Re: How to create .iso file image of cdrom (atapi)?

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Re: How to create .iso file image of cdrom (atapi)?

On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 02:51:12AM +1030, W. Sierke wrote: Scott Mitchell wrote: You want to use /dev/acd0c - the 'c' partition covers the whole disk. Something like: dd if=/dev/acd0c of=foo.iso bs=64k Ah! Thanks for that. The bs argument is crucial, I hadn't thought to try anything

Re: How to create .iso file image of cdrom (atapi)?

that is a multiple of 2048 (like the 64k in my previous example). Using a larger block size will generally speed up the transfer, up to a point. Scott -- === Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | Eagles may soar, but weasels

Re: Plan 9 style backup utility for FreeBSD?

On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 03:08:24PM +0100, Martin Brecher wrote: Scott Mitchell wrote: [...] Is there some standard tool for doing this on FreeBSD? You can't just do a direct copy cause this results in major disk space wastage so I'm imagining you need to use hard links or something to keep

Re: /etc/rc.conf vs /etc/defaults/rc.conf

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Re: hot swap scsi drive

plugged in, but your hardware might need some extra incantations to make it work - you really need to try a few of these commands and see what happens. Cheers, Scott -- === Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | Eagles

Re: Out of Office AutoReply: Sex

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Re: DSL Disconnects

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Re: Has anybody EVER successfully recovered VINUM?

* recommend having a recent backup before starting, assuming the volume is still readable, just in case. Good luck! Scott -- === Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England

Re: Has anybody EVER successfully recovered VINUM?

On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 11:52:55AM +0100, Stijn Hoop wrote: Scott, your procedure is what I have used, except for: On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 10:09:05AM +, Scott Mitchell wrote: 6. Tell vinum to restart the failed subdisk: # vinum start raid.p0.s0 7. Wait ages while the new

Re: Has anybody EVER successfully recovered VINUM?

On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 12:34:27PM +0100, Stijn Hoop wrote: On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 11:30:13AM +, Scott Mitchell wrote: On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 11:52:55AM +0100, Stijn Hoop wrote: AFAIK the only way to guarantee a consistent rebuild is to do it offline (at least in 4.x, haven't

Re: Has anybody EVER successfully recovered VINUM?

On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 01:01:30PM +0100, Stijn Hoop wrote: On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 11:54:45AM +, Scott Mitchell wrote: On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 12:34:27PM +0100, Stijn Hoop wrote: I'm just saying that in my case it didn't work out well. As with any other advice, it might just work

Connect to Cisco VPN server from FreeBSD?

, except I don't have any account details for the server yet. I really don't want to keep a Linux or Windows machine around just to connect to the office... Many thanks in advance, Scott -- === Scott Mitchell

Re: Connect to Cisco VPN server from FreeBSD?

On Sun, Apr 10, 2005 at 12:26:45PM -0500, Ash wrote: Scott Mitchell wrote: Hi all, As in the subject - has anyone managed to get a FreeBSD machine to connect to a Cisco VPN server, using IPSec and 2-factor authentication (password + SecurID card)? My employer has been acquired by another

Re: Connect to Cisco VPN server from FreeBSD?

On Sun, Apr 10, 2005 at 01:41:20PM -0500, Ash wrote: Scott Mitchell wrote: Thanks, that looks promising. The SecurID thing is apparently just a flavour of XAUTH which seems to be supported, so it might just work. Cheers, Scott Whoops forgot to mention that I had configured

Re: cvsup-mirror

. Also see Ch 19 of the handbook for lots of details on setting this up: http://www.uk.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge.html Cheers, Scott -- === Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID

Re: memorystick usage on freebsd...now what:-)

/dev/da0s* nodes were actually created, or run 'fdisk da0' to see the partition table data. HTH, Scott -- === Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England

Re: Bittorrent link for 6.1 does not work

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Re: kernel module for ipf

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Re: Hot-Swapping hard drives on Dell PowerEdge 2850 running FBSD 5.5-PRE

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Re: Hot-Swapping hard drives on Dell PowerEdge 2850 running FBSD 5.5-PRE

patterns, in case those get lost in transit. Cheers, Scott -- === Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines scott

Re: Hot-Swapping hard drives on Dell PowerEdge 2850 running FBSD 5.5-PRE

On Mon, Jun 26, 2006 at 01:54:14PM +0100, Joao Barros wrote: On 6/26/06, Scott Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, megarc does have possibly the worst interface I've seen in quite a long time. Allegedly the Linux monitoring tools for these adapters will work with 6.1, although I haven't

Spinning down a USB drive?

the machine is running 5.4 where USB 2.0 wasn't enabled by default in GENERIC (and I didn't think I needed it). I can post dmesg and other info as necessary. Many thanks in advance, Scott -- === Scott Mitchell

Re: The Opera browser on FreeBSD

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Re: The Opera browser on FreeBSD

On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 05:51:59PM +, Scott Mitchell wrote: Followed your instructions, put my linux-flashplugin and acroread plugin directories on Opera's plugin search path and... wow! everything suddenly started working. I was asked off-list how I set up the plugin search path to get

Re: is THIS why the 6.2 release seems stalled ?

plugins to Opera's plugin path... Cheers, Scott -- === Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines scott

Re: is THIS why the 6.2 release seems stalled ?

this on -questions about a month ago explaining what was needed to make it work, although the real 9.10 release, or the port, might make this easier. Cheers, Scott -- === Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | Eagles may soar

Re: Connect to Cisco VPN server from FreeBSD?

On Sun, Apr 10, 2005 at 04:38:34PM +0100, Scott Mitchell wrote: Hi all, As in the subject - has anyone managed to get a FreeBSD machine to connect to a Cisco VPN server, using IPSec and 2-factor authentication (password + SecurID card)? My employer has been acquired by another company

Re: dump(8), incremental backups, Tower of Hanoi sequence, don't get it

files that have changed since the last backup. You also have the complete file tree for each backup, so it's trivial to restore the version of a file that existed on any particular date. Cheers, Scott -- === Scott

Re: dump(8), incremental backups, Tower of Hanoi sequence, don't get it

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Re: Cheap Hardware for Home Network

it. You might want to think about running mirrored disks, so you don't lose the whole machine when a disk dies, as it inevitably will. Cheers, Scott -- === Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | Eagles may soar

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