Re: error reading SATA DVDRW

2008-12-22 Thread Ivan Carey
Wojciech Puchar wrote: At the loader prompt I also entered set hw.ata.atapi_dma=0 I get this error at the Install GUI when it is reading each package from the disc Seek failed: Invalid argument Then about half way through the install I get a message An error occurred while extracting the

error reading SATA DVDRW

2008-12-21 Thread Ivan Carey
I am unable to install FreeBSD because of the following error acd0: FAILURE - READ BIG_MEDIUM ERROR asc=0x21 ascq=0x00 The computer reboots during install. I have read that this error can be due to the DVD drive being a master, as it is a SATA drive it is assigned as a master in the BIOS Is

Re: error reading SATA DVDRW

2008-12-21 Thread Ivan Carey
Wojciech Puchar wrote: enter bootloader prompt (6) and type set hw.ata.atapi_dma=0 boot On Sun, 21 Dec 2008, Ivan Carey wrote: I am unable to install FreeBSD because of the following error acd0: FAILURE - READ BIG_MEDIUM ERROR asc=0x21 ascq=0x00 The computer reboots during install. I have

Gigabyte Motherboard Bios Setup

2008-12-20 Thread Ivan Carey
Hello, I have a Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3P motherboard. I am having troubles installing and running FreeBSD. What are the preferred BIOS settings for this motherboard Thanks, Ivan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: Remote Desktop tool for FreeBSD

2007-07-18 Thread Ivan Carey
simon butsana wrote: Hi, Does anyone know of a remote X client that can be used to establish a remote X session with a FreeBSD box. As an example, I would greatly like to test a tool with features similar to Microsoft's Remote Desktop. Thanks, Simon Roger Olofsson [EMAIL

Re: Intel G965 chipset?

2007-07-13 Thread Ivan Carey
Bruce Caruthers wrote: Hi, all. I am in the process of replacing my old, formerly solidly reliable 4.2 RAID server. I've been eyeing the Intel DG965WH motherboard and its kin, but from my searches of the mailing list archives, it seems unclear whether it will work. There were several postings

Re: Help Plz! Post Install question

2007-07-11 Thread Ivan Carey
VeeJay wrote: Hi fellows I have two computers with FreeBSD 6.2 with minimum installation. (Without Ports distribution in /usr). I don't have any /usr/ports But if I want to install mysql or Perl, what method I should use, in absence of ports directory? How can I install mysql or Perl on my

Re: Turn off server when shutdown

2007-07-10 Thread Ivan Carey
Ivan Carey wrote: Erik Trulsson wrote: On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 03:01:44PM +1000, Ivan Carey wrote: Hello, I am using FreeBSD 6.2 Release When I run shutdown on my server it stays on and says: The operating system has halted Please press any key to reboot Is it possible to have the server

Turn off server when shutdown

2007-07-09 Thread Ivan Carey
Hello, I am using FreeBSD 6.2 Release When I run shutdown on my server it stays on and says: The operating system has halted Please press any key to reboot Is it possible to have the server turn off? Thanks, Ivan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

Re: Turn off server when shutdown

2007-07-09 Thread Ivan Carey
Erik Trulsson wrote: On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 03:01:44PM +1000, Ivan Carey wrote: Hello, I am using FreeBSD 6.2 Release When I run shutdown on my server it stays on and says: The operating system has halted Please press any key to reboot Is it possible to have the server turn off

Re: MS exchange alternatives for FreeBSD

2007-06-27 Thread Ivan Carey
Cheffo wrote: Hi list, I have server running postfix + courier-imap, and I'm looking for someway to add possibility to exchange calendars/contacts/meeting invitations/etc between mail clients. Can someone recommend calendar, that is compatible with windows clients and can be run under

Re: UPS enabled Shutdown

2007-06-27 Thread Ivan Carey
Jonathan Horne wrote: On Sunday 24 June 2007 07:18:56 Ivan Carey wrote: Hello, How do I setup FreeBSD 6.2 to allow a UPS to shutdown a system via a USB port. I may be using a Powerware UPS, I'm not sure which one yet. Thanks, Ivan ___ freebsd

UPS enabled Shutdown

2007-06-24 Thread Ivan Carey
Hello, How do I setup FreeBSD 6.2 to allow a UPS to shutdown a system via a USB port. I may be using a Powerware UPS, I'm not sure which one yet. Thanks, Ivan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: Apache, php?

2007-06-21 Thread Ivan Carey
Jack Barnett wrote: Ivan Carey wrote: Jack Barnett wrote: FreeBSD 6.2 Apache 1.3.37 (from ports) php 5.2.3 (from ports) on the command line doing `php index.php` works. But if I use it though a web browser it just displays the php code. I installed it like this (extensions to) http

Re: Apache, php?

2007-06-21 Thread Ivan Carey
Jack Barnett wrote: [LoN]Kamikaze wrote: Jack Barnett wrote: Jack Barnett wrote: Eric Crist wrote: On Jun 20, 2007, at 8:56 PMJun 20, 2007, Jack Barnett wrote: Ivan Carey wrote: I don't have libphp5.so anywhere in /usr/local (did a find for it). the php5 port

Re: Apache, php?

2007-06-19 Thread Ivan Carey
Jack Barnett wrote: FreeBSD 6.2 Apache 1.3.37 (from ports) php 5.2.3 (from ports) on the command line doing `php index.php` works. But if I use it though a web browser it just displays the php code. I installed it like this (extensions to)

Re: Unable to mount DVD-R Media

2007-06-09 Thread Ivan Carey
Norberto Meijome wrote: On Fri, 08 Jun 2007 18:34:33 +1000 Ivan Carey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It happens with all blank dvd -r It also happened when writing to cd-r in k3b . The disk was written to but when the verification ot the files written th error occured. The files

Unable to mount DVD-R Media

2007-06-08 Thread Ivan Carey
Hello, I am unable to mount a DVD-R disk, I get this error mount_cd9660: /dev/acd0: input/output error. Also when using K3B I get a similar error I am using 6.2 release and have installed dvd+rw-tools-6.1 Thanks, Ivan ___

Re: Unable to mount DVD-R Media

2007-06-08 Thread Ivan Carey
Norberto Meijome wrote: On Fri, 08 Jun 2007 17:10:46 +1000 Ivan Carey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am unable to mount a DVD-R disk, I get this error mount_cd9660: /dev/acd0: input/output error. Ivan, does it happen with this one particular disc, or with several (of different batches

How to correctly use 2 on board nics

2007-06-05 Thread Ivan Carey
Hello I have a server board with 2 onboard nic's I have set them up in rc.conf as follows defaultrouter=192.168.1.1 network_interfaces=em0 em1 lo0 ifconfig_em0=inet 192.168.1.3 netmask 255.255.255.0 ifconfig_em1=inet 192.168.1.4 netmask 255.255.255.0 The question, is this the correct

Re: How to correctly use 2 on board nics

2007-06-05 Thread Ivan Carey
Tom Judge wrote: Ivan Carey wrote: Hello I have a server board with 2 onboard nic's I have set them up in rc.conf as follows defaultrouter=192.168.1.1 network_interfaces=em0 em1 lo0 ifconfig_em0=inet 192.168.1.3 netmask 255.255.255.0 ifconfig_em1=inet 192.168.1.4 netmask 255.255.255.0

How to understand partition sizes

2007-06-04 Thread Ivan Carey
Hello, After installing a new system on a 500Gb HDD the partition size I allocated at install does no match the size after complete system installation Disc size comes up as 476937MB At install I partitioned the disc: / 2048Mb /swap 4096Mb /var2048Mb /server 440Gb

Kernel Options fo a File Server

2007-05-22 Thread Ivan Carey
Hello, What would be the best Kernel options to run a file server? I will be using an Intel server mother board with one Xeon quad core CPU installed (this mother board has 2 CPU sockets) 2GB RAM and dual 500Gb SATA HDD's I am thinking of options that would make the kernel efficient as a pure

Remote login via modem

2007-05-18 Thread Ivan Carey
Hello, I would like to be able to access my network remotely via modem access. What I am trying to achieve is this. At the office I have a server, this server is Not connected to the Internet, I need to be able to Administer it from my Home office, so I am thinking that I need to access it via

Support Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5310 CPU

2007-05-09 Thread Ivan Carey
Hi, Does FreeBSD 6.2 support Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5310 CPU and an Intel Xeon 5320 quad core CPU Regards, Ivan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to

Re: Unable to login using KDE

2007-04-28 Thread Ivan Carey
Andriy Babiy wrote: I am debugging a (seemingly) KDE-related problem on a FreeBSD laptop. The version of FreeBSD is 6.1-RELEASE-p10 #0. I am starting in in debug mode. It is using kdm as a login screen. The corresponding line in /etc/ttys is ttyv8 /usr/local/bin/kdm -nodaemon xterm on secure

Re: GUI to ports collection on FBSD?

2007-04-17 Thread Ivan Carey
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 16 Apr 2007, Joe Vender wrote: Hi, Is there a GUI interface to the FreeBSD ports collection for use in kde similar to synaptic or adept? Joe Vender That's coming soon. I'd check out the FreeBSD SoC page; Andrew, the developer's listed at the top of the

Re: PPP and resolv.conf

2007-04-17 Thread Ivan Carey
Daniel Marsh wrote: On 4/17/07, Ansar Mohammed [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How can I stop ppp from modifying my /etc/resolv.conf? Everytime I establish a pppoe session, my resolv.conf file gets reconfigured to my ISPs DNS Servers. You could make resolv.conf to what you want it to be and then

hot swap with gmirror

2007-04-14 Thread Ivan Carey
Hello, Is hot swap of a drive possible with gmirror? Also is it possible to setup a spare mirrored drive and store it until it is needed to replace a faulty drive. Thanks, Ivan ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

multiple mirrored drives with gmirror

2007-04-14 Thread Ivan Carey
Hello, Is it possible to have more than 2 drives in a mirror? For example traditionally a mirror will have 2 drives, can 4 drives be in a system and all be mirrored by gmirror? Thanks, Ivan ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: Motherboard Chipset Support List

2007-04-11 Thread Ivan Carey
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 10 Apr 2007, Sean Murphy wrote: I am having troubling installing FreeBSD 6.2 Release on and Intel DG965OT http://www.intel.com/products/motherboard/DG965OT/index.htm Which uses the Intel® G965 Chipset I have checked under the following link but it does not

Re: Harddisk problem

2007-04-11 Thread Ivan Carey
Taavi Tänavsuu wrote: Hi, Got a brand new Samsung 250 GB IDE harddisk, added it to my home PC running FreeBSD 5.3, created FreeBSD filesystem there. I have been using it for several months, keeping relatively large (5-10 GB) home video files there, and it has been working fine. But now

Intel® Server Board S5000VSA support

2007-04-06 Thread Ivan Carey
Hello Does FreeBSD 6.2 release support the Intel® Server Board S5000VSA, http://www.intel.com/design/servers/boards/s5000VSA/index.htm with a Xeon 5110 processor. Also is the Intel® Embedded Server RAID Technology II supported. I have done an extensive search and read the release notes but I

[Fwd: Intel® Server Board S5000VSA support]

2007-04-06 Thread Ivan Carey
Original Message Subject:Intel® Server Board S5000VSA support Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2007 17:57:56 +1000 From: Ivan Carey [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Hello Does FreeBSD 6.2 release support the Intel

Intel® Server Board S5000VSA support

2007-04-06 Thread Ivan Carey
Hello Does FreeBSD 6.2 release support the Intel® Server Board S5000VSA, http://www.intel.com/design/servers/boards/s5000VSA/index.htm with a Xeon 5110 processor. Also is the Intel® Embedded Server RAID Technology II supported. I have done an extensive search and read the release notes but I

Re: Hardware Raid on Intel DG965OT Motherboard

2007-04-04 Thread Ivan Carey
Alexander Anderson wrote: Tue, Apr 03, 2007 at 05:22:22 PM, Ivan Carey wrote: Is there hardware support for this Motherboard Intel DG965OT Motherboard in FreeBSD 6.2 I have read the Hardware notes but am unable to determine if FreeBSD 6.2 is compatible with Intel DG965OT Motherboard

Hardware Raid on Intel DG965OT Motherboard

2007-04-03 Thread Ivan Carey
Is there hardware support for this Motherboard Intel DG965OT Motherboard in FreeBSD 6.2 I have read the Hardware notes but am unable to determine if FreeBSD 6.2 is compatible with Intel DG965OT Motherboard and the on board Martix Storage Technology I would like to setup a Raid 1

How does gmirror know of a faulty drive

2005-07-27 Thread Ivan Carey
In FreeBSD 5.3 I have set up 2 drives in RAID-1 format. How will I know if one of the drives is faulty such as either not working or has some lost sectors? Is it possible to have gmirror email me if there is a problem? Thanks, Ivan ___

Shutdown -r now will not reboot pc

2005-07-27 Thread Ivan Carey
Hello, I'm using FreeBSD 5.3 When I try to reboot the pc with shutdown -r now the system gets as far as rebooting and hangs there. Is there maybe a setup in the bios to allow the pc to reboot. Thanks, Ivan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing

KVM switch problem with mouse

2005-07-27 Thread Ivan Carey
Hello, I'm using FreeBSD 5.3 I'm using a MC2050, MC2060 2 port auto kvm switch. My mouse does not work either at the console or in KDE, the keyboard is ok. Is there a command I need to place into the kernel to get the mouse driver to recognise the mouse via the KVM switch? Thanks, Ivan

hosting providers

2004-07-09 Thread Ivan Carey
Hello, Could someone please tell me of a good hosting provider located in Melbourne. My basic requirements: Australia, preferably Melbourne based FreeBSD servers. Good and flexible support. Ability to add ports as necessary Usual PHP, MySQL, Apache Thanks, Ivan

problem compiling php4 with gd

2004-06-17 Thread Ivan Carey
Hello I am using FreeBSD 4.7 and have updated my ports tree. I am having a problem with making php4.3.7 with gd 2.0.25. I have installed gd first The compilation of php stops with the following: /usr/ports/lang/php4/work/php-4.3.7/ext/gd/libgd/gdft.c: In function `gdImageStringFTEx':

problem compiling php4 with gd

2004-06-17 Thread Ivan Carey
Hello I am using FreeBSD 4.7 and have updated my ports tree. I am having a problem with making php4.3.7 with gd 2.0.25. I have installed gd first The compilation of php stops with the following: /usr/ports/lang/php4/work/php-4.3.7/ext/gd/libgd/gdft.c: In function `gdImageStringFTEx':

Connection Refused problem

2003-02-13 Thread Ivan Carey
attached my setup files Thanks, Ivan Carey www.users.bigpond.com/icarey To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message