About freebsd

2013-03-18 Thread Bujinkan Ninpo
Hello I was thinking about buying a new laptop I was looking at the dell Inspiron 15 3521 and I was wanting to order a cd copy of freebsd 9.1 and I was wondering how it would work running a dual boot win8 w/ freebsd 9.1 Thank you for you time and have a good day

Re: About freebsd

2013-03-18 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2013-03-18 at 21:44 -0400, Bujinkan Ninpo wrote: Hello I was thinking about buying a new laptop I was looking at the dell Inspiron 15 3521 and I was wanting to order a cd copy of freebsd 9.1 and I was wondering how it would work running a dual boot win8 w/ freebsd 9.1 Thank you for

Re: Newbie question about freebsd-update: single user mode is not needed anymore?

2013-01-02 Thread ASV
Well, I understand your concern. I've been using the freebsd-update method since several years now and mostly remotely. I've never encounter a problem. I haven't recompiled everything many times as I didn't really found a tangible advantage in this method but I've never thought about this. I

Re: Newbie question about freebsd-update: single user mode is not needed anymore?

2013-01-02 Thread ASV
For some reason my email hasn't apparently been delivered so I'm re-sending it. From: ASV a...@inhio.eu To: Jose Garcia Juanino jjuan...@gmail.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject:Re: Newbie question about freebsd-update: single user mode is not needed anymore? Date

Re: Newbie question about freebsd-update: single user mode is not needed anymore?

2013-01-02 Thread ASV
Hi Jose, with the freebsd-update method you don't need to pass through the make installworld as it's a binary patch/upgrade system. Using freebsd-update upgrade -r 9.1-RELEASE for example allows you to get your system patched directly without recompiling the kernel and the userland but getting

Newbie question about freebsd-update: single user mode is not needed anymore?

2012-12-31 Thread Jose Garcia Juanino
Hi, I am planning to upgrade from FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE to FreeBSD-9.1-RELEASE. With upgrade source method, it is always needed to do the make installworld step in single user mode. But it seems to be that single user is not required with freebsd-update method, in the second freebsd-update install.

Re: Newbie question about freebsd-update: single user mode is not needed anymore?

2012-12-31 Thread Jose Garcia Juanino
El lunes 31 de diciembre a las 16:27:44 CET, ASV escribió: Hi Jose, with the freebsd-update method you don't need to pass through the make installworld as it's a binary patch/upgrade system. Using freebsd-update upgrade -r 9.1-RELEASE for example allows you to get your system patched

Question about FreeBSD for IA-64 software

2012-06-09 Thread Denis Guzanov
Dear FreeBSD Team, Firstly I would like to say you Big thanks for your really good job and the best system for us, small IT staff. Second, I would like to ask you about some problem with FreeBSD source. I've downloaded .iso Image from this link:

Re: Question about FreeBSD for IA-64 software

2012-06-09 Thread Mehmet Erol Sanliturk
On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 4:45 AM, Denis Guzanov guzanov...@gmail.com wrote: Dear FreeBSD Team, Firstly I would like to say you Big thanks for your really good job and the best system for us, small IT staff. Second, I would like to ask you about some problem with FreeBSD source. I've

Re: Question about FreeBSD for IA-64 software

2012-06-09 Thread Julian H. Stacey
Hi, Reference: From: Denis Guzanov guzanov...@gmail.com Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2012 15:45:54 +0400 Message-id: CAMUH=P1HGivtRUsgSz9_XYt-wLBh-8cFvq=i5fs6hn1ittk...@mail.gmail.com Denis Guzanov wrote: Dear FreeBSD Team, Firstly I would like to say you Big thanks for your

one question about Freebsd subversion access log

2012-02-09 Thread Yiru Li
Hello, I am doing an analysis on Freebsd subversion access log. One log extracted from the access log is below. The piece of log include files and subdirectories which are indicated modified (M). The subdirectories are: /stable/7/sbin/geom, /stable/7/sbin/geom/class/label,

Re: 'About FreeBSD' international

2011-06-15 Thread Robert Watson
This might well be an instance of a link-farming scam against high-pagerank web sites, in which web pages are passed through Google Translate and then your return link then boosts ad revenues for the target site. (We get a lot of these e-mails at cl.cam.ac.uk due to high page rank -- the

'About FreeBSD' international

2011-06-15 Thread Alyona Lompar
Hi! I'm willing to translate page located at http://www.freebsd.org/about.html to the Belorussian language (my mother tongue). What I'm asking for is your written permission, so you don't mind after I'll post the translation to my blog. The translation is intended only for web, no print

Re: Query about FreeBSD and primary partitions requirements

2011-06-12 Thread Ian Smith
In freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 366, Issue 8, Message: 5 On Sat, 11 Jun 2011 14:23:48 -0700 per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: Matthew Seaman m.sea...@infracaninophile.co.uk wrote: On 11/06/2011 08:18, Bret Busby wrote: the current FreeBSD Handbook ... states FreeBSD must be installed

Query about FreeBSD and primary partitions requirements

2011-06-11 Thread Bret Busby
hello. Some time ago, I asked on this list, about installing FreeBSD, and it was then confirmed that FreeBSD requires to be installed in a primary partition. That is consistent with the current FreeBSD Handbook, which states FreeBSD must be installed into a primary partition. However, in

Re: Query about FreeBSD and primary partitions requirements

2011-06-11 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 11/06/2011 08:18, Bret Busby wrote: Some time ago, I asked on this list, about installing FreeBSD, and it was then confirmed that FreeBSD requires to be installed in a primary partition. That is consistent with the current FreeBSD Handbook, which states FreeBSD must be installed into a

Re: Query about FreeBSD and primary partitions requirements

2011-06-11 Thread perryh
Matthew Seaman m.sea...@infracaninophile.co.uk wrote: On 11/06/2011 08:18, Bret Busby wrote: the current FreeBSD Handbook ... states FreeBSD must be installed into a primary partition. However, in the last couple of days, I have been advised that FreeBSD can be installed in, and,

About FreeBSD command question

2010-12-03 Thread kan
Hi Support, I have a FreeBSD server for mailing, I must make backup and check the which bit (32bit/64bit) is now use in FreeBSD, so can you provide the command for me? Regards, Kan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: About FreeBSD command question

2010-12-03 Thread Kevin Kinsey
kan wrote: Hi Support, I have a FreeBSD server for mailing, I must make backup and check the which bit (32bit/64bit) is now use in FreeBSD, so can you provide the command for me? Regards, Kan What output does: $ uname -m produce? Kevin Kinsey

Re: About FreeBSD command question

2010-12-03 Thread Frank Shute
On Fri, Dec 03, 2010 at 03:36:02PM +0800, kan wrote: Hi Support, I have a FreeBSD server for mailing, I must make backup and check the which bit (32bit/64bit) is now use in FreeBSD, so can you provide the command for me? Regards, Kan Not too sure I'm clear what you're askingyou

Re: About FreeBSD kernel newbies

2010-11-15 Thread Michael Powell
Fernando Apesteguía wrote: Hi all, I was wondering if anyone has considered the creation of a kernel newbies mail list for FreeBSD. I am aware of two places where someone can ask questions about that: either freebsd-hackers@ or the FreeBSD Development forum at http://forums.freebsd.org.

Re: About FreeBSD kernel newbies

2010-11-15 Thread Fernando Apesteguía
On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 7:53 PM, Michael Powell nightre...@hotmail.com wrote: Fernando Apesteguía wrote: Hi all, I was wondering if anyone has considered the creation of  a kernel newbies mail list for FreeBSD. I am aware of two places where someone can ask questions about that: either

About FreeBSD kernel newbies

2010-11-14 Thread Fernando Apesteguía
Hi all, I was wondering if anyone has considered the creation of a kernel newbies mail list for FreeBSD. I am aware of two places where someone can ask questions about that: either freebsd-hackers@ or the FreeBSD Development forum at http://forums.freebsd.org. I've been following the Linux

Re: Need info about FreeBSD and interrupted system calls for MySQL code

2010-04-30 Thread Joerg Bruehe
Dan, thanks for your reply: Dan Nelson wrote: In the last episode (Apr 29), Joerg Bruehe said: For some long, unknown time, the MySQL code contains a variable net_retry_count which is by default set to 10 (ten) for all platforms, but to 100 (1 million) for FreeBSD (during configure

Re: Need info about FreeBSD and interrupted system calls for MySQL code

2010-04-30 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Apr 30), Joerg Bruehe said: Dan Nelson wrote: In the last episode (Apr 29), Joerg Bruehe said: For some long, unknown time, the MySQL code contains a variable net_retry_count which is by default set to 10 (ten) for all platforms, but to 100 (1 million) for FreeBSD

Re: Need info about FreeBSD and interrupted system calls for MySQL code

2010-04-30 Thread Joerg Bruehe
Dan, your info is very valuable - thanks: Dan Nelson wrote: In the last episode (Apr 30), Joerg Bruehe said: Dan Nelson wrote: In the last episode (Apr 29), Joerg Bruehe said: For some long, unknown time, the MySQL code contains a variable net_retry_count which is by default set to 10

Need info about FreeBSD and interrupted system calls for MySQL code

2010-04-29 Thread Joerg Bruehe
Hi Groggy (whom I didn't contact for too long a time), everybody, following the advice on your page, I include the FreeBSD list, even though I'm not subscribed there (hoping it will allow me to post) - so please, whoever replies, could you please cc: me directly? Of course, I tried Google, but

Re: Need info about FreeBSD and interrupted system calls for MySQL code

2010-04-29 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Apr 29), Joerg Bruehe said: For some long, unknown time, the MySQL code contains a variable net_retry_count which is by default set to 10 (ten) for all platforms, but to 100 (1 million) for FreeBSD (during configure phase). The source code comment about this variable

question about FreeBSD installing

2010-04-21 Thread 王跃辉
hi I have a problem when I try to install FreeBSD as client OS on a Linux OS. following the instruction I find that I can't open the website of www.fsmware.com to finish some download work. it seems that the dns server don't support the address in China Mainland. do you have any way to solve

Re: question about FreeBSD installing

2010-04-21 Thread Michael Powell
王跃辉 wrote: hi I have a problem when I try to install FreeBSD as client OS on a Linux OS. Sorry, but this does not make any sense to me. How are you trying to install FreeBSD on Linux? FreeBSD is an operating system, not an application. following the instruction I find that I can't

Re: question about FreeBSD installing

2010-04-21 Thread Don Brearley
Hello! I presume you are talking about running FreeBSD as a guest OS in Xen or the like. Let me point you to this URL, it contains a lot of useful information on what you're seeking. The fsmware.com website seems down, and has been for awhile. The documentation is just out of date.

Re: question about FreeBSD installing

2010-04-21 Thread Don Brearley
王跃辉 wyh1...@gmail.com 04/21/10 10:21 AM hi I have a problem when I try to install FreeBSD as client OS on a Linux OS. following the instruction I find that I can't open the website of www.fsmware.com to finish some download work. it seems that the dns server don't support the address in China

Re: question about FreeBSD installing

2010-04-21 Thread Ross Cameron
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 5:35 PM, Michael Powell nightre...@hotmail.com wrote: 王跃辉 wrote: hi     I have a problem when I try to install FreeBSD as client OS on a Linux OS. Sorry, but this does not make any sense to me. How are you trying to install FreeBSD on Linux? FreeBSD is an operating

Re: question about FreeBSD installing

2010-04-21 Thread Bruce Cran
On Wednesday 21 April 2010 16:50:20 Ross Cameron wrote: On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 5:35 PM, Michael Powell nightre...@hotmail.com wrote: 王跃辉 wrote: hi I have a problem when I try to install FreeBSD as client OS on a Linux OS. Sorry, but this does not make any sense to me. How are

Re: Question about Freebsd 7.2 and Zend framework

2010-02-15 Thread Jerry
On Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:29:04 +0100 Ivan Voras ivo...@freebsd.org articulated: Samuel Martín Moro wrote: It's not officialy supported, but it still works. You have to link some libraries to give them their freebsd 6.2 names. I had to do it for the servers we sell at work. It works

Re: Question about Freebsd 7.2 and Zend framework

2010-02-14 Thread Ivan Voras
Robert wrote: Hello I have zend framework websites and I was wondering if they work well with Freebsd7.2? Because I hear bad thing about that. Can you tell me about that please? Zend Framework is PHP? PHP works on FreeBSD, Zend Framework will also work. Unless you give more specific

Re: Question about Freebsd 7.2 and Zend framework

2010-02-14 Thread Jerry
On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:51:48 +0100 Ivan Voras ivo...@freebsd.org articulated: Robert wrote: Hello I have zend framework websites and I was wondering if they work well with Freebsd7.2? Because I hear bad thing about that. Can you tell me about that please? Zend Framework is

Re: Question about Freebsd 7.2 and Zend framework

2010-02-14 Thread Ivan Voras
Jerry wrote: On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:51:48 +0100 Ivan Voras ivo...@freebsd.org articulated: Robert wrote: Hello I have zend framework websites and I was wondering if they work well with Freebsd7.2? Because I hear bad thing about that. Can you tell me about that please? Zend Framework is PHP?

Re: Question about Freebsd 7.2 and Zend framework

2010-02-14 Thread Samuel Martín Moro
It's not officialy supported, but it still works. You have to link some libraries to give them their freebsd 6.2 names. I had to do it for the servers we sell at work. It works perfectly. Samuel Martín Moro CamTrace {EPITECH.} tek4 Nobody wants to say how this works. Maybe nobody knows ...

Re: Question about Freebsd 7.2 and Zend framework

2010-02-14 Thread Ivan Voras
Samuel Martín Moro wrote: It's not officialy supported, but it still works. You have to link some libraries to give them their freebsd 6.2 names. I had to do it for the servers we sell at work. It works perfectly. I'm glad it works, and it is not surprising. It would be easier for a company

Question about Freebsd 7.2 and Zend framework

2010-02-13 Thread Robert
Hello I have zend framework websites and I was wondering if they work well with Freebsd7.2? Because I hear bad thing about that. Can you tell me about that please? Robert ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: Confusion About FreeBSD now supports host and guest modes in VirtualBox

2009-12-31 Thread Lokadamus
Am 28.12.2009 19:10, schrieb Ivan Voras: Ivan Voras wrote: Ryan Ware wrote: Maybe someone here can distribute some enlightenment. In the press release for 8.0 it says, FreeBSD now supports host and guest modes in VirtualBox. I understand what the host mode support is with the VirtualBox

Re: Confusion About FreeBSD now supports host and guest modes in VirtualBox

2009-12-28 Thread Ivan Voras
Ivan Voras wrote: Ryan Ware wrote: Maybe someone here can distribute some enlightenment. In the press release for 8.0 it says, FreeBSD now supports host and guest modes in VirtualBox. I understand what the host mode support is with the VirtualBox port. What I don't understand is what

Re: Confusion About FreeBSD now supports host and guest modes in VirtualBox

2009-12-18 Thread Ivan Voras
Ryan Ware wrote: Maybe someone here can distribute some enlightenment. In the press release for 8.0 it says, FreeBSD now supports host and guest modes in VirtualBox. I understand what the host mode support is with the VirtualBox port. What I don't understand is what support for guest mode

Re: Confusion About FreeBSD now supports host and guest modes in VirtualBox

2009-12-18 Thread Ed Jobs
On Friday 18 December 2009 06:39, Ryan Ware wrote: Maybe someone here can distribute some enlightenment. In the press release for 8.0 it says, FreeBSD now supports host and guest modes in VirtualBox. I understand what the host mode support is with the VirtualBox port. What I don't

Re: Confusion About FreeBSD now supports host and guest modes in VirtualBox

2009-12-18 Thread Ryan Ware
Thanks Ed. I looked at the guest additions. Unfortunately, they only have additions for Linux, Windows and Solaris. I tried installing the Linux additions on the off chance that they really meant *NIX, but they are specifically tied to the Linux kernel. I tried installing the virtualbox

Confusion About FreeBSD now supports host and guest modes in VirtualBox

2009-12-17 Thread Ryan Ware
Maybe someone here can distribute some enlightenment. In the press release for 8.0 it says, FreeBSD now supports host and guest modes in VirtualBox. I understand what the host mode support is with the VirtualBox port. What I don't understand is what support for guest mode is. I don't see

Re: Question about FreeBSD syscall usage

2009-10-21 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Yan, Yeqing wrote: Hi: I'm from Intel China. Our project use FreeBSD 7.0 and I have some questions about the FreeBSD syscall. I don't know how to use these syscall below. Is there having some doc or example about how to use these syscall? kse_exit kse_wakeup kse_create kse_thr_interrupt

Question about FreeBSD syscall usage

2009-10-20 Thread Yan, Yeqing
Hi: I'm from Intel China. Our project use FreeBSD 7.0 and I have some questions about the FreeBSD syscall. I don't know how to use these syscall below. Is there having some doc or example about how to use these syscall? kse_exit kse_wakeup kse_create kse_thr_interrupt kse_release kse_switchin

Some Questions About Freebsd Please Help Me !!

2009-10-02 Thread xn.bravo
Hi , i want to ask some questions about freebsd , one of my friend have freebsd in his server , he is using it , he have ips issu on his server and he is converting ips in proxies ( Socks 4/5 ) , i want to know how i can do that , how i can set firewall that or what i need to do? , like

Re: Question about FreeBSD installation procedure

2009-09-30 Thread Ian Smith
In freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 278, Issue 4, Message 2 On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:36:00 +0800 (WST) Bret Busby b...@busby.net wrote: On Sat, 26 Sep 2009, Manolis Kiagias wrote: Bret Busby wrote: Hello. I have been interested in installing FreeBSD on my laptop (HP/Compaq NX5000, 2MB

Re: Question about FreeBSD installation procedure

2009-09-29 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Bret Busby wrote: On Sat, 26 Sep 2009, Manolis Kiagias wrote: Bret Busby wrote: Hello. I have been interested in installing FreeBSD on my laptop (HP/Compaq NX5000, 2MB RAM), in a free 20MB partition. I really hope you meant Gb here ;) I noticed that the Linux Format magazine to which

Re: Question about FreeBSD installation procedure

2009-09-29 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:36:00 +0800 (WST), Bret Busby b...@busby.net wrote: See http://busby.net/bret/Screenshot--dev-sda-GParted.png I think I do understand. You have: 1. a primary DOS partition which contains a NTFS file system 2. an extended DOS partition

Re: Question about FreeBSD installation procedure

2009-09-29 Thread Tim Judd
On 9/29/09, Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: snip Honestly, I've never seen the need for extended DOS partitions. Let's say you intendedly want to run a multi-OS system, then you can install four systems, each one in its own slice, and within the slice, the partitiions, if needed and

Re: Question about FreeBSD installation procedure

2009-09-28 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 10:01:18PM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: Hello. I have been interested in installing FreeBSD on my laptop (HP/Compaq NX5000, 2MB RAM), in a free 20MB partition. I noticed that the Linux Format magazine to which I subscribe, in Issue 124, comes with FreeBSD 7.2 on the

Re: Question about FreeBSD installation procedure

2009-09-28 Thread Bret Busby
On Sat, 26 Sep 2009, Manolis Kiagias wrote: Bret Busby wrote: Hello. I have been interested in installing FreeBSD on my laptop (HP/Compaq NX5000, 2MB RAM), in a free 20MB partition. I really hope you meant Gb here ;) I noticed that the Linux Format magazine to which I subscribe, in

Re: Question about FreeBSD installation procedure

2009-09-26 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Bret Busby wrote: Hello. I have been interested in installing FreeBSD on my laptop (HP/Compaq NX5000, 2MB RAM), in a free 20MB partition. I really hope you meant Gb here ;) I noticed that the Linux Format magazine to which I subscribe, in Issue 124, comes with FreeBSD 7.2 on the DVD.

Question about FreeBSD installation procedure

2009-09-26 Thread Bret Busby
Hello. I have been interested in installing FreeBSD on my laptop (HP/Compaq NX5000, 2MB RAM), in a free 20MB partition. I noticed that the Linux Format magazine to which I subscribe, in Issue 124, comes with FreeBSD 7.2 on the DVD. From what I understand, FreeBSD (and possibly all BSD) uses

Re: Question about FreeBSD installation procedure

2009-09-26 Thread RW
On Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:01:18 +0800 (WST) Bret Busby b...@busby.net wrote: Hello. I have been interested in installing FreeBSD on my laptop (HP/Compaq NX5000, 2MB RAM), in a free 20MB partition. I noticed that the Linux Format magazine to which I subscribe, in Issue 124, comes with

Re: Question about FreeBSD installation procedure

2009-09-26 Thread Polytropon
On Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:01:18 +0800 (WST), Bret Busby b...@busby.net wrote: From what I understand, FreeBSD (and possibly all BSD) uses hard disc slices rather than partitions, and therefore cannot easily be installed in a free partition, but needs for hard disc slices to be used. I see a

Re: questions about FreeBSD

2009-09-01 Thread Jonathan McKeown
On Monday 31 August 2009 17:00:07 Jerry McAllister wrote: Same response.   Do your homework. The nature of the OP's questions strongly suggested that we are doing his homework. I'm surprised so many people spoonfed the answers rather than pointing to resources like the handbook, as the first

Re: questions about FreeBSD

2009-09-01 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Tue, Sep 01, 2009 at 08:41:00AM +0200, Jonathan McKeown wrote: On Monday 31 August 2009 17:00:07 Jerry McAllister wrote: Same response.   Do your homework. The nature of the OP's questions strongly suggested that we are doing his homework. I'm surprised so many people spoonfed the

Re: questions about FreeBSD

2009-09-01 Thread Jeremy Hooks
2009/8/31 James Phillips anti_spam...@yahoo.ca: ... I have some questions about FreeBSD. The questions I had in mind are: Such general questions imply homework assignment. Indeed, I found General features (at least three)? Firewall, GUI, Networking and so on. quite amusing. I am surprised he

questions about FreeBSD

2009-08-31 Thread Julian R A Manning
Dear Sir/Madam I have some questions about FreeBSD. The questions I had in mind are: . What type of OS is it? Is it single/multi user, multitasking, what family does it belong to? . General features (at least three)? Firewall, GUI, Networking and so on. . Minimum

Re: questions about FreeBSD

2009-08-31 Thread Prokofyev Vladislav
2009/8/31 Julian R A Manning julian.r.a.mann...@gmail.com Dear Sir/Madam I have some questions about FreeBSD. The questions I had in mind are: . What type of OS is it? Is it single/multi user, multitasking, what family does it belong to? . General features (at least three

Re: questions about FreeBSD

2009-08-31 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 09:12:39PM +1200, Julian R A Manning wrote: Dear Sir/Madam I have some questions about FreeBSD. The questions I had in mind are: . What type of OS is it? Is it single/multi user, multitasking, what family does it belong to? It is a BSD UNIX operating

Re: questions about FreeBSD

2009-08-31 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:12:39 +1200, Julian R A Manning julian.r.a.mann...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Sir/Madam You are talking to a mailing list. Dear list would be a good line to start. :-) I have some questions about FreeBSD. The questions I had in mind are: . What type of OS

Re: questions about FreeBSD

2009-08-31 Thread James Phillips
Message: 20 Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:12:39 +1200 From: Julian R A Manning julian.r.a.mann...@gmail.com Subject: questions about FreeBSD To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Message-ID:     !!aaayaoslqhhrs5xjqsorentxda7cgaaaektsyylaghfbhcoibfzk6jgba...@gmail.com

Re: questions about FreeBSD

2009-08-31 Thread Byung-Hee HWANG
At Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:12:39 +1200, Julian R A Manning wrote: [...] . General features (at least three)? Firewall, GUI, Networking and so on. Hmm.. special is nothing. Personally i do web-browsing with Firefox, and i read/write emails with Emacs, and i do listening to music with

UK Currency Symbol in 7.2 Console - A Question actually about FreeBSD

2009-05-29 Thread Graham Bentley
Hello All, Im still struggling with this one and have tried all I could find by Googling lists and forums. @ and keys are fine as are every other key apart from £ symbol. Can anyone suggest ways to track this down. At 'Login:' I can actually get £ but after loging I get a beep? I have tried

Re: UK Currency Symbol in 7.2 Console - A Question actually about FreeBSD

2009-05-29 Thread bsd
Hi, I use a Macintosh as client host, but this could be any computer as long as you have a working keyboard configured. My shell is bash (latest port version). In my .bashrc I have included the following: # Display quoted characters stty cs8 -istrip -parenb bind 'set convert-meta off'

Re: UK Currency Symbol in 7.2 Console - A Question actually about FreeBSD

2009-05-29 Thread Lars Eighner
On Fri, 29 May 2009, Graham Bentley wrote: Hello All, Im still struggling with this one and have tried all I could find by Googling lists and forums. @ and keys are fine as are every other key apart from £ symbol. Can anyone suggest ways to track this down. At 'Login:' I can actually get £

Re: UK Currency Symbol in 7.2 Console - A Question actually about FreeBSD

2009-05-29 Thread Graham Bentley
Lars, Thanks for taking the time in your detailed reply and I will look into your suggestions however one thing about this eludes me ; I have never ever had to even think about this until 7.2 [ie in all previous verisons I chose uk.iso and swiss font - I always had £ key?] Thanks in any case

Re: About FreeBSD hardware compatibility?

2009-02-13 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 10:15:37AM +0800, aaron lewis wrote: Hi, I'm a freebsd lovers , i wonna install fbsd7.1 to my laptop (IBM Thinkpad R400 a18). There's no available informations on laptop compatibility lists. So do you have any solutions to make a quick check if everything will

About FreeBSD hardware compatibility?

2009-01-18 Thread aaron lewis
Hi, I'm a freebsd lovers , i wonna install fbsd7.1 to my laptop (IBM Thinkpad R400 a18). There's no available informations on laptop compatibility lists. So do you have any solutions to make a quick check if everything will work? I know Solaris has a Install_check tool which will give a

Re: About FreeBSD hardware compatibility?

2009-01-18 Thread Tim Judd
aaron lewis wrote: Hi, I'm a freebsd lovers , i wonna install fbsd7.1 to my laptop (IBM Thinkpad R400 a18). There's no available informations on laptop compatibility lists. So do you have any solutions to make a quick check if everything will work? I know Solaris has a Install_check tool

Re: About FreeBSD hardware compatibility?

2009-01-18 Thread Da Rock
On Sun, 2009-01-18 at 23:53 -0700, Tim Judd wrote: aaron lewis wrote: Hi, I'm a freebsd lovers , i wonna install fbsd7.1 to my laptop (IBM Thinkpad R400 a18). There's no available informations on laptop compatibility lists. So do you have any solutions to make a quick check if

Re: Any help about FreeBSD Dell's Troubleshooting Tool DSET

2008-11-13 Thread VeeJay
Hi Guys I am running RAID 10. Here is the dmesg output: $ dmesg Copyright (c) 1992-2008 The FreeBSD Project. Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The

Re: Any help about FreeBSD Dell's Troubleshooting Tool DSET

2008-11-13 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 01:29:11PM +0100, VeeJay wrote: If it looks healthy, why there are these errors on the screen? Is it controller problem or disk? SCSI normally reports 3 things when it encounters an error (particularly disk errors): Sense Key (SK), Additional Sense Code (ASC), and

Re: Any help about FreeBSD Dell's Troubleshooting Tool DSET

2008-11-13 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 02:16:58PM +0100, VeeJay wrote: I have asked the system manufacturers (Dell) but they don't provide support for FreeBSD based systems [?] Thats why I have only hope here with FreeBSD List... I've CC'd Scott Long, who is the author of the mfi(4) driver. He should be

Re: Any help about FreeBSD Dell's Troubleshooting Tool DSET

2008-11-13 Thread Scott Long
The sense data in the screen shot boils down to an ASC/ASCQ pair of 0x35/0x05. Looking this up in the ASC table found at t10.org gives the following: 35h/05h ENCLOSURE SERVICES CHECKSUM ERROR What this basically means is that the disk enclosure that you're using has some sort of an unknown

Re: Any help about FreeBSD Dell's Troubleshooting Tool DSET

2008-11-13 Thread VeeJay
If it looks healthy, why there are these errors on the screen? Is it controller problem or disk? Regards VJ On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 9:49 AM, VeeJay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Guys I am running RAID 10. Here is the dmesg output: $ dmesg Copyright (c) 1992-2008 The FreeBSD Project.

Re: Any help about FreeBSD Dell's Troubleshooting Tool DSET

2008-11-13 Thread VeeJay
Thanks guys... I have forwarded the comments from Scott to the Dell and hope for the best Thank you again. VJ On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 2:51 PM, Scott Long [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The sense data in the screen shot boils down to an ASC/ASCQ pair of 0x35/0x05. Looking this up in the

Re: Any help about FreeBSD Dell's Troubleshooting Tool DSET

2008-11-13 Thread VeeJay
I have asked the system manufacturers (Dell) but they don't provide support for FreeBSD based systems [?] Thats why I have only hope here with FreeBSD List... On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 1:41 PM, Jeremy Chadwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 01:29:11PM +0100, VeeJay wrote: If

Any help about FreeBSD Dell's Troubleshooting Tool DSET

2008-11-12 Thread VeeJay
Hello Jeremy, Thanks for the feedback... here is the configuration of server: *2 x PE2950 III Quad Core Xeon E5450 3.0GHz,2x6MB,1333FSB *Riser with PCI Express Support (2x PCIe x8 slots; 1x PCIe x4 slot) PE2950 English rack power cord PE2950 Bezel Assembly *16GB (8x2GB Dual Rank DIMMs) 667MHz

Re: Any help about FreeBSD Dell's Troubleshooting Tool DSET

2008-11-12 Thread Brian A. Seklecki
On Wed, 2008-11-12 at 16:01 +0100, VeeJay wrote: There seemed to be a problem related to RAID controller on one server. Screw Dell's diagnostics tools. Those are there to help psychology majors who got their MCSE and RHCE after they realized that all you can do with a psychology degree is

Any help about FreeBSD Dell's Troubleshooting Tool DSET

2008-11-12 Thread VeeJay
Hello Guys I am in a situation here. I am running couple of Dell 2950 Servers with FreeBSD 7.0 amd. There seemed to be a problem related to RAID controller on one server. From Dell support, I was told to download a troubleshooting tool called DSET. (

Re: Any help about FreeBSD Dell's Troubleshooting Tool DSET

2008-11-12 Thread Sérgio de Almeida Lenzi
Hello I have used the PERC on dells 2900 2950 they are trick pieces of hardware and can easyly wipe out the contents of your disk drive on the CTRL-R screen (setup screen). the best configuration I used is to use RAID-0 (no raid) on the controller and g mirror on the FreeBSD (that is I use the

Re: Any help about FreeBSD Dell's Troubleshooting Tool DSET

2008-11-12 Thread Mel
On Wednesday 12 November 2008 11:35:33 Jeremy Chadwick wrote: On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 11:05:44AM +0100, VeeJay wrote: Hello Guys I am in a situation here. I am running couple of Dell 2950 Servers with FreeBSD 7.0 amd. There seemed to be a problem related to RAID controller on one

Re: Any help about FreeBSD Dell's Troubleshooting Tool DSET

2008-11-12 Thread Brian A. Seklecki
On Wed, 2008-11-12 at 19:39 +0100, VeeJay wrote: Hi Brian Thanks. I sent the attachment but FreeBSD List would not allow me to First order of business is to _not_ send it as a BMP. Use PNG instead, and post the URL and not the actual file:

Re: Any help about FreeBSD Dell's Troubleshooting Tool DSET

2008-11-12 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 11:05:44AM +0100, VeeJay wrote: Hello Guys I am in a situation here. I am running couple of Dell 2950 Servers with FreeBSD 7.0 amd. There seemed to be a problem related to RAID controller on one server. From Dell support, I was told to download a troubleshooting tool

Re: Any help about FreeBSD Dell's Troubleshooting Tool DSET

2008-11-12 Thread TJ Varghese
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 12:20 AM, Sérgio de Almeida Lenzi [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Hello snip the best configuration I used is to use RAID-0 (no raid) on the controller and g mirror on the FreeBSD (that is I use the mirror in software) mainly because the Freebsd kernel is, in this manner,

Re: Any help about FreeBSD Dell's Troubleshooting Tool DSET

2008-11-12 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 01:43:46PM +0800, TJ Varghese wrote: On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 12:20 AM, Sérgio de Almeida Lenzi [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Hello snip the best configuration I used is to use RAID-0 (no raid) on the controller and g mirror on the FreeBSD (that is I use the

Ask for information about FreeBSD and SATA

2008-04-20 Thread Gregory
Sir, Presently, my hard disk is managed by a 3112A chipset (SATA I). As you probably know it, this chipset isn't compatible with FreeBSD. Can you advise me an external card that you compatible with FreeBSD to manage my hard disk ? I've sent a mail to ldlc.be asking for a card that manage my

Re: Help : about FreeBSD 6.2 kernel error!

2008-03-24 Thread Zinevich Denis
1. try to compile kernel without SMP. 2. Examine hardware. 刘德安 пишет: FreeBSD GFAOS 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Mon Jan 7 15:29:50 UTC 2008 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP i386 when rebooting system Error messages: kernel: Fatal trap 12: page fault while in

Help : about FreeBSD 6.2 kernel error!

2008-03-23 Thread 刘德安
FreeBSD GFAOS 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Mon Jan 7 15:29:50 UTC 2008 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP i386 when rebooting system Error messages: kernel: Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode kernel: cpuid = 0; apic id = 00 kernel: fault virtual address =

Re: Question about freeBSD package.

2008-02-15 Thread Daniele Di Lorenzo
Dear FreeBSD, I am writting you to ask the same question of previous email. Can you tell me about bjorb license and if I can use this package in order to commercial usage, please? Otherwise can you tell me another way, if you know it, to obtain these information, please? Thanks Daniele Di

Re: Question about freeBSD package.

2008-02-15 Thread Alex Zbyslaw
Daniele Di Lorenzo wrote: Dear FreeBSD, I am writting you to ask the same question of previous email. Can you tell me about bjorb license and if I can use this package in order to commercial usage, please? Otherwise can you tell me another way, if you know it, to obtain these information,

Question about freeBSD package.

2008-02-07 Thread Daniele Di Lorenzo
Dear FreeBSD, I am writting you to ask what are the license terms about bjorb package, downloaded from freeBSD site. Is it under BSD license?...is it possible the redistribution for commercial purpose? in different way, can you tell me who I can contact to get infomation about? Thanks in advance

Re: Question about freeBSD package.

2008-02-07 Thread Marcin Koziuk
On Thu, 2008-02-07 at 10:26 +0100, Daniele Di Lorenzo wrote: Dear FreeBSD, I am writting you to ask what are the license terms about bjorb package, downloaded from freeBSD site. Is it under BSD license?...is it possible the redistribution for commercial purpose? in different way, can you

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