Re: [Bulk] FreeBSD upgrade woes (8.3 - 8.4)

2013-07-11 Thread Mark Felder
On Thu, Jul 11, 2013, at 14:37, David Noel wrote: If this is the case replacing the kernel should have no effect. But what then? Any thoughts? I'd contact freebsd-fs@ and see what they have to say ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

FreeBSD on Asus F70SL

2013-07-10 Thread Martin Siebel
Hello! I recently tried (and failed) installing FreeBSD-9.1-RELEASE on my Asus F70SL Notebook. I already created a thread in the official FreeBSD boards but so far no one could help me out with my problem. Since I really want to use FreeBSD with my Notebook I am looking forward to get

Re: FreeBSD on Asus F70SL

2013-07-10 Thread Waitman Gobble
On Jul 10, 2013 12:55 PM, Martin Siebel msie...@gmx.de wrote: Hello! I recently tried (and failed) installing FreeBSD-9.1-RELEASE on my Asus F70SL Notebook. I already created a thread in the official FreeBSD boards but so far no one could help me out with my problem. Since I really want

Re: Should I be able to use mergemaster with freebsd-update?

2013-07-09 Thread Eugene
Hi all, A small followup: Looks like freebsd-update does try to rebuild the password database but does not quite succeed, leaving binary files in somewhat corrupted state, this leading to some problems when trying to add new users later. This is discussed here: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi

Re: HP ILO FreeBSD 8.3 Installation problem

2013-07-08 Thread Emre Çamalan
Hi, USB memstick img file is solution for me. I try FreeBSD-8.3-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img. I downloaded this img file and copy to USB, not burn it to USB. Then attach to İLO such as USB virtual image then sysinstall start, BUT I selected installation from usb install NOT CD/DVD installation

Re: FreeBSD 9.1 won't boot after install

2013-07-06 Thread Simon
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Re: FreeBSD 9.1 won't boot after install

2013-07-06 Thread Warren Block
is supposed to replace MBR and UEFI is the future. Perhaps there is something in UEFI that can be tweaked to make it work with GPT? Yes. There should be some sort of legacy boot. In UEFI mode, SecureBoot can be disabled, so with the correct partition layout FreeBSD should boot even in UEFI (untested

will freebsd run on a mac osx 10.8.4

2013-07-05 Thread robert reed
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Re: will freebsd run on a mac osx 10.8.4

2013-07-05 Thread Jason Birch
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Re: will freebsd run on a mac osx 10.8.4

2013-07-05 Thread Thomas Mueller
I assume you are running Mac OS X 10.8.4 on Intel CPU. I assume it must be 64-bits, so you would want amd64 version of FreeBSD, though you could also run i386 version. I don't know if you could install FreeBSD on same hard disk with Mac OS X, but you ought to be able to install FreeBSD

FreeBSD 9.1 won't boot after install

2013-07-05 Thread James E. Pace
Hi, I bought an HP Pavilion p7-1597c [1] system last week. It is Intel Core i5-3330, with a Seagate 1.5 TB SATA drive and 12 GB of memory, shipped with Windows 8. I have disabled Secure Boot and enabled Legacy device booting. I am able to complete the install of FreeBSD 9.1/amd64 from the CD

Re: FreeBSD 9.1 won't boot after install

2013-07-05 Thread Warren Block
partitioned for UEFI. I am able to complete the install of FreeBSD 9.1/amd64 from the CD without any problems. However, when I attempt to boot, it doesn't. Originally I was trying to dual boot with Win 8, but eventually I rendered Win8 unbootable. So, now I have given FreeBSD the whole disk. I

Re: FreeBSD 9.1 won't boot after install

2013-07-05 Thread James E. Pace
and 12 GB of memory, shipped with Windows 8. [...] I am able to complete the install of FreeBSD 9.1/amd64 from the CD without any problems. However, when I attempt to boot, it doesn't. [...] After an install, I get to the boot0 (the F1 boot menu thing) screen, but when it tries to boot, it prints

Re: FreeBSD 9.1 won't boot after install

2013-07-05 Thread Warren Block
-3330, with a Seagate 1.5 TB SATA drive and 12 GB of memory, shipped with Windows 8. [...] I am able to complete the install of FreeBSD 9.1/amd64 from the CD without any problems. However, when I attempt to boot, it doesn't. [...] After an install, I get to the boot0 (the F1 boot menu thing

Re: FreeBSD 9.1 won't boot after install

2013-07-05 Thread James Pace
You, sir, are a wizard. You magical incantations worked, and I now have a bootable FreeBSD 9.1 system.  ​ ​ Use 'gpart destroy' again, and set up an MBR partitioning scheme:  http://forums.freebsd.org/showpost.php?p=149210postcount=13   I really, really appreciate your help. ​  James

Re: FreeBSD 9.1 won't boot after install

2013-07-05 Thread Warren Block
On Fri, 5 Jul 2013, James Pace wrote: You, sir, are a wizard. You magical incantations worked, and I now have a bootable FreeBSD 9.1 system. ? ? Use 'gpart destroy' again, and set up an MBR partitioning scheme: http://forums.freebsd.org/showpost.php?p=149210postcount=13 I really, really

HP ILO FreeBSD 8.3 Installation problem

2013-07-04 Thread Emre Çamalan
Hi, I'm trying to install FreeBSD with an HP ILO 4 advanced, web interface. I tried to install FreeBSD 8.2, FreeBSD 8.3 and FreeBSD 8.4. I tried to use acd0 and cd0 as media. I got the same result. ERROR: I'm trying to add freebsd8.3iso from ILO such as virtual drive not from cd or dvd

Re: HP ILO FreeBSD 8.3 Installation problem

2013-07-04 Thread bw.mail.lists
On 7/4/2013 4:59 PM, Emre Çamalan wrote: Hi, I'm trying to install FreeBSD with an HP ILO 4 advanced, web interface. I tried to install FreeBSD 8.2, FreeBSD 8.3 and FreeBSD 8.4. I tried to use acd0 and cd0 as media. I got the same result. ERROR: I'm trying to add freebsd8.3iso from ILO

Re: HP ILO FreeBSD 8.3 Installation problem

2013-07-04 Thread Damien Fleuriot
On 5 Jul 2013, at 00:01, bw.mail.lists bw.mail.li...@gmail.com wrote: On 7/4/2013 4:59 PM, Emre Çamalan wrote: Hi, I'm trying to install FreeBSD with an HP ILO 4 advanced, web interface. I tried to install FreeBSD 8.2, FreeBSD 8.3 and FreeBSD 8.4. I tried to use acd0 and cd0 as media. I

Re: Should I be able to use mergemaster with freebsd-update?

2013-07-02 Thread Eugene
Hi all, In case anybody was following this discussion, I have successfully upgraded the system from 8.2 to 8.4 using freebsd-update. The process did have some glitches (in retrospect, minor ones) but mostly they were not related to freebsd-update (like some issues with gmirror and firewall

Any FreeBSD version support display card in AMD APU?

2013-06-29 Thread alphachi
I have an ASUS EeePC 1015B with APU C-50, and the core display card is Readon HD6250. I want to know whether FreeBSD 9 Stable or 10 Current support it as TTM working. BTW, can anybody recommend some Notebooks supporting FreeBSD perfectly? ___ freebsd

Baker Invites freebsd-questions@freebsd.org to spend holiday in Goa

2013-06-29 Thread John Baker
are not the intended receipt and want your email id to be removed from any future invites kindly forward this mail to shilpasworld2...@yahoo.in ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

Re: Retrieving a FreeBSD installation

2013-06-28 Thread KK CHN
On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 1:17 PM, Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: On Thu, 27 Jun 2013 07:28:49 +, KK CHN wrote: List, I accidentally installed a Linux variant(mint OS) on my Harddisk where FreeBSD is installed( which contains my data). Is there a possibility to retrieve

Re: FFMpeg and FreeBSD

2013-06-28 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On Thu, 27 Jun 2013 12:25:19 +0930, Shane Ambler free...@shaneware.biz wrote: On 27/06/2013 09:57, Simon wrote: Hello Everyone, Does anyone use the latest FFMpeg version 1.2 and FreeBSD? How did you compile it? did you run into any issues? The FFMpeg port is 6+ months behind and I feel

FreeBSD Appliance Questions

2013-06-28 Thread Tim Daneliuk
I am working on an NAS appliance built on FreeSBD. Several questions: - The vendor has rebranded everything so uname isn't helping me determine what exact branch of FreeBSD they used. Is there another canonical way to figure this out? - For any reasonably recent version of FBSD

Re: FreeBSD Appliance Questions

2013-06-28 Thread Tim Daneliuk
On 06/28/2013 05:27 PM, Tim Daneliuk wrote: I am working on an NAS appliance built on FreeSBD. Several questions: - The vendor has rebranded everything so uname isn't helping me determine what exact branch of FreeBSD they used. Is there another canonical way to figure this out

Re: FreeBSD Appliance Questions

2013-06-28 Thread Outback Dingo
of FreeBSD they used. Is there another canonical way to figure this out? - For any reasonably recent version of FBSD, is it likely that the Linux emulation will work correctly or are there certain versions of FreeBSD that do this better than others? Thanks, Oh one more thing - does

Re: FreeBSD Appliance Questions

2013-06-28 Thread Tim Daneliuk
: - The vendor has rebranded everything so uname isn't helping me determine what exact branch of FreeBSD they used. Is there another canonical way to figure this out? - For any reasonably recent version of FBSD, is it likely that the Linux emulation will work

Re: FreeBSD Appliance Questions

2013-06-28 Thread Outback Dingo
working on an NAS appliance built on FreeSBD. Several questions: - The vendor has rebranded everything so uname isn't helping me determine what exact branch of FreeBSD they used. Is there another canonical way to figure this out? - For any

Re: FreeBSD Appliance Questions

2013-06-28 Thread Tim Daneliuk
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Re: FreeBSD Appliance Questions

2013-06-28 Thread iamatt
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Re: FFMpeg and FreeBSD

2013-06-28 Thread Shane Ambler
+=-DFFMPEG_LIBRARIES:STRING=avformat1;avcodec1;avutil1;avdevice1;swscale1 to the port Makefile handles that. Other ports may need a search and replace such as sed 's|avcodec|avcodec1|g' or a patch manually made for their Makefiles. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

Retrieving a FreeBSD installation

2013-06-27 Thread KK CHN
List, I accidentally installed a Linux variant(mint OS) on my Harddisk where FreeBSD is installed( which contains my data). Is there a possibility to retrieve that FreeBSD Installation which is overwritten by Linux installation. Any hints welcome! Thanks Chn

Re: Retrieving a FreeBSD installation

2013-06-27 Thread Polytropon
On Thu, 27 Jun 2013 07:28:49 +, KK CHN wrote: List, I accidentally installed a Linux variant(mint OS) on my Harddisk where FreeBSD is installed( which contains my data). Is there a possibility to retrieve that FreeBSD Installation which is overwritten by Linux installation

Booting FreeBSD 1.0

2013-06-27 Thread Warren Block
Yes, 1.0, from November 1993. The install CD is here: http://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/FreeBSD-1.0-RELEASE/ emulators/qemu boots from the floppy image in the cdinstal directory, but reports no cdrom found. I managed to find a Pentium 4 system

Re: Booting FreeBSD 1.0

2013-06-27 Thread Julian H. Stacey
Warren Block wrote: Yes, 1.0, from November 1993. The install CD is here: http://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/FreeBSD-1.0-RELEASE/ emulators/qemu boots from the floppy image in the cdinstal directory, but reports no cdrom found. I managed

Re: Booting FreeBSD 1.0

2013-06-27 Thread ill...@gmail.com
On 27 June 2013 10:46, Julian H. Stacey j...@berklix.com wrote: Warren Block wrote: Yes, 1.0, from November 1993. The install CD is here: http://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/FreeBSD-1.0-RELEASE/ emulators/qemu boots from the floppy image

Re: Booting FreeBSD 1.0

2013-06-27 Thread ill...@gmail.com
On 27 June 2013 11:11, ill...@gmail.com ill...@gmail.com wrote: On 27 June 2013 10:46, Julian H. Stacey j...@berklix.com wrote: Warren Block wrote: Yes, 1.0, from November 1993. The install CD is here: http://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/FreeBSD

Re: Booting FreeBSD 1.0

2013-06-27 Thread Mehmet Erol Sanliturk
That CD-ROM should not be the ones found now , but Sound-Blaster CD-ROM which is different from the present day CD-ROM . Sound-Blaster CD-ROM should be attached to Sound-Blaster card , not to IDE port . Regular CD-ROM ( attached to IDE port ) started by later versions of FreeBSD . Thank you

Re: Booting FreeBSD 1.0

2013-06-27 Thread Warren Block
On Thu, 27 Jun 2013, Julian H. Stacey wrote: Warren Block wrote: Yes, 1.0, from November 1993. The install CD is here: http://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/FreeBSD-1.0-RELEASE/ emulators/qemu boots from the floppy image in the cdinstal directory

Re: Booting FreeBSD 1.0

2013-06-27 Thread Warren Block
On Thu, 27 Jun 2013, ill...@gmail.com wrote: On 27 June 2013 11:11, ill...@gmail.com ill...@gmail.com wrote: On 27 June 2013 10:46, Julian H. Stacey j...@berklix.com wrote: Warren Block wrote: Yes, 1.0, from November 1993. The install CD is here: http://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD

Re: Booting FreeBSD 1.0

2013-06-27 Thread Warren Block
Decided to ignore the CD and just copy the files to a simulated MS-DOS drive. Got to the point of copying distributions, process documented here: http://wonkity.com/~wblock/freebsd-1.0/freebsd1.txt So far, it's giving me a new appreciation for modern installers. Julian, you are listed

Re: Booting FreeBSD 1.0

2013-06-27 Thread Julian H. Stacey
Warren Block wrote: Decided to ignore the CD and just copy the files to a simulated MS-DOS drive. Got to the point of copying distributions, process documented here: http://wonkity.com/~wblock/freebsd-1.0/freebsd1.txt I had a quick scan BTW here's another URL for the same image: http

Upgrading from 8.0 to 8.4 with freebsd-update?

2013-06-27 Thread Patrick
Is it possible to skip point releases using freebsd-update so that I can go from 8.0 to 8.4, or do I need to go 8.0 - 8.1 - 8.2 - 8.3 - 8.4? Patrick ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd

Re: Upgrading from 8.0 to 8.4 with freebsd-update?

2013-06-27 Thread Adam Vande More
On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 8:05 PM, Patrick gibblert...@gmail.com wrote: Is it possible to skip point releases using freebsd-update so that I can go from 8.0 to 8.4 Yes. http://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.4R/relnotes-detailed.html#upgrade -- Adam Vande More

Re: Should I be able to use mergemaster with freebsd-update?

2013-06-26 Thread Mike Brown
I wrote: The main problem this time is that I'm not so lucky with the password files, because for 8.4, freebsd-update has fetched new, stock .db files to put in /etc. Whoa, sorry, I misspoke here. freebsd-update asked me, after the merges, to approve unspecified differences in pwd.db

FreeBSD:: How to set VLAN priority?

2013-06-26 Thread Alex Liptsin
Hello. I work with FreeBSD 9.1 RELEASE. I had configured VLANs on my server, but I can't find a way to configure VLAN priority. How can I do it? Thanks. Regards, Alex Liptsin Software Quality Assurance Engineer | Mellanox Technologies Ltd. Office: +972 (74) 7236141 Mobile: +972(54) 7833986 Fax

Re: FreeBSD:: How to set VLAN priority?

2013-06-26 Thread Fleuriot Damien
On Jun 26, 2013, at 1:55 PM, Alex Liptsin al...@mellanox.com wrote: Hello. I work with FreeBSD 9.1 RELEASE. I had configured VLANs on my server, but I can't find a way to configure VLAN priority. How can I do it? Thanks. ??? vlan priority

Re: Should I be able to use mergemaster with freebsd-update?

2013-06-26 Thread Mark Felder
On Wed, Jun 26, 2013, at 2:07, Mike Brown wrote: Next step, I think, is reboot, before another 'freebsd-update install' run. I'm worried something is still amiss, though, so I'm holding off for now. :( When in doubt: fetch source, build, install, and use mergemaster. Then reboot. Better

Re: FreeBSD:: How to set VLAN priority?

2013-06-26 Thread John-Mark Gurney
Alex Liptsin wrote this message on Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 11:54 +: I work with FreeBSD 9.1 RELEASE. I had configured VLANs on my server, but I can't find a way to configure VLAN priority. How can I do it? Looks like you can't w/ the default VLAN code: BUGS No 802.1Q features except

Re: FreeBSD:: How to set VLAN priority?

2013-06-26 Thread Ermal Luçi
this message on Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 11:54 +: I work with FreeBSD 9.1 RELEASE. I had configured VLANs on my server, but I can't find a way to configure VLAN priority. How can I do it? Looks like you can't w/ the default VLAN code: BUGS No 802.1Q features except VLAN tagging

Asus Sabertooth Z77 and FreeBSD?

2013-06-26 Thread Dan Naumov
Hello list Does anyone here have any experience with the Asus Sabertooth Z77 motherboard? How well does it work with FreeBSD and is all the hardware supported (including both SATA controllers)? Thanks! - Sincerely, Dan Naumov ___ freebsd-questions

FFMpeg and FreeBSD

2013-06-26 Thread Simon
Hello Everyone, Does anyone use the latest FFMpeg version 1.2 and FreeBSD? How did you compile it? did you run into any issues? The FFMpeg port is 6+ months behind and I feel like I'm the only one who uses this which would be very odd given everything uses video nowadays. Thanks, Simon

Re: FFMpeg and FreeBSD

2013-06-26 Thread Waitman Gobble
On Jun 26, 2013 5:28 PM, Simon si...@optinet.com wrote: Hello Everyone, Does anyone use the latest FFMpeg version 1.2 and FreeBSD? How did you compile it? did you run into any issues? The FFMpeg port is 6+ months behind and I feel like I'm the only one who uses this which would be very

Re: FFMpeg and FreeBSD

2013-06-26 Thread Simon
On Wed, 26 Jun 2013 18:11:03 -0700, Waitman Gobble wrote: On Jun 26, 2013 5:28 PM, Simon si...@optinet.com wrote: Hello Everyone, Does anyone use the latest FFMpeg version 1.2 and FreeBSD? How did you compile it? did you run into any issues? The FFMpeg port is 6+ months behind and I feel

Re: FFMpeg and FreeBSD

2013-06-26 Thread Shane Ambler
On 27/06/2013 09:57, Simon wrote: Hello Everyone, Does anyone use the latest FFMpeg version 1.2 and FreeBSD? How did you compile it? did you run into any issues? The FFMpeg port is 6+ months behind and I feel like I'm the only one who uses this which would be very odd given everything uses

Re: FFMpeg and FreeBSD

2013-06-26 Thread Bernt Hansson
On 2013-06-27 02:27, Simon wrote: Hello Everyone, Does anyone use the latest FFMpeg version 1.2 and FreeBSD? How did you compile it? did you run into any issues? The FFMpeg port is 6+ months behind and I feel like I'm the only one who uses this which would be very odd given everything uses

Re: FFMpeg and FreeBSD

2013-06-26 Thread Simon
On Thu, 27 Jun 2013 12:25:19 +0930, Shane Ambler wrote: On 27/06/2013 09:57, Simon wrote: Hello Everyone, Does anyone use the latest FFMpeg version 1.2 and FreeBSD? How did you compile it? did you run into any issues? The FFMpeg port is 6+ months behind and I feel like I'm the only one who

Re: freebsd-update percentage indicators - what are they, why are they so random?

2013-06-25 Thread Mike Brown
that. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org

Re: Should I be able to use mergemaster with freebsd-update?

2013-06-25 Thread Mike Brown
I'm using freebsd-update to upgrade my system to the latest minor version (from 8.3-RELEASE to 8.4-RELEASE). I'm surprised that the merge handling system isn't more robust. When upgrading the old way, from source, I was used to using mergemaster to handle any merges that couldn't

Re: Should I be able to use mergemaster with freebsd-update?

2013-06-25 Thread Mark Felder
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013, at 3:14, Mike Brown wrote: Well, thanks for reading this far. I'm scared to death to reboot now, since my server is in another city, but we'll see how it goes. I always avoid freebsd-update when moving between releases simply because of this atrocity. If it requires

Re: Should I be able to use mergemaster with freebsd-update?

2013-06-25 Thread Eugene
Hi all, I do not quite understand. Is the freebsd-update upgrade process completely broken? Or is it some special mode? Or was it broken recently? Because some time ago I have upgraded from 8.1 to 8.2 quite nicely, with editor-based merging of config files, and was planning to upgrade to 8.4

Re: Should I be able to use mergemaster with freebsd-update?

2013-06-25 Thread Mark Felder
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013, at 15:29, Eugene wrote: Hi all, I do not quite understand. Is the freebsd-update upgrade process completely broken? Or is it some special mode? Or was it broken recently? Because some time ago I have upgraded from 8.1 to 8.2 quite nicely, with editor-based merging

Re: Should I be able to use mergemaster with freebsd-update?

2013-06-25 Thread Mike Brown
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013, at 15:29, Eugene wrote: I do not quite understand. Is the freebsd-update upgrade process completely broken? IMHO it is partially broken; I'm not doing anything special. How broken it is depends on what's getting changed. Most of what the system is designed to do

Is There Any Buyable Laptop for FreeBSD 9.1 That Is Simple to Set Up?

2013-06-24 Thread -Edwin Hale
or the worst) 3G (more reliable than 4G) OverdrivePro but may upgrade when something better appears. If I did not have to travel a good deal, I should be content with a desktop computer, but cannot escape from laptops. I have tried many versions of Linux and some of the offshoots of FreeBSD

Re: Is There Any Buyable Laptop for FreeBSD 9.1 That Is Simple to Set Up?

2013-06-24 Thread Joseph Mingrone
-Edwin Hale thucidy...@yahoo.com writes: Therefore, my question is ultimately:- Is there any 1764-bit laptop that will readily support FreeBSD 9.1 with wireless connectivity to an external hotspot? There are many. I've had good luck with Lenovos. I'm writing this from a friend's T530 and I

Re: Is There Any Buyable Laptop for FreeBSD 9.1 That Is Simple to Set Up?

2013-06-24 Thread Waitman Gobble
On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 5:44 AM, Joseph Mingrone j...@ftfl.ca wrote: -Edwin Hale thucidy...@yahoo.com writes: Therefore, my question is ultimately:- Is there any 1764-bit laptop that will readily support FreeBSD 9.1 with wireless connectivity to an external hotspot? You may wish to consider

freebsd-update percentage indicators - what are they, why are they so random?

2013-06-22 Thread Mike Brown
I'm using freebsd-update to upgrade my system to the latest minor release. At a couple points in the process, I get weird status indicators (percentages) showing me that something is happening: Fetching 1 metadata files... 70.5% done. 70.5% 70.5% 74.2% 74.2% 81.7% 81.7% 70.5

Should I be able to use mergemaster with freebsd-update?

2013-06-22 Thread Mike Brown
I'm using freebsd-update to upgrade my system to the latest minor version (from 8.3-RELEASE to 8.4-RELEASE). I'm surprised that the merge handling system isn't more robust. When upgrading the old way, from source, I was used to using mergemaster to handle any merges that couldn't be done

Re: FreeBSD slice/partiton setup question

2013-06-19 Thread Warren Block
There have been some excellent responses, and I just wanted to add a quick point: Virtual machines with VirtualBox work very well and avoid the problem of trying to make compatible partition layouts. Enable sshd on FreeBSD and get to the files with rsync or scp or some FUSE module

Re: FreeBSD slice/partiton setup question

2013-06-19 Thread Istvan Gabor
on FreeBSD and get to the files with rsync or scp or some FUSE module on the other computer. Thank you all for your answers, detailed explanations and document links. I am now digesting what I've read and probably will try different setups on an empty hard disk. Thanks again, Istvan

dmesg issue in freebsd 9.1 release

2013-06-19 Thread Ares_Wu
Hi, My FreeBSD 9.1 release has fail log in dmesg file as below, could anyone knows about what the problem is? Thanks, Pcib4: Failed to allocate initial I/O port window: 0x1000-0x1fff Pcib5: Failed to allocate initial I/O port window: 0x1000-0x1fff BRs, Ares

Re: Avoid sharing interrupts in FreeBSD under ESXi

2013-06-18 Thread Julian H. Stacey
C. L. Martinez wrote: HI all, I have installed a FreeBSD 8.4 vm under an ESXi 5.1 U1 server. All works ok, except for interrupt usage between mpt and nic interfaces: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org is for beginners questions for newbies, as this question is deeper, I suggest try asking

FreeBSD slice/partiton setup question

2013-06-18 Thread Istvan Gabor
Hello: I have a question regarding FreeBSD slices/partitions. I have a disk with linux partitions with the following layout: /dev/sda1 / /dev/sda2 /home /dev/sda3 /usr/local /dev/sda5 swap /dev/sda6 /home/user1 /dev/sda7 /home/user2 etc. sda1, sda2, and sda3 are primary partitions, sda5

Re: FreeBSD slice/partiton setup question

2013-06-18 Thread Michael Sierchio
On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Istvan Gabor suseuse...@lajt.hu wrote: ... How can I do this in FreeBSD? Can I have slices with only one partition occupying the whole slice? Can I do something like the following: /dev/ad0s1a / /dev/ad0s2e /home /dev/ad0s3e /usr/local /dev/ad0s5b swap

Re: FreeBSD slice/partiton setup question

2013-06-18 Thread Istvan Gabor
2013. június 18. 19:49 napon Michael Sierchio ku...@tenebras.com írta: On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Istvan Gabor suseuse...@lajt.hu wrote: ... How can I do this in FreeBSD? Can I have slices with only one partition occupying the whole slice? Can I do something like the following

Re: Re: FreeBSD slice/partiton setup question

2013-06-18 Thread Robert Bonomi
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Re: Re: FreeBSD slice/partiton setup question

2013-06-18 Thread Michael Sierchio
-in - adequate tools exist for EXT2FS, but it's still problematic. - M ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org

Re: FreeBSD slice/partiton setup question

2013-06-18 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:48:20 +0200, Istvan Gabor wrote: 2013. június 18. 19:49 napon Michael Sierchio ku...@tenebras.com írta: On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Istvan Gabor suseuse...@lajt.hu wrote: ... How can I do this in FreeBSD? Can I have slices with only one partition

Re: FreeBSD maximum password length

2013-06-18 Thread takCoder
a password longer than 128 characters, extra characters will be exactly trimmed. So, the final password for any user with a greater-equal input password string, with same first 128 characters, would be the first 128characters. has this been changed in Freebsd 8.3+ to what you explained, Eduardo

FreeBSD maximum password length

2013-06-17 Thread takCoder
not as plain text, which i think is matched with FreeBSD behavior. Am i right? Is that all about maximum password length in FreeBSD? Did i miss something?? Thank you for all your helps and ideas :) Best Regards, takCoder ___ freebsd-questions

Re: FreeBSD maximum password length

2013-06-17 Thread Mark Felder
There isn't a max password length as far as I'm aware, but there is a max username length that drive me insane sometimes. I should really file a PR about that... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman

Re: FreeBSD maximum password length

2013-06-17 Thread takCoder
...@feld.me wrote: There isn't a max password length as far as I'm aware, but there is a max username length that drive me insane sometimes. I should really file a PR about that... __**_ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org

Re: FreeBSD maximum password length

2013-06-17 Thread Lowell Gilbert
when we keep them in encrypted form not as plain text, which i think is matched with FreeBSD behavior. Is plain-text passwords even a supported behaviour? I didn't think it was. Am i right? Is that all about maximum password length in FreeBSD? Did i miss something?? _PASSWORD_LEN is the defined

Re: FreeBSD maximum password length

2013-06-17 Thread takCoder
Thank you, Lowell, for your reply. :) And i've heard that no-maximum-limits for passwords length is only possible when we keep them in encrypted form not as plain text, which i think is matched with FreeBSD behavior. Is plain-text passwords even a supported behaviour? I didn't think

Re: FreeBSD maximum password length

2013-06-17 Thread Eduardo Morras
you :) --- --- Eduardo Morras emorr...@yahoo.es ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org

Re: FreeBSD maximum password length

2013-06-17 Thread Teske, Devin
beyond 8 characters was ignored, so the behavior you describe is accurate -- with the old DES based one-way hash algorithm (which hasn't been default for a vey long time). The default in FreeBSD is MD5, but you can go to AES256 (Rijndael) if you like, or Blowfish, or whatever you like. Each

Re: FreeBSD maximum password length

2013-06-17 Thread Mark Felder
On Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:25:54 -0500, Teske, Devin devin.te...@fisglobal.com wrote: The default in FreeBSD is MD5 MD5 is no longer the default. http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revisionrevision=238484 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing

Re: FreeBSD maximum password length

2013-06-17 Thread Teske, Devin
On Jun 17, 2013, at 10:28 AM, Mark Felder wrote: On Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:25:54 -0500, Teske, Devin devin.te...@fisglobal.com wrote: The default in FreeBSD is MD5 MD5 is no longer the default. http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revisionrevision=238484 Huzzah! 9.1-RELEASE

Re: FreeBSD maximum password length

2013-06-17 Thread Mark Felder
On Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:52:48 -0500, Teske, Devin devin.te...@fisglobal.com wrote: Is sha512 the highest it goes in our system? Not sure what the limitations are. I know OpenBSD uses blowfish and I have been using that on older FreeBSD servers as a workaround. I think that OpenBSD uses

Re: FreeBSD maximum password length

2013-06-17 Thread RW
On Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:52:48 + Teske, Devin wrote: On Jun 17, 2013, at 10:28 AM, Mark Felder wrote: On Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:25:54 -0500, Teske, Devin devin.te...@fisglobal.com wrote: The default in FreeBSD is MD5 MD5 is no longer the default. http

Re: FreeBSD maximum password length

2013-06-17 Thread Polytropon
. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions

Re: FreeBSD maximum password length

2013-06-17 Thread Brandon Gooch
a few years ago... -Brandon ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org

Re: FreeBSD maximum password length

2013-06-17 Thread Mark Felder
good to know that it's coming. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org

Re: FreeBSD maximum password length

2013-06-17 Thread Michael Sierchio
I know this may seem off-the-wall to some, but I pasted a hashed password for a user under 9.1 into the /etc/passwd entry for that user on an 8.3 machine, and auth continues to work properly. That's nice. - M ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing

Avoid sharing interrupts in FreeBSD under ESXi

2013-06-17 Thread C. L. Martinez
HI all, I have installed a FreeBSD 8.4 vm under an ESXi 5.1 U1 server. All works ok, except for interrupt usage between mpt and nic interfaces: root@fbsdtst:~ # vmstat -i interrupt total rate irq1: atkbd0 6 0 irq6: fdc0

Re: mini express cards supported by freebsd

2013-06-12 Thread Warren Block
On Fri, 7 Jun 2013, david coder wrote: i need a mini express wifi card for a thinkpad laptop. does anybody know of one that is supported by freebsd? the aironet card i have is too fat. Thinkpads have a BIOS blacklist that only allows approved cards to be used. The approved cards likely

FreeBSD 9.1 Carrier Detection

2013-06-12 Thread Rad Stor
remains active when disconnecting the cable and plugging it back in. To my understanding this should not happen, in the first case with the modem, or with the null modem cable (as I disabled software carrier detection). I decided to test out carrier detection on FreeBSD 9.1 on a different machine

Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode in FreeBSD 9.1

2013-06-11 Thread rab fulton
://pastebin.com/ezfAGGFL --core.txt.0--- FreeBSD quadcore 9.1-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE-p3 #0: Mon Apr 29 18:27:25 UTC 2013 r...@amd64-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64

Re: Max top end computer for Freebsd to run on

2013-06-07 Thread lokada...@gmx.de
On 02.06.2013 22:34, Fbsd8 wrote: I'm a sub second speed freak. What is the max number of cpu's and memory size that Freebsd can handle? Can it handle 16 4ghz cpu's and 32gb of memory? I need a gaming server with some really big balls for hundreds of jails. Money is not a deciding factor here

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