear /bin/sh EDITOR=vi export EDITOR set -o $EDITOR echo 1 echo 2 echo 3 echo 4 ESC-. and this is the output: test# /bin/sh test# EDITOR=vi export EDITOR set -o $EDITOR echo 1 echo 2 echo 3

Re: /bin/sh vi mode command line editing and the period

2007-08-29 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgedv.net
i just do the following: clear /bin/sh EDITOR=vi export EDITOR set -o $EDITOR echo 1 echo 2 echo 3 echo 4 ESC-. I tested the command sequence you gave and the result was as you explained. What caught my attention, however, was that all the commands were builtin. I tested with non-builtin

Re: /bin/sh vi mode command line editing and the period

2007-08-28 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgedv.net
As far as I know, ESC-. (in fact hitting '.' when in command mode) repeats your very last action whether it was an editing action or executing a command. yes, that's true for vi, but not for /bin/sh in vi-mode. at least on my 6.2-RELEASE. ;) ___

/bin/sh vi mode command line editing and the period

2007-08-27 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgedv.net
hi folks, when someone uses set -o vi to put /bin/sh into vi-mode for command line editing, he for example could use the ESC-minus sequence for editing the last executed command. but there's another bug/feature: ESC-. (period). when i (of course by mistake) hit this feature, all commands in the

freebsd black-listed on dsbl...

2006-09-23 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgedv.net
hey guys, dunno whether this is the correct list, but if there's someone feeling responsible for that, please try to fix ;-) In: MAIL FROM:[EMAIL PROTECTED] SIZE=4342 Out: 521 Service unavailable; Sender address [EMAIL PROTECTED] blocked using list.dsbl.org br cu...

RE: shared library loader configuration

2006-07-10 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgedv.net
PROTECTED]@mgedv.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On 2006-07-07 14:22, [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgedv.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: dunno, if it's a misunderstanding, but my only question how to tell the system where to load libraries and in which order to prefer paths seems

RE: Upgrading Included GCC

2006-07-10 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgedv.net
I've already installed it, I should have mentioned that--sorry. What I mean is there a way to where when I type 'gcc' or 'g++' it uses gcc41 or g++41? I know I could use symlinks but that would entail removing the gcc 3.4.2 binaries which I'm afraid might be insecure. i don't know

shared library loader configuration

2006-07-07 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgedv.net
hi, can someone give me please a SIMPLE and CLEAR answer, what i exactly have to do to achieve the following: i have (for example) installed a new compiled version of libz.a/.so in /usr/local. i want program (during runtime AND during compilation) to compile and run against the NEW and

RE: shared library loader configuration

2006-07-07 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgedv.net
PROTECTED]@mgedv.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi, can someone give me please a SIMPLE and CLEAR answer, what i exactly have to do to achieve the following: i have (for example) installed a new compiled version of libz.a/.so in /usr/local. i want program (during runtime AND during

RE: shared library loader configuration

2006-07-07 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgedv.net
-Original Message- From: Giorgos Keramidas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 2:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: shared library loader configuration On 2006-07-07 14:22, [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgedv.net [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: shell scripting: help appreciated

2006-07-04 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgedv.net
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Atom Powers Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 5:40 PM Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: shell scripting: help appreciated On 7/3/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgedv.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

RE: shell scripting: help appreciated

2006-07-04 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgedv.net
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Parv Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 7:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgedv.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: shell scripting: help appreciated in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], wrote [EMAIL

shell scripting: help appreciated

2006-07-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgedv.net
short and weird problem description (from my point of view): /bin/sh stops working correctly with a content-controlled do-loop. the shell-script layout is as follows: (it's not that trivial, just to show the meaning) --- /test/foo.conf

RE: a secure equivalent to rcmd() and rexec() ?

2006-06-30 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgedv.net
I need to send data to a command line on another machine, but popen-ing an ssh session seems like a rather inferior method, because there is no way to (portably) access the command's stderr... not sure if this is the answer you want, but: what if you tunnel the rcmd/rexec commands

/etc/ttys typo?

2006-06-29 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgedv.net
snip # status Must be on or off. If on, init will run the getty program on #the specified port. If the word secure appears, this tty #allows root login. # /snip but isn't it like, if i change from secure to insecure, that root is NOT allowed to log in anymore directly from this

RE: /etc/ttys typo?

2006-06-29 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgedv.net
snip # status Must be on or off. If on, init will run the getty program on #the specified port. If the word secure appears, this tty #allows root login. # /snip but isn't it like, if i change from secure to insecure, that root is NOT allowed to log in anymore directly

RE: need help w/ simple bash script

2006-06-27 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgedv.net
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of dw Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 2:02 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: need help w/ simple bash script Hi all, I am trying to write a simple bash script that will collate

RE: Getting Source Code after Installing the Software

2006-06-19 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgedv.net
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mayo, Richard A RDECOM CERDEC STCD SRI Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 2:14 PM To: 'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org' Subject: RE: Getting Source Code after Installing the Software Can you simply tell

random(4) confusions

2006-06-19 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgedv.net
hi, if i run man 4 random, i'll get the following: The kern.random.sys.burst variable instructs the kernel thread that pro- cesses the harvest queue to tsleep(9) briefly after that many events have been processed. This helps prevent the random device from being so com-

mtree(8): bug/compatibility with flags

2006-06-12 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgedv.net
hi, played around with mtree to save/restore directory/file permissions/owner/flags on demand. current save method is: mtree -c -i -n -x -p $h_dir -k type,flags,mode,uid,gid,link $h_file; current restore method is: mtree -U -e -n -q -x -p $h_dir -k type,flags,mode,uid,gid,link $h_file; save

/dev nodes population errors with GELI/bsdlabel

2006-06-11 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgedv.net
well. i'm quit sure, it's a little bit complicated to explain what i did and what i figured out while i was doing it ;-), but: short description: attach-mount-umount-detach-attach-mount of GELI-encrypted filesystems does not work correctly if the fs is on a bsdlabel- partition inside the

RE: Recommendation for 1000BASE-SX card?

2006-06-01 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgedv.net
ATM, we are using the onboard controller (Broadcom BCM5704C wired to the just a hint: be really careful of what kind of broadcom-chip you'll get - some are could be not/bad supported by bge(4)/bce(4). (check the archives/PRs on that). ___

HELP! booting usb-flashdisk fails

2006-05-31 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgedv.net
whenever i boot from my self-created bootable usb-stick, it fails with the following error from boot2: - Invalid label Invalid label No /boot/loader FreeBSD/i386 boot Default: 0:fd(0,a)/boot/kernel/kernel Invalid Label No /boot/kernel/kernel

pf: changing tables with rules

2006-05-21 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgedv.net
is it possible to write pf.conf rules, that will add matching packets to tables? if yes, can someone post an example for me? thx in advance ;-) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

pf: changing tables with rules

2006-05-20 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgedv.net
is it possible to write pf.conf rules, that will add matching packets to tables? if yes, can someone post an example for me? thx in advance ;-) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

RE: /bin/sh: wildcard expansion fails

2006-05-19 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgedv.net
Incidentally, it is operating as documented (pathname expansion isn't listed as performed on redirection targets), and explicitly allowed by the POSIX standard. but /bin/sh could accept *txt until there's more than one file matching after expansion. if that's the case, an error like *blabla:

/bin/sh: wildcard expansion fails

2006-05-16 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
i know things like cat *lst|wc, but i don't want to type them. when i try to use wildcards with or in /bin/sh, it fails: my input (only one file with this name exists in the current dir): wc *lst /bin/sh's output: cannot open *lst: No such file or directory is there a way to configure

RE: Trimming Whitespace From Beginning and end of Text Lines

2006-05-12 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
sed -i -e 's/^[[:space:]]*' -e 's/[[:space:]]*$//' file ... why not use just (you can change the - separator to / as above): sed -e 's-^ *--g' -e 's- *$--g' usage examples: - cat file| sed ... file1 - echo $variable| sed ... |grep xy - if [ `echo $xy|sed ...` = blabla bla ]; then ...

RE: Logs not being saved (/var/log/messages, etc)?

2006-05-09 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
The usual system logs such as /var/log/messages are not being saved. /var/log/messages does not exist, but /var/log/messages.0 (the old rotated version) does. if theres a rotated log, there should be a source for, too. check permissions on /var/log (eg. schg-flag) maybe there's some odd

kern.randompid: jot generation senseful?

2006-05-09 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
[asked on -security before, but no answer, maybe here's more traffic ;-)] hi, is a random pid generation really a security enhancement? if yes, would it make sense to setup something like: -- sysctl kern.randompid=`jot -r 1 500 2000` in cron to be executed every X mins/hrs? and finally, what

RE: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-05-04 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
You may get lucky and get a DL320 G4 that does not have the specific Broadcom chip in it. not sure, but maybe you can specify at least the chipset you DON'T want in your order (hp should be able to figure it out using the serial#, and this no. is on the boxes. the order way would be: check

RE: wanted: hp-ux glance pendant [SOLVED]

2006-05-04 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
Systat doesn't like it if it has no stdin; adding a /dev/ttyv9 to your commandline should make it behave. adding your suggestion fixes the problem, but i'd like to run it w/o enabling any user keystrokes/input to systat. tried /dev/null and an empty file, obviously w/o success

RE: encrypted file sharing bsd--winxp/2k3 [SOLVED]

2006-05-04 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
[original post from 10/2005... better late than never!] we have been searching for a proper solution to encrypt filesharing data between a windows client and a freebsd fileserver (because freebsd provides a good solution for disk encryption -- GELI). we wanted to use them as simple network

RE: Shared Library Error

2006-05-04 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
If I do [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$locate libgmodule-2.0.so.600 then I get /usr/local/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.600 but actually the libgmodule-2.0.so.600 is not in that directory. try running ldconfig -R to rescan the directories and check you ldconfig settings

RE: FTPd recommendation?

2006-05-04 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
What are people using for their ftpd these days? I am looking for something easy to initiailize, configure, and is very secure. you definitely look for vsftpd (vsftpd.beasts.org) you'll find it in the ports ;-) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

RE: Shared Library Error

2006-05-04 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
How do I check/modify ldconfig settings? Would you give me some examples? ! man ldconfig ldconfig -r ls -l /etc/ld* ls -l /var/run/ld* echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

RE: Shared Library Error

2006-05-04 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
I did ldconfig -R and ldconfig -m /usr/local/lib but I still get the error message. So, how would you explicitly do with that if you get: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$firefox /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object libgmodule-2.0.so.600 not found, required by libgtk-x11-2.0.so.600 if an executable is

RE: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-05-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
I have a DL320 G4 in the rack and the thing panics under 6.1-RC1 when more than a few K of data is sent over the bge interface. I haven't tried 6.0-RELEASE on it. Just make sure you can return it if it doesen't work. did you ever try to install win2k/2k3 on it and apply all fw-patches from

RE: 6.1-RC2: strange kernel panic!

2006-05-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
Don't you think you should test it instead of guessing? :-) I suggested it because it *is* a possibility (that is why I have it in my kernel). yes, but doesn't it make sense to find memory consuming things before adding more? btw. how can we check for such things? Are you sure you are using

wanted: hp-ux glance pendant

2006-05-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
does anybody know some handy text-console-tools, which run under freebsd and produce performance outputs like glance does under hp-ux? top isn't well covering things like disk-io, memory usage, etc... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

RE: wanted: hp-ux glance pendant

2006-05-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
I'm not familiar with glance, but have a look at systat, specifically, the vmstat screen. well, thx for the hint. the tool indeed looks nice, and curious as i am, i monitored some action with it. i started it with systat -vmstat 1 /dev/ttyv9 to get the output to a non-shelled terminal and

RE: wanted: hp-ux glance pendant

2006-05-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
Systat doesn't like it if it has no stdin; adding a /dev/ttyv9 to your commandline should make it behave. adding your suggestion fixes the problem, but i'd like to run it w/o enabling any user keystrokes/input to systat. tried /dev/null and an empty file, obviously w/o success -( any further

RE: 6.1-RC2: strange kernel panic! [SOLVED]

2006-05-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
original error: panic: kmem_malloc(4096): kmem_map too small: 335544320 total allocated kernel panic issue seems to be solved by changing our memory disk from malloc(9) backed to a swap-backed disk. thx 4 helpin', guys! and yes, i could have tested it because this was already in the archives

RE: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-05-02 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
What was your experience like with 6.0-RELEASE and the dl320 g4? I've had a quote back on that model so could be near to actually getting some hardware for once :) we didn't really run 6.0-RELEASE on the system, as the 6.1-BETAs had been out when we bought the server. therefore not really man

6.1-RC2: strange kernel panic!

2006-05-02 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
hi together! this is the 4th time the server died since last week (and the 1st time we catched the error!). it happened during an du -sk . of some large directory structure. panic: kmem_malloc(4096): kmem_map too small: 335544320 total allocated any ideas on this? this system should go live

RE: Intel SE7520BD2 motherboard

2006-05-02 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
- Second integrated NIC: Marvell Yukon EC88E8050 - nothing about this .. we're using the same driver (from marvell directly) under 6.1-RC2 and it works smoothly. you only have to cp if_myk.ko to your kernel dir, and load it with loader.conf or later on with kldload... (we have an intel

RE: 6.1-RC2: strange kernel panic!

2006-05-02 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
Your kernel ran out of memory. Either you are using a workload that is too heavy for your current settings, or there is a memory leak somewhere in a kernel subsystem you are using. Try to increase VM_KMEM_SIZE_MAX in your kernel, e.g. options VM_KMEM_SIZE_MAX=524288000 #500MB

RE: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-04-30 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
just for info: our dl320 g4 also has bge interfaces, and they work very well under 6.1-RC1 (even BETA4 was ok). but our server has been bought 2 months ago, maybe there's a newer/different chipset in it. we also have a dl320 g2 being heavily used as lan switches monitor, this server also has bge

RE: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-04-28 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
RAID support on the DL320 G4 is broken. HP uses Adaptec firmware and Adaptec has not provided Soren programming info on their metadata format, as he requested. hi, we're using 6.1-RC1 on a DL320 G4 with raidctl, which perfectly fit's our needs. the metadata being written by the bios-fw of

pkg_create: directory-permissions: bug or feature?

2006-04-28 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
hi, the packaging-system (pkg_create, pkg_add) uses the tar file format for creating/installing packages and some special files inside the tar. everything is really fine for me, except the handling of directories, especially if they're empty! these dir's never get installed! if they're not

RE: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

2006-04-27 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
Our vendor preference is HP, if anyone could share their experience with the following products (in regards of network/sata support and anything else mentioning): HP DL140 G2 HP DL145 G2 HP DL320 G4 HP DL360 G4 we tried dl320 g2, g3, g4, dl380 g3 with sata/ciss drives, 1-4gb ram,

RE: upcoming release 6.1: old version of some core components

2006-04-12 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
did i ever mention i love communities! ;-) well, 1st of all, thx 2 all the people who gave it a whirl and went deeper into cvs as i would ever do (i'm definitely not a dev ;-), btw. that was my reason for asking this on the list ) 2nd, the thing alex brought up is very confusing, because it

upcoming release 6.1: old version of some core components

2006-04-11 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
hi together, during testing the 6.1-BETA4 i found only one major thing i really like to discuss on the list for my understanding. why are some major parts of the os are not updated to the current versions (see examples beyond)? code-improvements and security-/functionality-fixes come to my mind

RE: upcoming release 6.1: old version of some core components

2006-04-11 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
I can't answer you main question, but I would say that you can bet your shirt on the fact that there will be no known security issues in the older packages. At least for openssl and openssh you can get latest versions through the ports. Not an option for everything -- I see no zlib for

DL320 G3 Adaptec or Intel RAID?

2006-04-10 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
hi, we've got an hp proliant dl320 g3 with an embedded SATA-150 raid controller. loading 6.1B4 shows ad4 and ad6 as normal disks but the RAID controller or the configured array is not shown at all. during POST the raid bios announces as: Adaptec Embedded SATA HostRAID BIOS V3.0-1 1255 the

RE: DL320 G3 Adaptec or Intel RAID?

2006-04-10 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong here, the ICH6R is a software raid controller and its not supported in FreeBSD. Atleast not in 5.X. anyone working on a port/driver here or know something about it? i've found a patch to ata-mk3 from Søren Schmidt (sos@) but i'm not sure, what the state of

GELI/UFS: strange data corruption

2006-04-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
hi, the environment: - Intel Server w 1 x XEON 2.8 / 2GB - HW-RAID1 (Intel SRCS16 w 2xSeagate NL35 400GB) - FreeBSD 6.1-BETA4 - GELI encryption of whole amrd0 with Sector-Size 4096 - ufs2 filesystems w Softupdates and Sector-Size 4096 the source: - SuSE 8.2 reiserfs (3.6?) filesystem mounted ro

RE: hunting for secure fileserver-connection!

2006-04-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
If you don't trust CIFS/Samba enough to be secure against local sniffers, and you won't run IPsec, you're left with odd things like Sun's SecureNFS software, only I doubt that's available for a FreeBSD fileserver. that's what i was afraid of. ipsec would be great, if it was possible to have it

mount_reiserfs: data corruption [was: GELI/UFS: strange data corruption]

2006-04-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
hi together, 1st the good news: GELI is not the devil in the house! testenvironment: FreeBSD 6.1-BETA4 on Intel Server (X2.8, 2GB) what has been done: - created a new UFS2 partition on a intel SRCS16 w 400GB RAID1 - mount_reiserfs -o ro of a SuSE8.2 reiserfs-Partition (300GB data) - copied some

FU: mount_reiserfs: data corruption [was: GELI/UFS: strange datacorruption] [WORKAROUND]

2006-04-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
well, it seems with some testing that the final solution is to rsync the linux-station via network to the new box. mount_reiserfs seems to mixup file contents while copying, regardless of the tool used. as i'm not a good c-developer, it doesn't make sense for me and the community, to go deep into

hunting for secure fileserver-connection!

2006-04-02 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
hi 2 all gurus! the scenario: - freebsd-fileserver with encrypted HDD's (GELI) (1.5TB) - windows (sorry for that, it's a requirement) as client the quest: - securely mount shared filesystems from the server from the windows client w/o being open to sniffers/network hacks (non-weak

intel server board: strange LAN problem [SOLVED]

2006-03-31 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
the original problem was: NIC1 was missing at all and PXE boot from this nic also did not work. the solution for those who are interested in: Intel SE7320VP2/SE7320VP2D2 has 2 onboard NIC's: NIC1 (Marvell Yukon-Chipset) NIC2 (Intel-Chipset) FreeBSD 6 by default recognizes the intel-nic, which

intel server board: strange LAN problem!

2006-03-29 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
hi together! our intel server board SE7320VP2D2 has 2 onboard LAN interfaces. HW address .:40 and .:41. ifconfig -a on freebsd only shows the 2nd interface (:41) as em0 and the 1st interface is missing completely, as in the dmesg. any ideas on this? we need both interfaces, and this

RE: intel server board: strange LAN problem!

2006-03-29 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
Check the BIOS that both interfaces are enabled. they are. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: kernel optimization

2006-03-25 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
I was wondering what strategy people use to 'KNOW' which drivers and options can me commented out/deleted when configuring the kernel file. i.e. how does one know he does not need the 'amr' driver (I knowI don't need this one, but the idea relates to a number of other settings in the

RE: USB external drive size limitations?

2006-03-25 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
Haha, its full of my backups from my previous operating system (fedora) and now im going to have a fun time getting those files onto my new FreeBSD server! Can someone recommend a course of action for me here? Google isn't really turning up anything interesting relating to size of external

RE: favorite ATA/SATA hard disk brand?

2006-03-23 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
well, we bought seagate NL35 series hdd's, because they're meant to run 24h/d. AND... they give 5 years warranty (which sounds much better for me than the usual 3 years from the others...) whatever, good luck with your disks! ___