Re: Undetected SiI 3112 PCI SATA Controller card - resolved

2008-03-22 Thread Andrew Fremantle
esponse. - Andrew Erik Trulsson wrote: On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 02:22:18AM -0700, Andrew Fremantle wrote: Hello, I've got a machine with an SiI 3112 based (Definately Silicon Image, I'm 97% certain it was 3112) PCI SATA controller board in it. The board was just installed, and

Undetected SiI 3112 PCI SATA Controller card

2008-03-22 Thread Andrew Fremantle
Hello, I've got a machine with an SiI 3112 based (Definately Silicon Image, I'm 97% certain it was 3112) PCI SATA controller board in it. The board was just installed, and is not working. I don't get a BIOS screen on startup for it, but it is shown in the PCI device listing. The board is an AS

Re: Invalid Global DNS name and sendmail

2007-04-24 Thread Andrew Fremantle
Thanks to everyone who replied, the solution is detailed below Copy /usr/share/sendmail/cf/domain/generic.m4 -> /etc/mail/custom-domain.m4 softlink /etc/mail/custom-domain.m4 -> /usr/share/sendmail/cf/domain/custom-domain.m4 Edit /etc/mail/custom-domain.m4 and remove the EXPOSED_USERS('root') l

Invalid Global DNS name and sendmail

2007-04-23 Thread Andrew Fremantle
Hello, I've got a machine on the local network, with a local DNS name (which is not a valid name in the global DNS). My problem is that I cannot kludge sendmail into behaving nicely and allow the periodic(8) mailings to get through. The machine is named psyche.local domain1.com is a domain

Flexible fault-tolerant storage for new system - Many questions

2007-04-13 Thread Andrew Fremantle
Hello, I'm wondering what is the current "correct" way to implement fault-tolerant storage on FreeBSD? I know that in ages past, it was vinum, or vinum patched up for GEOM, gvinum. I just set up a new server with gvinum, and I've already had it crash once, which makes me very wary of putting

gvinum crash in 6.2-RELEASE

2007-04-11 Thread Andrew Fremantle
Hello, I've got a new server machine, fortunately not in production yet, that just crashed on me. I haven't been able to reproduce the problem, but I was copying a large volume of data onto the machine via Samba. When I got to the console, I found about 10 - 15 of these, all with different o

PCIe Core2 Duo Motherboard?

2007-01-21 Thread Andrew Fremantle
Hello, I'm looking at building a few new general-purpose servers in the near future. I'd like to use Intel Core 2 Duo processors in these machines. I'm currently evaluating a machine with a looks-good-on-paper motherboard, the Intel DG965OT. However, I have come across two major problems with

Motherboard for new Socket 939 fileserver

2006-03-14 Thread Andrew Fremantle
Hi all, I've been tasked with setting up a new FreeBSD network file server. I've been spending the last day fighting an ASUS A8N-VM CSM motherboard, and I've given up on that hopeless battle. The ACPI is horribly broken, the ethernet and PATA/SATA aren't supported on FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE, FreeB

Re: Advanced IPFW2 Forward rule problem / bug / misunderstanding

2006-01-10 Thread Andrew Fremantle
Dennis Olvany wrote: This should get you most of the way there or at least give you a good idea of what's required. options IPFIREWALL_FORWARD_EXTENDED I'm pretty sure this will be required. defaultrouter="24.85.92.1" ifconfig_rl0="192.168.1.1" ifconfig_vr0="142.179.10

Advanced IPFW2 Forward rule problem / bug / misunderstanding

2006-01-10 Thread Andrew Fremantle
Hello, I have searched the lists for information pertaining to this problem, but I haven't been able to find anything relevant to my attempted usage of IPFWs "forward" action. If there are any preexisting threads that address my concern, please direct me to them. I have also sent this messag