Re: for those following -current

2006-01-14 Thread Joe Szedula
# Is it safe to go to the install step? If not what's next? I've saved the outputs of all the commands from login through cvs steps and all the make steps if that is needed. Joe Szedula Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

cpio/gzip problem or are my tapes too old?

2005-10-07 Thread Joe Szedula
I use a command like: cpio -o -z -v -F /dev/rst0 in.lst out.lst to perform a backup. But when I attempt to index the tape contents using: cpio -i -t -v -z -F /dev/rst0 I get: gzip: /dev/stdin: unrecognized file format cpio: End of archive volume 1 reached Oct 7 11:50:48 sys /bsd: st0:

Re: cpio/gzip problem or are my tapes too old?

2005-10-07 Thread Joe Szedula
doesn't use stdin or stdout (except for lists of files and messages) does it? Doesn't -z on the cpio command line mean Compress/Uncompress archive using gzip(1) format. Joe Szedula Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: phonecall with Promise

2005-08-29 Thread Joe Szedula
). The seller was kind enough to list the chipset in the product description. Joe Szedula Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

ASUS K8S-MX + SATA = problem

2005-08-15 Thread Joe Szedula
Just tried adding a SATA drive to my ASUS K8S-MX system using -current (as of August 13th) and got the following message (repeated twice before the system hung up) during the boot: wd2(pciide1:0:0): timeout type: ata c_bcount: 512 c_skip: 0 This is similar to the problem I had

Re: Using an ASUS K8S-MX a mistake? - update

2005-08-14 Thread Joe Szedula
I've installed the amd64 -current (13 August) on my ASUS K8S-MX system. It solved the bus-master DMA error problem as well as the problem with the drives (CD hard disk) on the secondary IDE not being recognized. I compiled the kernel and the rest of the system from source just to exercise the

Re: Using an ASUS K8S-MX a mistake? - update

2005-08-14 Thread Joe Szedula
On 8/14/05 10:29 AM, Jonathan Gray ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Does this: SIS 182 SATA rev 0x01 at pci0 dev 5 function 0 not configured just mean there were no SATA drives connected? Will SATA drives work when connected to this motherboard? No this means no driver has claimed that device.

Using an ASUS K8S-MX a mistake?

2005-07-31 Thread Joe Szedula
someone has any words of wisdom for fixing my problems with the ASUS K8S-MX (like 3.7 -current works) it looks like I've managed to get an unworkable motherboard. Anyone have any recommendations for solutions? Replacement motherboards? Will OpenBSD 3.8 support this motherboard? Joe Szedula

Re: USB2 status?

2005-07-12 Thread Joe Szedula
On 7/11/05 9:57 PM, Rene Rivera wrote: I'm considering implementing a disk based backup system using USB2 hot-swap bays. * Do others have such a system in use? And how is it working out? * Has anyone done throughput measurements? How close to the 480Mbds theory is practice? * Are there