3Ware Escalade problem

just fine on Linux and Windows on both 32 and 64 bit motherboards IIRC. Is it possible we have a driver issue here? The machine is a backup server so reliability is important. :^) So far I haven't lost any data but.. If you can help great. If you need more info let me know. hal

Fix boot block after win install

A week ago my FreeBSD 4.7 system would dual boot either win 3.1 or FreeBSD 4.7. Well Win 3.1 wasn't good enough so I installed Win 95. Of course the install piddled on the boot block. :^( How do I make it dual bootable again?! hal ___ [EMAIL

how to lock kernel buffers in mem.

I am running FreeBSD 4.7 with 512M of memory. How do I lock kernel buffers in memory? I am thinking specifically of the disk cache buffers. hal ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

Keeping multiple machine up to date

for keeping many machines up to date? A pointer to an FAQ or something would be great. hal ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

cvsup vs upgrade

I have several machines running 4.3 and 4.4. Can I -upgrade- them safely to 4.7 using cvsup? hal ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Filesystem size limit

A coworker is bumping up against the one terabyte file system size limit of Redhat Linux. He needs more space. Can FreeBSD help? Where would I look for info? hal ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd

Max file system size

What is the maximum file system size for FreeBSD? I have looked at the manual, man pages, and google. No luck?! Would some kind soul either tell me what the maximum file system size is or where I can look to find it myself. hal ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED

4.7 -- 6.0 via cvsup

I have a system running 4.7. Can I upgrade it to 6.0 via cvsup? If not what is the best way? hal ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL

VPN Server

I need FreeBSD VPN server software that will support Win2K, unix, Mac OS X, and Linux clients. Anyone have a suggestion/s? hal ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe

Re: VPN Server

Any suggestions? hal On Mar 9, 2006, at 11:08 AM, John Cruz wrote: I'd go with a VPN router, they usually have the best results. hal wrote: I need FreeBSD VPN server software that will support Win2K, unix, Mac OS X, and Linux clients. ___ freebsd

Choosing which interface to use

I am setting up a VPN client on a 6.0 box of mine. As a result of the VPN client (openvpn) running I have two interfaces active, xl0 needed by the dhcp client and tun0 used by the vpn client. The question. How do I tell an application perhaps telnet, ssh, or ftp to use tun0 and not xl0? hal

Upgrade 5.4 to 6.0

Is there any reason why I should not upgrade a 5.4 system to 6.0 as opposed to doing a clean install? hal ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL

backup msdos partition

What is the best way to back up an msdos partition (FStype msdos) on my FreeBSD 4.7 system? hal ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: backup msdos partition

On Oct 5, 2004, at 3:51 PM, Phil Reynolds wrote: Quoting hal [EMAIL PROTECTED]: What is the best way to back up an msdos partition (FStype msdos) on my FreeBSD 4.7 system? Well, FreeBSD is quite happy handling MS-DOS partitions, so there is no reason you shouldn't use tar, together with whatever

tape drive for backup server

Do any of you have experience with 200/400GB LTO scsi tape drives in general, and Dell's model in particular? I need opinions on reliability and speed. hal ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

rshd vs 5.4

and looks good. The message I am getting after some timeout period is: server.host.name: Connection refused It appears that inetd, which is running by the way, is not starting rshd. Can anyone give me a pointer or two to get this thing working? hal

sound vs. PCIX bus

Can anyone recommend a sound card for the PCIX bus? or Can anyone recommend a USB or otherwise attached sound card? or Some other way I can use mpg123 to make a lot of noise when my server needs some attention. BTW I am running 4.7 p25. The application is mpg123 Thanx hal

Sound Blaster SB0410 vs. 5.4

: snd_emu10k1_load=YES I have tried all the above alone and in various combinations. cat /dev/sndstat reports no installed devices. Does anyone know how to make this thing work with FreeBSD 5.4? hal ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

PCI-X sound card

I have a need for a sound card on a backup server I have built. Something sound blaster compatible would be wonderful, but anything that works with 4.7 is ok. The mother board, a Supermicro X5DP8-G2, has only PCI-X slots. I am running FreeBSD 4.7. All suggestions are welcome. hal

FreeBSD vs. SCSI tape drive

show no problems. Can anyone offer a solution/insight/sympathy? If you need more info please ask. hal output of dmseg ### Copyright (c) 1992-2002 The FreeBSD Project. Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994

Re: Daylight savings time / 6.1 and 4.11

Shows the old MST - MDT and MDT - MST dates What did I miss? What do I do next? hal ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Sorta OT - Backup solutions Mac to FreeBSD

On Jan 29, 2007, at Monday, Jan29, 2007 12:45 PM, Kenny Dail wrote: I have been poking around the 'Net a bit looking for an easy to use backup solution for our Mac's (1 mini, 1 powerbook, more in the future). Basically there is a server, offsite (FBSD 6.2) with 2 RAID 5 arrays. I would like

Upgrade from RELENG_4 to RELENG_5

I have done: cvsup RELENG_5 make buildkernel make installkernel All worked just fine ... but. When I reboot, the boot process picks up the old 4 kernel. How do I make the boot process pick up the new 5 kernel? What am I missing? hal

6.2 iso images

On freebsd.org the date of the ISO images is 1-12-2007. There have been several updates since then. Is there a repository of ISO images that are kept current? hal ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman

Re: 6.2 iso images

On Oct 1, 2007, at Monday, Oct1, 2007 2:03 PM, Manolis Kiagias wrote: Maybe you would like to download a 6-STABLE ISO image? Have a look at ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots and in particular ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/200709 Thanks I will try it. hal

Re: 6.2 iso images

worthy? hal ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Help: apache22 and postgresql81 on 6.2

me a clue? hal ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Help: apache22 and postgresql81 on 6.2

me a clue? hal ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: BSDStats Report for December 1st, 2006

and are behind a firewall. Can I have a spokesman box which reports for all? If I can how? hal ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

3ware raid array

Is there software that will let me manage a 3Ware raid array while FreeBSD is running? Here is what I have: FreeBSD 6.1 3Ware 7500-8 and 7500-4 hal ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd

Re: 3ware raid array

On Dec 21, 2006, at 4:22 PM, Eric wrote: hal wrote: Is there software that will let me manage a 3Ware raid array while FreeBSD is running? Here is what I have: FreeBSD 6.1 3Ware 7500-8 and 7500-4 check out the 3dm port Thanks I will give it a try. hal

Re: 3ware raid array

On Dec 21, 2006, at 8:00 PM, Jonathan Horne wrote: On Thursday 21 December 2006 18:01, hal wrote: On Dec 21, 2006, at 4:22 PM, Eric wrote: hal wrote: Is there software that will let me manage a 3Ware raid array while FreeBSD is running? Here is what I have: FreeBSD 6.1 3Ware 7500-8

Re: Why is sysinstall considered end-of-life?

a remote location without a hassle. Likewise, sysinstall was never that difficult to use and now is nearly automatic. There are some places that could be tuned/cleaned up but nothing to get excited about. hal ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing

Daylight savings time / 6.1 and 4.11

systems to be daylight savings 2007 ready? Currently: 4.11-RELEASE-p25 Currently: 6.1-RELEASE-p10 hal ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL

Re: Daylight savings time / 6.1 and 4.11

*default prefix=/usr *default base=/usr/local/etc/cvsup *default release=cvs delete use-rel-suffix hal ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL

Re: pci-x soundcard

On Aug 23, 2005, at 8:58 PM, Nikolas Britton wrote: Talk to hal because he did buy one. He posted a message saying that he was having trouble with it. I answered it telling him to put snd_driver_load=YES into loader.conf but he never replied back to say if it worked or not. Sorry

FreeBSD vs. window managers

needed cannot be found by the make file. Google is great but some of the packages are really hard to find. hal ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail

resize/combine disk partitions

but I would rather resize/combine the three partitions into two. How can I do that (short of a reinstall)? hal ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL

cvsup through proxy

I have a system with a non-routable address. I want to update the system using cvsup. I have a proxy server available. Can I do this? If so how? hal ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd

cvsup connection refused

supfile if have: *default host=cvsup15.FreeBSD.org is there a better way? I really want to get things up to date! hal ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail

can I upgrade 4.4 to 4.7 via cvsup

Is it possible/advisable to upgrade my 4.4 system to 4.7 either stepwise or in one jump. If so is there a blurb somewhere giving details?. hal To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message

kernel panic in bpf_mtap

is corrupting memory somehow, but I would not expect that to cause a kernel panic. Thank you for any help you can provide. - Hal # gdb -k kernel.debug /var/crash/vmcore.0 GNU gdb 4.18 (FreeBSD) Copyright 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License

HELP: telnet vs. security

I am running 4.4-RELEASE-p26. I am trying to telnet out to a CISCO router. It looks as though my side is trying to set up some kind of kerberos authentication. See below. How do I prevent this from happening? The router doesn't have a clue. I am not running kerberos. hal

HELP 3Ware Escalade 7000-2 raid controller

: ATA cdrom on on-board controller 3ware 7000-2 raid card with two drives attached. The install process hangs when booting after the device selection menu. Does anyone have any words of wisdom on how to make this thing work? can I boot from a raid subsystem? hal To Unsubscribe: send mail

Can't start x

Installed xorg and get this error message: #startx [code] Fatal server error: Cannot move old log file (/var/log/Xorg.0.log to /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support at http://wiki.X.Org for help. giving up. xinit: Operation timed out (errno 60):

Re: [freebsd-questions] Can't start x

Wrapper is part of xorg package. On 21 Mar 2005 12:05:29 -0500, Lowell Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hal Larsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Installed xorg and get this error message: #startx [code] Fatal server error: Cannot move old log file (/var/log/Xorg.0.log to /var/log

Just a quick note/correction for whomever edits the web page:

On the installation pages describing the process to make a USB installation, you reference downloading win32-image-writer for making a USB from Windows. Your link points to http://launchpad.net/win32-image-writer/, which is actually (or is now) https://launchpad.net/win32-image-writer/. I'm not

RE: Just a quick note/correction for whomever edits the web page:

, __ Scott Lucas IT Officer, m.s. Statendam Holland America Line 300 Elliot Avenue West, Seattle, WA 98119 -Original Message- From: Warren Block [mailto:wbl...@wonkity.com] Sent: Friday, July 08, 2011 9:22 AM To: SADM-IT Officer (HAL) Cc: 'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org' Subject: Re