Re: Where's the metadata?

use newfs_msdos /dev/da0 in FreeBSD,then format it to NTFS in windows. I used this command solve the same problem. 2013/3/29 Ronald F. Guilmette > > > So, um, I downloaded the memstick.img file for FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE and > then I dd'ed that to my 16GB ADATA USB flash thingy. After that, it >

Re: Where's the metadata?

use newfs_msdos in FreeBSD,then format it to NTFS in windows. I used this command solve the same problem. 2013/3/29 Ronald F. Guilmette > > > So, um, I downloaded the memstick.img file for FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE and > then I dd'ed that to my 16GB ADATA USB flash thingy. After that, it > worked jus

external hdd

Hi there, If I'm sharing an external 1TB HDD with FreeBSD and OS-X (I wan to use Time Machine), what is the best file system to use? thx! Laszlo ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

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On 3/28/13 8:01 PM, James D. Parra wrote: I have a new computer with windows 8, which I hate with a passion. I don't play music and I don't do a lot of pictures. Basically I only search, some EBay and games. Can I replace win8 with BSD? [pc/free]bsd *can* be used as a desktop system, but it's re

Re: Where's the metadata?

Did you try using fdisk? Don't use fdisk, it's waay out of date, doesn't work with a lot of modern large drives, and has horribly arcane syntax. Modern versions of gpart support MBR, so there's basically no reason to suffer through fdisk anymore. __

Re: Where's the metadata?

The problem is that now, the Windows system seems to think that the size of the thing is only something like 24.2 Megabytes... *not* the actual size, which is vastly larger (16GB). but then at the last second I hesitate and decide to actually try to _understand_ what's going on here, really,

Re: Where's the metadata?

On 29/03/2013 12:29 PM, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: So what_is_ the best tool for just simply taking some sort of drive... like a USB flash drive, or any other kind of drive for that matter... and returning it to it's actual size? Did you try using fdisk? It is probably a standard MBR boot recor

Where's the metadata?

So, um, I downloaded the memstick.img file for FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE and then I dd'ed that to my 16GB ADATA USB flash thingy. After that, it worked just fine, and as expected. No problems. I could boot FreeBSD from it. Now however, I need to use that USB stick for something else, and I want to

Re: Copying memstick image to a USB (flash/thumb) drive

In message <51543b7a.4030...@qeng-ho.org>, Arthur Chance wrote: >On 03/28/13 10:32, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: >> It is possible, I would guess, that dd may notice the EOF occuring >> before it has filled up an entire input buffer, and then just quit >> at that point, _without_ writing the part

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Waitman Gobble San Jose California USA On Mar 28, 2013 3:03 PM, "Jeff Belyea" wrote: > > I have a new computer with windows 8, which I hate with a passion. I don't > play music and I don't do a lot of pictures. Basically I only search, some > EBay and games. Can I replace win8 with BSD? yes, but

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On 3/28/13 7:20 PM, ill...@gmail.com wrote: On 28 March 2013 18:03, Jeff Belyea wrote: I have a new computer with windows 8, which I hate with a passion. I don't play music and I don't do a lot of pictures. Basically I only search, some EBay and games. Can I replace win8 with BSD? Games? Gam

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> I have a new computer with windows 8, which I hate with a passion. I don't > play music and I don't do a lot of pictures. Basically I only search, some > EBay and games. Can I replace win8 with BSD? [pc/free]bsd *can* be used as a desktop system, but it's really aimed more at servers... a lot

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I have a new computer with windows 8, which I hate with a passion. I don't play music and I don't do a lot of pictures. Basically I only search, some EBay and games. Can I replace win8 with BSD? [pc/free]bsd *can* be used as a desktop system, but it's really aimed more at servers... a lot of

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On 28 March 2013 18:03, Jeff Belyea wrote: > I have a new computer with windows 8, which I hate with a passion. I don't > play music and I don't do a lot of pictures. Basically I only search, some > EBay and games. Can I replace win8 with BSD? Games? -- -- __

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I have a new computer with windows 8, which I hate with a passion. I don't play music and I don't do a lot of pictures. Basically I only search, some EBay and games. Can I replace win8 with BSD? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.

FreeBSD on VMware ESXi with PCI Pass Through enabled

Just curious if anyone has any good recommendations of settings for running FreeBSD under VMware ESXi 5.1 with PCI(e) pass through enabled. I have been doing some initial testing with a new motherboard processor and RAM. That I am hoping to be able to run 3 Servers on. The intended virtual m

Re: databases/mysql55 to databases/mariadb

Andrei Brezan wrote: > Hello list, > > Is there a make.conf option that I can use to replace > mysql55-[server,client] with mariadb55-[server,client] or i need to use > for example pkg set -o > databases/mysql55-client:databases/mariadb55-client? > > What happens if I want to use one port with m

Re: software support

On 26-03-2013, Tue [10:10:46], Oblitey, Edmund wrote: > I am trying to install FreeBSD on a E7520/6300ESB chipset. Program > freezes during probing devices. It always restart when it gets to the > atkbd0. Want to know if u can help me on it. > Sometimes it helps to disable ACPI support in the loa

Re: Release 9.1 and 3G usb Modem

Well, after trying so many things with no luck, i will give a try on ubuntu. I must say all the support that give to me Odhiambo was excellent. Thanks to all of you, thanks Odhiambo for all your effort. Lets see what happen. Saludos / Regards Leonardo Santagostini

Re: gettext-0.18.1.1_1 fails to build under jail

Paul Macdonald wrote on 28.03.2013 11:46: this port upgrades fine on the host system but not under a jail.. FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE #0 r243825: Tue Dec 4 09:23:10 UTC 2012 r...@farrell.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 config.status: executing depfiles com

databases/mysql55 to databases/mariadb

Hello list, Is there a make.conf option that I can use to replace mysql55-[server,client] with mariadb55-[server,client] or i need to use for example pkg set -o databases/mysql55-client:databases/mariadb55-client? What happens if I want to use one port with mysql dependency and another one w

Re: Copying memstick image to a USB (flash/thumb) drive

On 03/28/13 10:32, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: In message <5153feff.4090...@sneakertech.com>, you wrote: I have filed the following PR: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=177431 Er, don't take my word for law: I didn't. I won't. I have *no* idea if 1M is a good idea Any size

Re: Upgrade devel/py-setuptools

On 27/03/2013 17:43, Volodymyr Kostyrko wrote: 2013-03-27 18:37, Loic Capdeville wrote: import sys; sys.__plen = len(sys.path) ../setuptools-0.6c11-py2.7.egg import sys; new=sys.path[sys.__plen:]; del sys.path[sys.__plen:]; p=getattr(sys,'__egginsert',0); sys.path[p:p]=new; sys.__egginsert = p+l

gettext-0.18.1.1_1 fails to build under jail

this port upgrades fine on the host system but not under a jail.. FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE #0 r243825: Tue Dec 4 09:23:10 UTC 2012 r...@farrell.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 config.status: executing depfiles commands sed: 2: " s/^include inclu ..."

Re: Copying memstick image to a USB (flash/thumb) drive

In message <5153feff.4090...@sneakertech.com>, you wrote: > >> I have filed the following PR: >> >> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=177431 > >Er, don't take my word for law: I didn't. I won't. >I have *no* idea if 1M is a good idea Any size which is an exact multiple of the physic

Re: Copying memstick image to a USB (flash/thumb) drive

On Thu, 28 Mar 2013 04:27:43 -0400 Quartz wrote: > > > I have filed the following PR: > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=177431 > > Er, don't take my word for law: I have *no* idea if 1M is a good idea > for most systems, I'm not even sure if it's optimal for mine. I did a > s

Re: gettext problem in FreeBSD 8.3 system hosed

On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 06:53:11AM -0500, Antonio Olivares typed: > Dear Sir, > > > > > As bapt@ hints: try rebuilding binutils without NLS. > > > > -- > > -- > > I have binutils installed without NLS. I ran make deinstall reinstall > inside /usr/ports/devel/binutils/ and it deinstalls and it fa

Re: Copying memstick image to a USB (flash/thumb) drive

I have filed the following PR: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=177431 Er, don't take my word for law: I have *no* idea if 1M is a good idea for most systems, I'm not even sure if it's optimal for mine. I did a single test with three random values at different orders of magnitude