dev web wrote:
Hi,
The company I work for use mainly FreeBSD servers, we are currently
investigating investing in a new server with the following specs:
HP ProLiant DL380 G3 - Xeon 3.06 GHz
[SNIP SPECS]
Has anyone had any experiance running FreeBSD on a system such as this,
My main concerns are
Oliver Fuchs wrote:
Hi,
I would like to know how to upgrade binary-files on my FreeBSD system.
Take a look at 'freebsd-update' in the ports dir (Category security).
And here for some explanation and arguments:
http://www.daemonology.net/freebsd-update/binup.html
You have to do the 1st update
Hi,
This question does not concern FreeBSD only, I know... But here it goes.
I am working on a mailserver that has antispam and antivirus
functionality. I gathered some courage and read articles at O'reilly and
Daemonnews to build-my-own. Also did some extensive Googling.
The stuff I use:
oXid wrote:
Thanks. But i don't have another choise.
Becose my SU utility doesn't work :(
I wrote that in my first mail.
OK, the following lines confused me:
I can enter as root from console. But i can't enter as root, from ssh.
I have to enter as some user from whell then SU and etc...
I
SoloCDM wrote:
Is FreeBSD Linux or UNIX?
http://www.xs4all.nl/~marcone/bsdversuslinux.html :-)
A more serious link:
http://people.freebsd.org/~murray/bsd_flier.html
BSD is UNIX. Linux is a kernel.
Good luck,
Richard.
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APC Powerchute software does not work for FreeBSD, but apcupsd is a
good alternative:
Is it? I just tried to install it; Linux-ware. It installed everything in
the wrong directories, to start with. And it will not compile with
usb-support. What a disappointment!
try to install it from the
O, I read the docs alright; did you? Had you done so, you would have seen
that apcupsd 3.8.5 (the ported version) does NOT support usb yet
on FreeBSD.
Furthermore, you would have read that usb support is only in experimental
phase since version 3.9.4 (not ported yet), and then only for Linux.
Hello,
Could someone advise on UPS systems and Power Management related
software for FREE BSD systems.
i.What systems are dependable and reasonable priced, esp. at the low
end for use with workstations
ii. Is it possible to power down several work stations
simultaneously from one
The following URL has a link to a windows NT client:
http://www.sibbald.com/apcupsd/
manual:
http://www.sibbald.com/apcupsd/3.8manual/index.html
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Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards,
R.J. Zoontjens
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For those interested/using firebird, just released version 1.0.5!
hmm, confusing...
I jumped up from my chair.. what?! did they skip 2 version numbers??
But Firebird -the database server- (interbase spin-off is still at 1.0.2)
see
11/16/02 3:20:05 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Okay, propaganda time. Why should I use FreeBSD instead of
GNU/Linux? What
advantages does it offer?
http://www.xs4all.nl/~marcone/bsdversuslinux.html :-)
A more serious link:
http://people.freebsd.org/~murray/bsd_flier.html
PS: Post to [EMAIL
Jack L. Stone wrote:
There IS a program similar to Ghost with respect to making an image. It's
called dd and it's already installed on your FBSD system. Run man 1 dd
for options.
Bear in mind that if you want an image of your whole disk, you'll need the
2nd one to be at least equal in
Ruben de Groot wrote:
The traditional way to backup and restore filesystems in Unix has allways
been dump(8) and restore(8).
I use dump/restore for my filesystem backups (I use a tar-script for my
userfiles because of platform-portability)
The only problem I have is that I cannot boot with a
Jack L. Stone wrote,
Hard disks, at least IDEs are really inexpensive. Why not just keep a
second or third HD on your machine(s) to do backups.??
Environmental hazard... like fire e.g. or the server motherboard burns out,
water damage, etc...
I can take tapes to another location. I do not
Jack L. Stone wrote,
While that may have been the bible, common sense should apply and also
times change. Last time I looked Tape drives and tapes were very
expensive.
HDs have become cheap, but until a year or so ago, they were not so cheap.
This changes the dynamics while that bible
On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, Mark wrote:
Worse even, how do I safely restore the / filesystem? (should it ever
become corrupted).
The last time I needed to do that, I booted to the Fixit system
on CD2 and used the tools there to newfs/restore from backup.
But what to do if you did your dumps
Matthew Emmerton wrote:
If you post your MINI kernel, I'm sure someone could find something to
remove that would save space.
Below is my MINI kernel and my dmesg output.
PS: I need my raid (amr) driver and the ATA tape driver (see dmesg).
I tried to leave out as much as possible but sometimes
Hi,
I am trying to find a good disaster recovery procedure.
I dumped all my filesystems to tape.
I booted with the 2nd FreeBSD Live filesystem-CD (4.7), and chose fixit
restore is available
mt is available
but my tape driver is not! When I boot up normally everything works of
course :)
from
Brian McCann wrote:
Hi all...I tried searching through the archives to find some
help...but there was WAY to much returned. So...here's my question. I
need to be able to open an X session (complete with KDE and all) from a
Win2k Box. I've got Xmanager for Win2k, and I can connect
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