Re: Could MSGBUF_SIZE be made a loader tunable?

2010-12-08 Thread perryh
Andriy Gapon a...@freebsd.org wrote: on 06/12/2010 07:20 per...@pluto.rain.com said the following: Would there be some fundamental problem in changing MSGBUF_SIZE from a compiled-in constant to a tunable that could be set at the loader prompt? (I'm _not_ suggesting that it be adjustable

Re: FreeBSD 7 installs where FreeBSD 8 wont due to CD

2010-12-08 Thread perryh
Pete French petefre...@ticketswitch.com wrote: Is there a way inside the install environment to see what the kernel has detected and created in /dev ? Go into Fixit# and examine /dev and/or the dmesg. ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: FreeBSD 7 installs where FreeBSD 8 wont due to CD

2010-12-08 Thread Bruce Cran
On Wed, 08 Dec 2010 01:00:34 -0800 per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: Go into Fixit# and examine /dev and/or the dmesg. The problem is there's no ls in FixIt mode so you need to use echo * to see what files are present. -- Bruce Cran ___

Re: FreeBSD 7 installs where FreeBSD 8 wont due to CD

2010-12-08 Thread Bruce Cran
On Wed, 8 Dec 2010 20:01:32 +1000 Andy Farkas chuzzwa...@gmail.com wrote: Why is this so? I think the Fixit environment only contains tools necessary for installing the system and has traditionally needed to be small enough to fit on a 1.44MB floppy disk. So since ls wasn't required it wasn't

Re: FreeBSD 7 installs where FreeBSD 8 wont due to CD

2010-12-08 Thread Andy Farkas
On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 7:17 PM, Bruce Cran br...@cran.org.uk wrote: On Wed, 08 Dec 2010 01:00:34 -0800 per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: Go into Fixit# and examine /dev and/or the dmesg. The problem is there's no ls in FixIt mode so you need to use echo * to see what files are present. Why is

OpenIndiana code improovements that may be used in FreeBSD

2010-12-08 Thread vermaden
Hi, if you know about these, the forget about this mail. There are interesgin code changes that are useful for FreeBSD, these include for example improoved printf command: http://gdamore.blogspot.com/2010/12/zfs-should-not-depend-on-python-and.html ... and python-free ZFS commands:

Re: FreeBSD 7 installs where FreeBSD 8 wont due to CD

2010-12-08 Thread Andy Farkas
So since ls wasn't required it wasn't included. I just booted an old 6.1-RELEASE CD and selected Fixit mode... ls -lF works as expected! -andyf ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To

Re: FreeBSD 7 installs where FreeBSD 8 wont due to CD

2010-12-08 Thread Bruce Cran
On Wed, 8 Dec 2010 20:29:31 +1000 Andy Farkas chuzzwa...@gmail.com wrote: So since ls wasn't required it wasn't included. I just booted an old 6.1-RELEASE CD and selected Fixit mode... ls -lF works as expected! I should clarify that by saying that ls is included in the live filesystem

OpenIndiana code improovements that may be used in FreeBSD

2010-12-08 Thread vermaden
Hi, If you know about these, the forge These include for example improoved printf command: http://gdamore.blogspot.com/2010/12/zfs-should-not-depend-on-python-and.html ... and python-free ZFS commands: http://gdamore.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-implementation-of-printf.html FreeBSD folks, you

Re: Supported SAS controllers (single port)

2010-12-08 Thread Paul Mather
On Dec 7, 2010, at 8:36 PM, Daniel O'Connor wrote: On 08/12/2010, at 3:51, Mike Andrews wrote: On 12/7/2010 8:00 AM, Daniel O'Connor wrote: Does anyone have a recommendation for one? I am looking to connect a LTO tape drive to a FreeBSD 7 or 8 box and I've only ever used Adaptec 19160

Re: FreeBSD 7 installs where FreeBSD 8 wont due to CD

2010-12-08 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Wed, Dec 08, 2010 at 09:17:27AM +, Bruce Cran wrote: On Wed, 08 Dec 2010 01:00:34 -0800 per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: Go into Fixit# and examine /dev and/or the dmesg. The problem is there's no ls in FixIt mode so you need to use echo * to see what files are present. Sort of.