Nerius Landys wrote:
My server is increasingly having important work stored on it, and I
need to start taking backups of a lot of directories, especially
/home, /opt, /etc, /usr/local/etc, and maybe others. The ideal backup
(and what I've done in the past) is to take a full low-level dd image
On Wednesday 14 October 2009 18:04:41 Jacques Henry wrote:
Alternatively, from the commandline try
ntpd -g -q -c /etc/ntp.conf
The -g flag allows ntpd to set the clock once regardless of the offset
and the -q causes it to quit after setting the time.
I tried this command without
Is multiplying out the size and used columns from
vmstat -z completely in addition to the amount used in vmstat -m, or
do some of them overlap?
vmstat -z | sed 's,^.*:,,' | sed -E 's,^ +,,' | sed -E
's/^([0-9]+),[^,]+, +/\1*/;s/,.*$//' | egrep '^[0-9]' | bc | add
58483416
Is netstat -m accounted
If I subtract vmstat and kldstat from wired, I'm
missing approx 100M. What am I doing wrong
or what should I be adding up to find the total
mem in use by the kernel and a breakdown of
that usage? Thanks.
top -SH -d 1 1000 | egrep '^Mem:'
Mem: 114M Active, 65M Inact, 258M Wired, 468K Cache, 46M
Be _very_ careful, genisoimage is full of bugs and creates defective
filesystems.
Do not use it, genisoimage is unmaintained and does not even support files 4
GB!
Other well known bugs in genisoimage create defective directory entries for .
and ... This is because genisoimage is based on a 5
2009/10/15 Chris Hill ch...@monochrome.org
On Wed, 14 Oct 2009, Jacques Henry wrote:
The 19 minutes between when I sent my suggestions and you responded is
hardly enough time to see if ntpd was slewing the time. Slewing 587
seconds takes days.
The thing is that ntpd is not slewing the
If I may pipe up... Can you not set the clock manually, then let ntpd take
it from there? Seems like your clock would become synced a lot faster if it
started out close. Sorry if I'm being naive, but this seemed like the
obvious thing to do.
Don't apologize! Any input is valuable! But I
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Grate thanks!I had installed from 3 CD FreeBSD 7.2 with default (I hope)
options.I don't understand - why it occurs, but now I understand - where to
look.I think - I will reinstall the system, but if You have idea about this
trouble - say me.Unfortunately I can not ask your last question
hi
how can i install tbs 8920 dvb card in free bsd?
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-- Original Message --
From: Len Conrad lcon...@go2france.com
Reply-To: lcon...@go2france.com
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:48:26 +0200
the FreeBSD 6.2 i386 dmesg.boot shows:
CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.60GHz (3591.25-MHz 686-class CPU)
Origin =
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 03:13:49PM +0200, Len Conrad wrote:
-- Original Message --
From: Len Conrad lcon...@go2france.com
Reply-To: lcon...@go2france.com
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:48:26 +0200
the FreeBSD 6.2 i386 dmesg.boot shows:
CPU:
On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:59:49 -0400
Jerry ges...@yahoo.com wrote:
nVidia (AMD64) is not supported in 7.x versions of FreeBSD as far as I
know. There was some talk of it being supported in 8.x, but I have
not heard from anyone actually doing so.
The existing driver is 32 bit and will never run
What I already did:
syslogd_flags=-s -l /var/spool/postfix/var/run/log # put into
/etc/rc.conf
Then I changed n to y for all lines in
/usr/local/etc/postfix/master.cf in the chroot column.
But I don't know how to create chrooted environment under
/var/spool/postfix. Is there a command
2009/10/3 krad kra...@googlemail.com
Hi,
I have a quick question about freebsd on zfs root. I have built a few test
systems all work fine. I have one question though. Does the loader replay
any information when it accesses the pool?
Basically im interested in how or what is done on reboot
On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 09:29:42PM -0400, PJ wrote:
I believe that my problems arise out of subliminal refuse syndrome: the
brain refuses to comprehend dump and restore TOs and FROMs.
In other words, I'm beginning to see that
dump -0af TO ( - or device/file) FROM (device or directory/file)
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 3:13 PM, Len Conrad lcon...@go2france.com wrote:
Does it matter whether I run IA64 or AMD64 in the above Dell 1850?
You wont even et IA64 booting as that is a compilation for Itanium
processors.
For the 64bit enabled Xeon processors Intel licensed the AMD64 instruction
On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 08:42:47PM -0700, Nerius Landys wrote:
My server is increasingly having important work stored on it, and I
need to start taking backups of a lot of directories, especially
/home, /opt, /etc, /usr/local/etc, and maybe others. The ideal backup
(and what I've done in the
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 03:13:49PM +0200, Len Conrad wrote:
-- Original Message --
From: Len Conrad lcon...@go2france.com
Reply-To: lcon...@go2france.com
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:48:26 +0200
the FreeBSD 6.2 i386 dmesg.boot shows:
CPU:
While trying to learn and understand the dump-retore process, I messed
up the ad4s1a partition and could not boot. To fix it I restored a
dumpfile of ad12s1a which is, for all intents and purposes, the same as
ad4s1a. I then boot from ad4 and surprise, surprise...
#df shows we have been booted
Does it matter whether I run IA64 or AMD64 in the above Dell 1850?
Len
This is a case where I wish the architecture types were renamed to modern day
nomenclature. Most people outside the *nix world know i386 as the x86
architecture and AMD64 as either x86-64 or straight x64. IA64 is
I just ran into the very same problem, although I use UFS instead of ZFS,
but I think this doesn't matter for this problem.
I updated to tinyBIOS v0.99h and now it works fine.
Cheers,
Anselm
Hi,
I'm trying to boot a PC-engines board off GPT+ZFS, but the GPT MBR does not
support CHS layout
PJ wrote:
While trying to learn and understand the dump-retore process, I messed
up the ad4s1a partition and could not boot. To fix it I restored a
dumpfile of ad12s1a which is, for all intents and purposes, the same as
ad4s1a. I then boot from ad4 and surprise, surprise...
#df shows we have
PJ wrote:
While trying to learn and understand the dump-retore process, I messed
up the ad4s1a partition and could not boot. To fix it I restored a
dumpfile of ad12s1a which is, for all intents and purposes, the same as
ad4s1a. I then boot from ad4 and surprise, surprise...
#df shows we have
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Hi,
I am looking for relevant material and I found your website
http://www.pl.freebsd.org/; really informative.
I would like to do business with you. I basically have an offer of buying
text-links on your site.
Let me know if you would be interested in hearing more.
Kind regards
Sherry
Hello,
Ok, I know it sounds numb, but how can I actually start torrentflux on my
freebsd machine?
I installed by ports ...
# pkg_info |grep torrent
torrentflux-2.0.b1 A PHP based BitTorrent client that runs on a web server
but I can not find how to start it and torrentflux forum is down, do
On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:36:56 -0400, PJ af.gour...@videotron.ca wrote:
I imagine it is something in the boot files... but how to fix that?
The easiest way is to prepare the disk with sysinstall. The
steps usually involve:
1. creation of slice, usually covering whole disk
2.
On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:07:17 -0400, PJ af.gour...@videotron.ca wrote:
I see from the boot process that this should fix it...
# fdisk -B -b /boot/boot0 ad4
but...
how do I get this onto the right disk? If I boot from ad4 or ad12 and
change the mbr, then it will be the ad12 that will be booting
On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:13:08 -0400, PJ af.gour...@videotron.ca wrote:
add another thought...
If I change the mbr on the ad12 then mount ad4s1a to /mnt copy
/mnt/boot/boot0 to /boot/boot0.tmp and then copy the modified
/boot/boot0 (for ad4) back to /mnt/boot/ and then umount ad4s1a --- I
On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:19:55 -0700 (PDT), Dánielisz László
laszlo_daniel...@yahoo.com wrote:
Hello,
Ok, I know it sounds numb, but how can I actually start
torrentflux on my freebsd machine?
I haven't used this torrent client so far (ctorrent is my
choice at the moment), but according to
On Thu, 15 Oct 2009, PJ wrote:
While trying to learn and understand the dump-retore process, I messed
up the ad4s1a partition and could not boot. To fix it I restored a
dumpfile of ad12s1a which is, for all intents and purposes, the same as
ad4s1a. I then boot from ad4 and surprise, surprise...
I found out that there is an httpd.conf problem, I fixed that but now I'm
thinking how to put php module in apache without reinstalling apache.
From: Polytropon free...@edvax.de
To: Dánielisz László laszlo_daniel...@yahoo.com
Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:22:29 -0600 (MDT), Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com
wrote:
The /etc/fstab from ad12 will point at ad12. After restoring on ad4,
did you edit fstab to now have ad4 entries?
Ha! Excellent point; I missed to see this obvious thing.
Next to booting, the /etc/fstab mechanism
Polytropon wrote:
On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:13:08 -0400, PJ af.gour...@videotron.ca wrote:
add another thought...
If I change the mbr on the ad12 then mount ad4s1a to /mnt copy
/mnt/boot/boot0 to /boot/boot0.tmp and then copy the modified
/boot/boot0 (for ad4) back to /mnt/boot/ and then
On Wed,14-10-2009 [23:48:26], Polytropon wrote:
On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:55:05 -0600 (MDT), Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com
wrote:
All of my cards are ATI and I don't know of the mtrr problem you're
talking about. This X1650 works fine on i386 with both 7-STABLE and
8-STABLE.
I had an
Polytropon wrote:
On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:22:29 -0600 (MDT), Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com
wrote:
The /etc/fstab from ad12 will point at ad12. After restoring on ad4,
did you edit fstab to now have ad4 entries?
Ha! Excellent point; I missed to see this obvious thing.
Next to
I would like to just partition, label and newfs the disk; livefs wants
to waste my time by installing other stuff like the kernel man pages
etc that I have not even selected; and if I use postinstall
configuration, that doesn't do anything. Or should I use fixit and then
do the manual thing?
Ok, now is up and running.
In case any of you have the same problem try this ones:
Search in httpd.conf for /usr/local/www/apache22/data and replace it with
/usr/local/www/data
Have a nice day!
Laci
From: Dánielisz László laszlo_daniel...@yahoo.com
Subject:
On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:42:24 -0400, PJ af.gour...@videotron.ca wrote:
But sysinstall will overwrite all the info on the disk and that defeats
the whole purpose of the exercise.
If you only change a slice's state and add an MBR, it won't
do anything to the data inside the slice.
What
On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:59:51 -0400, PJ af.gour...@videotron.ca wrote:
I would like to just partition, label and newfs the disk; livefs wants
to waste my time by installing other stuff like the kernel man pages
etc that I have not even selected;
Just don't go through the whole installation
Am Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 09:17:43PM +0200 schrieb Polytropon:
On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:59:51 -0400, PJ af.gour...@videotron.ca wrote:
You can use sysinstall from the Fixit CD, too. That's the way
I'm mostly doing this kind of thing: Preparing the disk with
the sysinstall tool, then dropping to
On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:31:20 +0200, Tobias Rehbein tobias.rehb...@web.de
wrote:
If all you want to do is to prepare the disks you can leave sysinstall alone
and
use sade(8).
Very good advice! Sadly, it makes me feel that all my knowledge
is very outdated because sade didn't come into my mind
Hi,
I tried installing phpMyAdmin in an ezjail created jail already
installed with apache22, mysql and php5 running FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE
i386 with no X11 (headless).
The port install failed when dependency 'libXau-1.0.4' configure
couldn't find gnome-config:
...
checking for XAU... gnome-config:
Kikachi Kozumi wrote:
Hi,
I tried installing phpMyAdmin in an ezjail created jail already
installed with apache22, mysql and php5 running FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE
i386 with no X11 (headless).
The port install failed when dependency 'libXau-1.0.4' configure
couldn't find gnome-config:
...
I am running 7.2 but cannot properly attach/detach cruze 8gb and 4gb USB
keys.
When inserted, generate errors:
da0 seems to be read correctly
but then comes arow of
(probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:1): snip CAM Status: SCSI Status Error
snip NOT READY asc:3a,0
Medium not present
Unretryable error
then
cd0
Guys,
I'm new with freeBSD setup. I hope somebody here who will give some links
on how I will buil my network using freeBSD.
I'm planning to use it as my router and dhcp server.
Thanks everyone..
Carlos Narmonov
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On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 4:42 PM, Ilych narmonov narmonov2...@gmail.comwrote:
Guys,
I'm new with freeBSD setup. I hope somebody here who will give some links
on how I will buil my network using freeBSD.
I'm planning to use it as my router and dhcp server.
Thanks everyone..
Carlos
Polytropon wrote:
On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:42:24 -0400, PJ af.gour...@videotron.ca wrote:
But sysinstall will overwrite all the info on the disk and that defeats
the whole purpose of the exercise.
If you only change a slice's state and add an MBR, it won't
do anything to the data
Polytropon wrote:
On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:59:51 -0400, PJ af.gour...@videotron.ca wrote:
I would like to just partition, label and newfs the disk; livefs wants
to waste my time by installing other stuff like the kernel man pages
etc that I have not even selected;
Just don't go
Tobias Rehbein wrote:
Am Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 09:17:43PM +0200 schrieb Polytropon:
On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:59:51 -0400, PJ af.gour...@videotron.ca wrote:
You can use sysinstall from the Fixit CD, too. That's the way
I'm mostly doing this kind of thing: Preparing the disk with
the
PJ wrote:
I am running 7.2 but cannot properly attach/detach cruze 8gb and 4gb USB
keys.
When inserted, generate errors:
da0 seems to be read correctly
but then comes arow of
(probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:1): snip CAM Status: SCSI Status Error
snip NOT READY asc:3a,0
Medium not present
On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:19:16 -0400, PJ af.gour...@videotron.ca wrote:
I am running 7.2 but cannot properly attach/detach cruze 8gb and 4gb USB
keys.
When inserted, generate errors:
da0 seems to be read correctly
but then comes arow of
(probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:1): snip CAM Status: SCSI Status
On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:08:12 -0400, PJ af.gour...@videotron.ca wrote:
Gag is really about the simplest you can find... it is installed on the
main drive that is selected by bios and it works from there. I have
found it to be quite safe and reliable. Only difficulty is sometimes to
figure ;out
On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:18:45 -0400, PJ af.gour...@videotron.ca wrote:
Now that I have had a few moments to think about it, maybe I have to
give good old cruze and enema and format it under XP ... maybe all it
needs is a clean system on it. ;-)
I'm not sure if USB sticks tend to degrade
Polytropon wrote:
On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:19:16 -0400, PJ af.gour...@videotron.ca wrote:
I am running 7.2 but cannot properly attach/detach cruze 8gb and 4gb USB
keys.
When inserted, generate errors:
da0 seems to be read correctly
but then comes arow of
(probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:1): snip
Polytropon wrote:
On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:18:45 -0400, PJ af.gour...@videotron.ca wrote:
Now that I have had a few moments to think about it, maybe I have to
give good old cruze and enema and format it under XP ... maybe all it
needs is a clean system on it. ;-)
I'm not sure if USB
On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:06:08 -0400, PJ af.gour...@videotron.ca wrote:
Anyway, I found the solution on the web... couldn't belive it was that
simple: just ignore the crap spewed out on the screen and just mount iit
as you would any other disk.
# mount -t msdosfs /dev/da0s1 /mnt
and that's it
On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:12:06 -0400, PJ af.gour...@videotron.ca wrote:
I do hate MS, but can't totally avoid it.
I'm totally MICROS~1 free for more than 15 years now. :-)
Now, I hope the key works to transfer the dumpfiles even if it's in Fat32...
It should work, BUT... I think I remember
Thanks for your help guys. I have decided to attempt the following.
With a filesystem snapshot, take a dump 0 of all filesystems. Back up
these dumps to a 500GB disk I have sitting at home (the server I'm
backing up is in a data center). Perform this maybe once a week or
once a month.
I am now
On 10/15/09, PJ af.gour...@videotron.ca wrote:
While trying to learn and understand the dump-retore process, I messed
up the ad4s1a partition and could not boot. To fix it I restored a
dumpfile of ad12s1a which is, for all intents and purposes, the same as
ad4s1a. I then boot from ad4 and
I manage a couple of FreeBSD servers for a friend. He's gotten all
excited about content management and thinks that's the way to go. The
system he's familiar with is Windows only. I've done a little research,
but I'm wondering if anyone reading the list has experience with a CMS on
FreeBSD
Howdy
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 10:38 PM, Paul Schmehl pschmehl_li...@tx.rr.com wrote:
I manage a couple of FreeBSD servers for a friend. He's gotten all excited
about content management and thinks that's the way to go. The system he's
familiar with is Windows only. I've done a little
On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 2:23 PM, Alexander Best
alexbes...@math.uni-muenster.de wrote:
just did a quick research and google soc sponsored the finstaller in 2007
and
the bsdinstaller in 2005.
personally if i spent a lot of time on such a project i'd be expecting it
to
get integrated into
Paul - I used to work with the guys at Appalachian State that did
phpWebSite (I was their SA) and it worked great on FreeBSD. I can't
say how well it works *now* but it ran fine as of a year ago on
Apache2 + PostGreSQL. As far as a CMS or application framework went,
it was a cinch. I just never
On Thu, 15 Oct 2009, Nerius Landys wrote:
Thanks for your help guys. I have decided to attempt the following.
With a filesystem snapshot, take a dump 0 of all filesystems. Back up
these dumps to a 500GB disk I have sitting at home (the server I'm
backing up is in a data center). Perform this
Is there a way that I could configure the server so that if there are for
example X attempts from an IP address then for the next Y hours all the SSH
requests would be ignored from that IP address? There are only a handful of
people who have access to that server.
Yes.
In pf.conf:
On 2009-10-15, at 10:38 PM, Paul Schmehl wrote:
I'm wondering if anyone reading the list has experience with a CMS
on FreeBSD - one that's in ports preferably.
Whatever you choose, make sure that the port maintainer is active with
security updates. Sometimes it's better to give them web
Paul Schmehl wrote:
I manage a couple of FreeBSD servers for a friend. He's gotten all
excited about content management and thinks that's the way to go. The
system he's familiar with is Windows only. I've done a little research,
but I'm wondering if anyone reading the list has experience
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