swap partition leads to instability?

2013-05-26 Thread M. V.
hi everyone, I have a 24/7 network server/gateway with FreeBSD-8.2 on a SSD drive. it's partitioned as normal (/ , /tmp, /var , /usr and swap) for a long time now. But recently I heard from a FreeBSD expert that I shouldn't have swap partition for my server, and having swap partition could

Re: swap partition leads to instability?

2013-05-26 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On Sun, 26 May 2013 01:58:32 -0700 (PDT) M. V. bored_to_deat...@yahoo.com wrote: I have a 24/7 network server/gateway with FreeBSD-8.2 on a SSD drive. it's partitioned as normal (/ , /tmp, /var , /usr and swap) for a long time now. But recently I heard from a FreeBSD expert that I

Re: swap partition leads to instability?

2013-05-26 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 26 May 2013 16:09:06 +0700, Erich Dollansky wrote: Hi, On Sun, 26 May 2013 01:58:32 -0700 (PDT) M. V. bored_to_deat...@yahoo.com wrote: I have a 24/7 network server/gateway with FreeBSD-8.2 on a SSD drive. it's partitioned as normal (/ , /tmp, /var , /usr and swap) for a long

Re: swap partition leads to instability?

2013-05-26 Thread Eduardo Morras
On Sun, 26 May 2013 01:58:32 -0700 (PDT) M. V. bored_to_deat...@yahoo.com wrote: hi everyone, I have a 24/7 network server/gateway with FreeBSD-8.2 on a SSD drive. it's partitioned as normal (/ , /tmp, /var , /usr and swap) for a long time now. But recently I heard from a FreeBSD expert

Re: swap partition leads to instability?

2013-05-26 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, sorry for my English. Here is what I wanted to say. On Sun, 26 May 2013 16:09:06 +0700 Erich Dollansky erichsfreebsdl...@alogt.com wrote: Hi, On Sun, 26 May 2013 01:58:32 -0700 (PDT) M. V. bored_to_deat...@yahoo.com wrote: I have a 24/7 network server/gateway with FreeBSD-8.2 on a

Re: swap partition leads to instability?

2013-05-26 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 26/05/2013 09:58, M. V. wrote: hi everyone, I have a 24/7 network server/gateway with FreeBSD-8.2 on a SSD drive. it's partitioned as normal (/ , /tmp, /var , /usr and swap) for a long time now. But recently I heard from a FreeBSD expert that I shouldn't have swap partition for my

How to switch Datgram/Connected mtu modes?

2013-05-26 Thread Alex Liptsin
Hello. I work with FreeBSD 9.1 and Mellanox devices. How can I configure MTU in connected mode on FreeBSD 9.1? In Linux to enable connected mode for interface ib0, I enter: echo connected /sys/class/net/ib0/mode Switching between CM and UD mode can be done in run time: echo datagram

a copy of ASL dump for acer aspire laptops models

2013-05-26 Thread Xavier
Hi everyone, I need a copy of ACPI Source Language (ASL), '# acpidump-dt copy_model_laptop.asl' of any version of FreeBSD you have the option ACPI always enabled and does not give any problem on ACER laptops. Anyone can send me a copy of your ASL dump ( see above ) of ACER ASPIRE laptops model?

Re: swap partition leads to instability?

2013-05-26 Thread jb
M. V. bored_to_death85 at yahoo.com writes: hi everyone, I have a 24/7 network server/gateway with FreeBSD-8.2 on a SSD drive. it's partitioned as normal (/ , /tmp, /var , /usr and swap) for a long time now. But recently I heard from a FreeBSD expert that I shouldn't have swap partition

Re: a copy of ASL dump for acer aspire laptops models

2013-05-26 Thread Julian H. Stacey
Hi, Reference: From: Xavier xavierfreebsdquesti...@gmail.com Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 14:21:04 +0200 Xavier wrote: Hi everyone, I need a copy of ACPI Source Language (ASL), '# acpidump-dt copy_model_laptop.asl' of any version of FreeBSD you have the option ACPI always

Re: a copy of ASL dump for acer aspire laptops models

2013-05-26 Thread Julian H. Stacey
Hi Xavier cc questions@ acpi@ I wrote: acpidump -dt produces 15,840 lines, so I'll not append to list but private mail you. I put it here so others on acpi@ questions@ can look too if they want. http://berklix.com/~jhs/hardware/laptops/acer/aspire/5741/ Cheers, Julian --

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2013-05-26 Thread asrofibcllamongan
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Gateway on downloads

2013-05-26 Thread Jos Chrispijn
Hi all, netstart -rn (partitially) DestinationGatewayFlagsRefs Use Netif Expire default10.10.10.100 UGS 0 858468 re0 Can you tell me how I can force _any_download from my server not going via 10.10.10.100 but to another gateway number

Re: swap partition leads to instability?

2013-05-26 Thread Michael Sierchio
The Intel SLC mSATA drives I use in embedded devices don't support TRIM, but - it doesn't seem to matter. Actually, I'm confident that just using bare partitions for swap is fine, and I haven't had any of the trouble I witnessed with MLC devices. The difference is that the size is limited to

Re: swap partition leads to instability?

2013-05-26 Thread Warren Block
On Sun, 26 May 2013, Polytropon wrote: On Sun, 26 May 2013 16:09:06 +0700, Erich Dollansky wrote: Hi, On Sun, 26 May 2013 01:58:32 -0700 (PDT) M. V. bored_to_deat...@yahoo.com wrote: I have a 24/7 network server/gateway with FreeBSD-8.2 on a SSD drive. it's partitioned as normal (/ , /tmp,

Re: swap partition leads to instability?

2013-05-26 Thread Adam Vande More
On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 6:32 PM, Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com wrote: Another problem with SSDs is that they can have difficulty with wear leveling. This is even worse with swap because there is no way to use TRIM to tell the SSD about blocks that have been freed. Um, that is wrong. It is

Re: swap partition leads to instability?

2013-05-26 Thread Warren Block
On Sun, 26 May 2013, Adam Vande More wrote: On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 6:32 PM, Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com wrote: Another problem with SSDs is that they can have difficulty with wear leveling. This is even worse with swap because there is no way to use TRIM to tell the SSD about blocks

Case sensitive usernames and sendmail - mystic voodoo

2013-05-26 Thread Modulok
List, Step1: Make a new user:: root@localhost# pw useradd foo -m -s /bin/tcsh -h 0 password for user foo: (secret) Step 2: Does sendmail know them:: root@modunix# sendmail -bv foo@localhost foo@localhost... deliverable: mailer local, user foo # Good... Step 3: Make a new

Re: Case sensitive usernames and sendmail - mystic voodoo

2013-05-26 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On Sun, 26 May 2013 18:44:41 -0600 Modulok modu...@gmail.com wrote: List, Step1: Make a new user:: root@localhost# pw useradd foo -m -s /bin/tcsh -h 0 password for user foo: (secret) Step 2: Does sendmail know them:: root@modunix# sendmail -bv foo@localhost

Re: swap partition leads to instability?

2013-05-26 Thread Adam Vande More
On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 7:20 PM, Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com wrote: Which part? This part: Another problem with SSDs is that they can have difficulty with wear leveling. Do as I suggested and you'll get maximum life from the drive even with swap present. Even absent of best practices,

Re: Case sensitive usernames and sendmail - mystic voodoo

2013-05-26 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 26 May 2013 18:44:41 -0600, Modulok wrote: I know usernames are case-sensitive, I thought emails were too. If I remember e-mail basics correctly: No. They're not. For example, f...@example.com, f...@example.com and f...@example.com and all upper/lowercase variations are the same as

Re: Case sensitive usernames and sendmail - mystic voodoo

2013-05-26 Thread Michael Sierchio
On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 6:17 PM, Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: On Sun, 26 May 2013 18:44:41 -0600, Modulok wrote: I know usernames are case-sensitive, I thought emails were too. If I remember e-mail basics correctly: No. They're not. For example, f...@example.com, f...@example.com

Re: Case sensitive usernames and sendmail - mystic voodoo

2013-05-26 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 26 May 2013 18:36:41 -0700, Michael Sierchio wrote: On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 6:17 PM, Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: On Sun, 26 May 2013 18:44:41 -0600, Modulok wrote: I know usernames are case-sensitive, I thought emails were too. If I remember e-mail basics correctly:

Re: Case sensitive usernames and sendmail - mystic voodoo

2013-05-26 Thread Modulok
Everything to the right of the @ is indeed case insensitive, but everything to the left might be case sensitive, depending on local policy. This means you must preserve the case of everything to the left of the @ sign. According to the link provided by Erich Dollansky, FreeBSD's default

Re: Case sensitive usernames and sendmail - mystic voodoo

2013-05-26 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 26 May 2013 21:31:09 -0600, Modulok wrote: Everything to the right of the @ is indeed case insensitive, but everything to the left might be case sensitive, depending on local policy. This means you must preserve the case of everything to the left of the @ sign. According to