Re: using swap on a separate slice

2006-12-23 Thread talon
walt wrote: x ad0s4{a,b}, etc.). I just tried using my linux swap partition/slice on DF. To avoid the errors you mention I had to add a disklabel to the swap slice: #disklabel -w -r /dev/ad0s8 auto #swapon /dev/ad0s8 # swapinfo Device 1K-blocks UsedAvail Capacity

Re: xmms-musepack

2006-12-23 Thread Justin C. Sherrill
On Fri, December 22, 2006 10:24 pm, Armin Arh wrote: running 1.6.0 installed xmms through pkgsrc - works. installed xmms-musepack - xmms doesn't see the plugin Are there any library mechanisms preventing the xmms binary to see newly installed libs or files? I can confirm this happens, at

Re: compiling kernel / booting from usb

2006-12-23 Thread walt
Haidut wrote: I've had no trouble installing Dfly directly on a 512MB USB memory stick just as I would on a normal HDD and it booted fine. Excellent work. I think a feat like that should be explained in the DragonFly wiki. I know I would like to try it :o) I'm curious about things like: did

Re: compiling kernel / booting from usb

2006-12-23 Thread Armin Arh
On Sat, Dec 23, 2006 at 02:23:26PM -0800, walt wrote: Haidut wrote: I've had no trouble installing Dfly directly on a 512MB USB memory stick just as I would on a normal HDD and it booted fine. Excellent work. I think a feat like that should be explained in the DragonFly wiki. I know I

Re: compiling kernel / booting from usb

2006-12-23 Thread Haidut
See my answers below. I just don't have the time right now to write it into a wiki but if something is better than nothing right:-) On 12/23/06, walt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Haidut wrote: I've had no trouble installing Dfly directly on a 512MB USB memory stick just as I would on a normal HDD