Re: Managing bsdpan -- some advice please

2009-03-13 Thread Matthew Seaman
David Southwell wrote: Basically I do not know how to manage the bsdpan "ports". On portupgrade -a I get long lists like the one below. How are items "held" How do I decide whether ort not to hold them. Some advice would be appreciated. I have searched for some guidance on the freebsd web site bu

Managing bsdpan -- some advice please

2009-03-13 Thread David Southwell
Basically I do not know how to manage the bsdpan "ports". On portupgrade -a I get long lists like the one below. How are items "held" How do I decide whether ort not to hold them. Some advice would be appreciated. I have searched for some guidance on the freebsd web site but not found any. ---> S

Re: DSL (was: Advice please)

2006-11-22 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 11/22/06, Old Ranger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The advice I'd like, is some "do's" and "don'ts" when switching from dial-up to DSL with FreeBSD. Not to sound overly arch, but a generic subject is not going to garner you nearly as much help as something specific. It would also depend on wh

Advice please

2006-11-22 Thread Old Ranger
Hello to all, I just ordered DSL from my phone service (and ISP) provider. I have a Dell dual core laptop enroute, with "extras". The advice I'd like, is some "do's" and "don'ts" when switching from dial-up to DSL with FreeBSD. What are the pitfalls? I'd like to avoid as many as possible. Regar

Re: UPS advice, please ...

2005-11-23 Thread Sandy Rutherford
> On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 16:21:59 -0500, > Robert Huff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC writes: >> I have never used the UPS daemons so don't know how they work but >> I doubt they are made to work with multiples on the UPS. > I've never done it, but I belie

Re: UPS advice, please ...

2005-11-20 Thread Eric F Crist
bject: Re: UPS advice, please ... Hello Kiffin, Friday, November 18, 2005, 10:20:08 PM, you wrote: I have a couple web servers running FreeBSD 5.x and need to protect them against power outages. These are two simple machines running at home so nothing fancy. Just some way to do a power

RE: UPS advice, please ...

2005-11-20 Thread Murray Taylor
Second the motion -- nut works well with the APC ups's > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cezar Fistik > Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 10:05 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: UPS advice

Re: UPS advice, please ...

2005-11-20 Thread Cezar Fistik
Hello Kiffin, Friday, November 18, 2005, 10:20:08 PM, you wrote: > I have a couple web servers running FreeBSD 5.x and need to protect them > against power outages. > These are two simple machines running at home so nothing fancy. Just > some way to do a power down neatly so the shutdown has tim

Re: UPS advice, please ...

2005-11-19 Thread Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
On Nov 19, 2005, at 6:25 PM, Jerry McAllister wrote: On Nov 19, 2005, at 1:03 PM, Kiffin Gish wrote: And which one do you recommend? I have two mini-towers, one an old dell dimension 650R 200W and another clone anthlon-xp 300W. Do I need two UPS or can I get one which can service these tw

Re: UPS advice, please ...

2005-11-19 Thread Jerry McAllister
> > > On Nov 19, 2005, at 1:03 PM, Kiffin Gish wrote: > > > And which one do you recommend? > > > > I have two mini-towers, one an old dell dimension 650R 200W and > > another > > clone anthlon-xp 300W. > > > > Do I need two UPS or can I get one which can service these two > > machines? > >

Re: UPS advice, please ...

2005-11-19 Thread Dan O'Connor
And which one do you recommend? I have two mini-towers, one an old dell dimension 650R 200W and another clone anthlon-xp 300W. Do I need two UPS or can I get one which can service these two machines? Both run FreeBSD 5.4. The way these daemons work is that after a certain time-out while o

Re: UPS advice, please ...

2005-11-19 Thread Robert Huff
Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC writes: > I have never used the UPS daemons so don't know how they work but > I doubt they are made to work with multiples on the UPS. I've never done it, but I believe this is quite possible with apcupsd. Robert Huff

Re: UPS advice, please ...

2005-11-19 Thread Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
reebsd.org Subject: Re: UPS advice, please ... I have a couple web servers running FreeBSD 5.x and need to protect them against power outages. These are two simple machines running at home so nothing fancy. Just some way to do a power down neatly so the shutdown has time to clean up. What do

RE: UPS advice, please ...

2005-11-19 Thread Kiffin Gish
> -Original Message- > From: Dan O'Connor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 21:41 > To: Kiffin Gish; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: UPS advice, please ... > > > >I have a couple web servers running FreeBSD

Re: UPS advice, please ...

2005-11-18 Thread Jerry McAllister
> I meant to put the URL in the last message even though it is a bit obvious: http://www.apcc.com/ It will even talk to you in Dutch if you prefer. jerry > I have a couple web servers running FreeBSD 5.x and need to protect them > against power outages. > > These are two simple m

Re: UPS advice, please ...

2005-11-18 Thread Jerry McAllister
> > I have a couple web servers running FreeBSD 5.x and need to protect them > against power outages. > > These are two simple machines running at home so nothing fancy. Just > some way to do a power down neatly so the shutdown has time to clean up. > > What do I need and where can I look for mo

Re: UPS advice, please ...

2005-11-18 Thread Dan O'Connor
I have a couple web servers running FreeBSD 5.x and need to protect them against power outages. These are two simple machines running at home so nothing fancy. Just some way to do a power down neatly so the shutdown has time to clean up. What do I need and where can I look for more detailed i

Re: UPS advice, please ...

2005-11-18 Thread Eric Schuele
Kiffin Gish wrote: I have a couple web servers running FreeBSD 5.x and need to protect them against power outages. These are two simple machines running at home so nothing fancy. Just some way to do a power down neatly so the shutdown has time to clean up. What do I need and where can I look fo

UPS advice, please ...

2005-11-18 Thread Kiffin Gish
I have a couple web servers running FreeBSD 5.x and need to protect them against power outages. These are two simple machines running at home so nothing fancy. Just some way to do a power down neatly so the shutdown has time to clean up. What do I need and where can I look for more detailed infor

Looking for SCSI RAID controller advice Please

2005-01-10 Thread Nicole H
Hi I am looking for recommendations for a SCSI raid controller to use preferably with 5.3 instead of 4.X that can be monitored remotely. What do people use for their raid arrays so that they can verify that they are working ok without having to reboot a system? The only things I have found are