On Wed, 9 Aug 2017 09:20:29 -0600 (MDT) Swift Griggs <[email protected]> wrote:
Greetings, Programs! ;-) >> ZFS seemed like the better (and easier) solution for me at the >> time. > ZFS seems more simple to me, too. However, RAIDframe is stable and > usable, too. I never doubted the RAIDframe for a minute. :-) I am sure it's stable an usable. However, setting it up would have been quite a hassle because I wanted the data on the volume to be encrypted, without sacrificing the whole point of the RAID (like being able to replace a single broken drive). Note on this: I have built several computers in my life with four or five HDs in them, only to see one of the HDs go bad within 6-9 months, while the others all lasted well past their warranty expiration dates. You might say, I have a slight bias here. :-) Doing this with ZFS on FreeBSD was relatively trivial: partition the drives (in my case, GPT, one partition per drive), create a cryptographic device (.eli) on each partition and then create a zpool across all .eli devices. Replacing a drive would be trivial too. I'm not sure exactly, why I didn't like the RAIDframe for doing this. If memory serves me, I believe that the RAIDframe would only work on physical devices and not atop cgds. I would have had to create the RAID volume and create the cgd on top of that, which could potentially leave a mess. Please take this with a couple of grains of salt - more like a tablespoon. :-) It's a while back and it's possible that my memory is really lacking. >> For years I had an IBM Model-M, which I loved and never wanted to >> give up. An new computer forced me to give it up though because the >> new MoBo doesn't have a PS/2 port. :-/ > Use a USB to PS/2 converter dongle. They are cheap and available all > over the place. They also usually function as PS/2 repeater, so you > can plug and unplug the thing at will or use it on a PS/2 KVM. Noone could tell me where to get one that worked. There are lots of converters for PS/2 to USB and they work fine with mice and simple keyboards. The Model M seems to need too much juice to work. I bought and tried several of these things but never found one that made my Model M power up. > I'm a keyboard nut and I have multiple IBM models, including the M. Which one is your personal preference? >> A message I get while booting up is: ukbd1: attach failed, too >> many modifier keys > Whoa. That's a new one on me. Usually you can use usbhidctl and > usbhidaction to program those keys (though I've had problems with > usbhidaction lately). Still, at worst, the keyboards mostly still > work. It was new to me too. Ok, I never tried a USB-keyboard with NetBSD before. The last time I went with the Model M. :-) > If it were me I'd hunt down that message in the kernel code and try > to find out what the error condition was when it's thrown. Also, what > prevents you from running it in BIOS mode? I find UEFI annoying even > if it is "the future". Does it give you some advantage? This *is* the way, I am currently using the keyboard. However, in BIOS mode, all additional keys (like media, windows, menu) as well as the volume wheel are disabled. I haven't tried if the German special characters (umlaute) work in this mode, but I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't. Unfortunately, I am not really into kernel hacking. I've always wanted to do something like this, but I have never really gotten down to it. Well, not much anyways. I have changed code in the Linux kernel before to get certain hardware to work properly, but I know too little about the NetBSD kernel to consider me changing kernel code to be a good idea. > Thanks, No problem! But why! I should be thanking you for taking the time: Thank you! Regards, Chris
