Re: Mergemaster Problem
On Fri, 24 Apr 2009, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:54:25 -0700 (PDT), Annelise Anderson wrote: I'm running mergemaster as root (-v -i -c) on an upgrade to stable (I rebooted with the new kernel but have not done the install) and can't run mergemaster, with result as follows: Default is to use /var/tmp/temproot as is How should I deal with this? [Use the existing /var/tmp/temproot] d *** Deleting the old /var/tmp/temproot *** Creating the temporary root environment in /var/tmp/temproot *** /var/tmp/temproot ready for use *** Creating and populating directory structure in /var/tmp/temproot *** Press the [Enter] or [Return] key to continue "/usr/src/etc/Makefile", line 34: Malformed conditional (${MK_AMD} != "no") "/usr/src/etc/Makefile", line 36: if-less endif [...] *** FATAL ERROR: Cannot 'cd' to /usr/src/etc and install files to the temproot environment Any suggestions? Hi Annelise, It seems you are running mergemaster with a new kernel but with the old make(1) binary across a major release update. Since part of the update process spawned by mergemaster depends on `make' and the `/usr/share/mk' files, you have to installworld before you can use the new megemaster script. The pre-buildworld mode of mergemaster (`mergemaster -p') should run fine even with an old userland and old `/usr/share/mk' files. But you should install everything before you run a full mergemaster update of all files in `/etc'. Right you are. Thanks. Now I understand what I was reading in UPDATING. Annelise ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Mergemaster Problem
I'm running mergemaster as root (-v -i -c) on an upgrade to stable (I rebooted with the new kernel but have not done the install) and can't run mergemaster, with result as follows: Default is to use /var/tmp/temproot as is How should I deal with this? [Use the existing /var/tmp/temproot] d *** Deleting the old /var/tmp/temproot *** Creating the temporary root environment in /var/tmp/temproot *** /var/tmp/temproot ready for use *** Creating and populating directory structure in /var/tmp/temproot *** Press the [Enter] or [Return] key to continue "/usr/src/etc/Makefile", line 34: Malformed conditional (${MK_AMD} != "no") "/usr/src/etc/Makefile", line 36: if-less endif "/usr/src/etc/Makefile", line 38: Malformed conditional (${MK_APM} != "no") "/usr/src/etc/Makefile", line 40: if-less endif "/usr/src/etc/Makefile", line 42: Malformed conditional (${MK_BSNMP} != "no") "/usr/src/etc/Makefile", line 44: if-less endif "/usr/src/etc/Makefile", line 46: Malformed conditional (${MK_FREEBSD_UPDATE} != "no") "/usr/src/etc/Makefile", line 48: if-less endif "/usr/src/etc/Makefile", line 50: Malformed conditional (${MK_LOCATE} != "no") "/usr/src/etc/Makefile", line 52: if-less endif "/usr/src/etc/Makefile", line 58: Malformed conditional (${MK_MAIL} != "no") "/usr/src/etc/Makefile", line 60: if-less endif "/usr/src/etc/Makefile", line 79: Malformed conditional (${MK_PORTSNAP} != "no") "/usr/src/etc/Makefile", line 81: if-less endif "/usr/src/etc/Makefile", line 218: Malformed conditional (${MK_PPP} != "no") "/usr/src/etc/Makefile", line 221: if-less endif "/usr/src/etc/Makefile", line 222: Malformed conditional (${MK_MAIL} != "no") "/usr/src/etc/Makefile", line 230: if-less endif make: fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue *** FATAL ERROR: Cannot 'cd' to /usr/src/etc and install files to the temproot environment Any suggestions? Annelise ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Fetchmail problem
Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:11:13 -0700, Annelise Anderson wrote: Mel Flynn wrote: On Monday 20 April 2009 09:12:32 Annelise Anderson wrote: Fbsd1 wrote: Annelise Anderson wrote: I am trying to use fetchmail on FreeBSD but get the message: fetchmail: SMTP< 451 4.1.8 Domain of sender address owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org does not resolve The question isn't whether you can resolve it, but whether your mailserver can. Check your mail log for the smtp server. If the mailserver is chrooted, check for $chrootdir/etc/resolv.conf. I don't know how to read sendmail.st, but the mailserver (sendmail) is not chrooted. In /var/log/messages I get this, but it doesn't seem to relate to anything in /etc/mail/sendmail.cf: Apr 18 02:56:07 andrsn sm-mta[24419]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): /etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 1: unknown configuration line "7A " Apr 18 02:56:07 andrsn sm-mta[24419]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): /etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 2: invalid argument to V line: "E RSIONID(\001FreeBSD: s" Hmmm, it looks like your `sendmail.cf' has been overwritten by an unexpanded copy of `sendmail.mc'. What do you see with: % diff -u /etc/mail/freebsd.mc /etc/mail/sendmail.cf If this shows only a few lines of local changes, then you should keep a backup copy of the current `/etc/mail/sendmail.cf' file and then try to macro-expand it with the `/etc/mail/Makefile' machinery to generate a real `sendmail.cf' file... Thanks--to all who helped--I think I've got it working now. Annelise ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Fetchmail problem
Mel Flynn wrote: On Monday 20 April 2009 09:12:32 Annelise Anderson wrote: Fbsd1 wrote: Annelise Anderson wrote: I am trying to use fetchmail on FreeBSD but get the message: fetchmail: SMTP< 451 4.1.8 Domain of sender address owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org does not resolve The question isn't whether you can resolve it, but whether your mailserver can. Check your mail log for the smtp server. If the mailserver is chrooted, check for $chrootdir/etc/resolv.conf. I don't know how to read sendmail.st, but the mailserver (sendmail) is not chrooted. In /var/log/messages I get this, but it doesn't seem to relate to anything in /etc/mail/sendmail.cf: Apr 18 02:56:07 andrsn sm-mta[24419]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): /etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 1: unknown configuration line "7A " Apr 18 02:56:07 andrsn sm-mta[24419]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): /etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 2: invalid argument to V line: "E RSIONID(\001FreeBSD: s" Apr 18 02:56:07 andrsn sm-mta[24419]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): /etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 6: fileclass: cannot open 'ATURE( access_db,': No such file or directory Apr 18 02:56:07 andrsn sm-mta[24419]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): /etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 7: fileclass: cannot open 'ATURE( blacklist_recipients)': No such file or directory Apr 18 02:56:07 andrsn sm-mta[24419]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): /etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 8: fileclass: cannot open 'ATURE( local_lmtp)': No such file or directory Apr 18 02:56:07 andrsn sm-mta[24419]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): /etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 9: fileclass: cannot open 'ATURE( mailertable,': No such file or directory Apr 18 02:56:07 andrsn sm-mta[24419]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): /etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 10: fileclass: cannot open 'ATURE (virtusertable,': No such file or directory Apr 18 02:56:07 andrsn sm-mta[24419]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): /etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 17: unknown configuration line "/ etc/mail/local-host-names and comment out the second line." Apr 18 02:56:07 andrsn sm-mta[24419]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): /etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 24: MAILER(local): A= argument re quired Apr 18 02:56:07 andrsn sm-mta[24419]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): /etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 25: MAILER(smtp): A= argument req uired Apr 18 02:56:07 andrsn sm-mta[24419]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): No local mailer defined Apr 18 02:56:07 andrsn sm-mta[24419]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): QueueDirectory (Q) option must be set ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Fetchmail problem
Fbsd1 wrote: Annelise Anderson wrote: I am trying to use fetchmail on FreeBSD but get the message: fetchmail: SMTP< 451 4.1.8 Domain of sender address owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org does not resolve I can send mail out from the box but can't fetch mail. Annelise ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" post your .fetchmailrc config file I'm running fetchmail from the command line (haven't created a ..fetchmailrc file): fetchmail -v -k -p POP3 -u myusername my.mail.host I can ping freebsd.org, and get a response from nslookup. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Fetchmail problem
I am trying to use fetchmail on FreeBSD but get the message: fetchmail: SMTP< 451 4.1.8 Domain of sender address owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org does not resolve I can send mail out from the box but can't fetch mail. Annelise ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Apache 1.3 Problems
On Wed, 17 Sep 2008, Ian Smith wrote: On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:48:48 +1000 (EST) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From a digest post, trimming a bit .. > >>> After 3 years, by apache 1.3 server quite working. It shows a > >>> PID, it's running, it can be stopped and restarted, and from FreeBSD > >>> the home page comes up using lynx http://andrsn.stanford.edu > >>> > >>> But from outside, it times out. > >>> > >>> I have run the texts for valid configuration (I haven't changed > >>> anything) and I actually rebooted the machine. The texts are okay and > >>> rebooting doesn't help. > >>> > >>> The machine is pingable. It's running FreeBSD 5.5 or so. > >>> > >>> What to do next? > >>> > >>> Annelise > >>> ___ > >> > >> Hmm.. > >> Can it connect to the outside world at all itself? Has the network > >> changed > >> at all recently? Did the server restart at all and if so are the > >> firewall > >> rules (if any) permitting external traffic? > >> > >> You could check the apache logs to see if any external connections are > >> getting through to the box at all, too. > >> > >> Is the lynx test connecting from the same box to itself? or from another > >> FreeBSD box..? > > > >>From the same box to itself. What about from other boxes 'inside' your domain? > >> -- > >> Also, what Chris said would cover most of these. :) > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Mark > > > > Chris wrote: > > > >>Sounds like a (probebly external) firewall issue. Just because pings get > >>through, doesn't mean the http requests are. > > > > No firewall on my machine. No, but there are (hopefully :) Stanford firewall/s between you and the outside world. Might they have upgraded policy about allowing inbound port 80 connections to boxes not known/expected to be running servers? > >>I'd run ngrep or tcpdump on the console and double-check that the packets > >>are actually making it to the server. > > > >>Also, do a "sockstat -4" and make sure it's listening on the approprate > >>IP. > > > > Thank you both-- > > > > sockstat -4 show that it's listening on *:80, which is right. > > Neither tcpdump (assuming I'm reading it correcting) nor httpd-access.log > > shows any tcp packets at all getting through except when lynx is run > > from the machine on which apache is running after Sept 12 at 2:12 a.m. > > Thus, I assume packets are not getting to the server, except when > > requested from the local machine. Sounds like your machine is setup ok, but inbound tcp setup packets are apparently getting blocked upstream. > > email and ftp are working--and I can log into the machine remotely-- > > so stuff is getting out and in. tcpdump shows a lot of other activity, Specific like 'tcpdump -pn -i $iface tcp port 80' quells other noise. > > So, I'm stumped. > > > > Annelise Ok, ping and DNS look fine. I (also) can traceroute your box this far: 14 bbrb-isp.Stanford.EDU (171.64.1.155) 193.489 ms 193.562 ms 195.603 ms 15 * * * 16 * * * 17 * * * 18 * *^C I don't know whether you allow inbound traceroutes? but the question now is, how many routers between you and and bbrb-isp.Stanford.EDU ? Can you show us a 'traceroute bbrb-isp.Stanford.EDU' from your machine? > This might sound like an odd test, but try configuring it to sit on a port > other than 80 (8080, for example) and seeing if you get the same problem > there. > > Cheers, > Mark If you're thinking what I'm thinking, 8080's just as unlikely to work :) cheers, Ian I think port 80 is being filtered. I have started talking to the admins. The traceroute looks like this-- andrsn 2:23PM ~ % traceroute bbrb-isp.Stanford.EDU traceroute to bbrb-isp.Stanford.EDU (171.64.1.155), 64 hops max, 40 byte packets 1 goz-srtr-vlan910.Stanford.EDU (171.66.112.1) 0.610 ms 0.571 ms 0.711 ms 2 * bbra-rtr.Stanford.EDU (172.20.4.1) 1.093 ms * 3 * * * 4 * * * and so forth indefinitely. When I filter out non-tcp traffic nothing shows up at all. I have not tried another port yet, but will do that now. Annelise ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: cron not running
On Thu, 28 Dec 2006, steve wrote: It has been a long time since I've had to post for help, so forgive me if this question is misplaced or stupid. I have a freebsd server running at home now for years with no problems. Over the years it has been rebooted a few times either on purpose or do to things like power failures. It has always started up without problems. On the 12/27 I shut down the server so I could physically clean the server (was getting kinda gross with dust balls and stuff). It started up no problems but rather curiously the cron service does not seem to be processing any jobs now. I am not sure where to go about figuring out what the problem is or how to fix it. I would greatly appreciate any help or guidance from people here on this issue. Steve www.digitalbluesky.net ___ You can use the ps command to find out if cron is running: ps aux | grep cron It should show you "/usr/sbin/cron" cron is started with defaults in /etc/defaults/rc.conf as modified by /etc/rc.conf. Annelise ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
FreeBSD Book for New Users Available in PDF Format
The book I wrote for users new to FreeBSD and Unix-- FreeBSD: An Open Source Operating System for Your Personal Computer-- is out of print now (although DeamonNews may have a few copies) and no longer available on Amazon, although they may still be listing the first edition. Many people have written to thank me for providing an introductory book for new users. This book is based on versions 4.1-4.11 of FreeBSD and doesn't cover 5.x or 6.x at all. But I continue to get requests for it. So it's available in pdf format on http://andrsn.stanford.edu/FreeBSD/introbook/ It's still copyrighted (I own the copyright) and so is available for personal use, not reprint. But feel free to download and print. Let me know if it doesn't work. Annelise ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: kldload snd_driver locks up 5.4-STABLE
On Sun, 16 Oct 2005, Andrew P. wrote: On 10/16/05, Annelise Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 5.4-STABLE on a Dell Optiplex GX620, there's an "Integrated AC97 Audio". dmesg says: pci0: at device 30.2 (no driver attached) If I try to load sound drivers with kldload, the machine locks up entirely and a reset is required. Perhaps the solution is just to "not do that", but if anyone knows anything about this, I'd be interested. Annelise Can you try to compile it in your kernel? I'm not sure what "it" is in this case--/usr/src/sys/i386/conf/NOTES has nothing about audio. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
kldload snd_driver locks up 5.4-STABLE
On 5.4-STABLE on a Dell Optiplex GX620, there's an "Integrated AC97 Audio". dmesg says: pci0: at device 30.2 (no driver attached) If I try to load sound drivers with kldload, the machine locks up entirely and a reset is required. Perhaps the solution is just to "not do that", but if anyone knows anything about this, I'd be interested. Annelise ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: sendmail not starting at boot
On Thu, 6 Oct 2005, Chuck Swiger wrote: Annelise Anderson wrote: On 5.4-STABLE as of October 1, sendmail doesn't start on reboot. I have to either do it by hand or run sh rc.sendmail (which does start it). There's no sendmail.sh in /usr/local/etc/rc.d. Sendmail is part of the FreeBSD base system by default, and not something in /usr/local. You should have a /etc/rc.d/sendmail RC script... Interesting, it was blank except for the first line. My failure to do anything but mergemaster -p. The rc.conf has sendmail_enable="YES" and I even changed this in /etc/defaults/rc.conf. Don't change /etc/defaults/rc.conf. Change /etc/rc.conf only. I supposed I could clip some of rc.sendmail and put in in a sendmail.sh file for /usr/local/etc/rc.d, but perhaps something more obvious is wrong. I want sendmail to be not only a local mta but to be the incoming and outgoing server. OK. Setting: sendmail_enable="YES" ...ought to do the trick, so something else is going on. Have you checked /var/log/messages and /var/log/maillog? Is your hostname set to a valid FQDN? Is local DNS working properly on that machine? Have you copied /etc/mail/freebsd.mc to /etc/mail/host.example.com.mc, editting that file if and as needed, and doing a "make all" in /etc/mail? See /etc/mail/README. Thank you for this and my apologies for a second copy of this message, which also went to the list after I added a smart relay host (nothing was going out beyond the stanford.edu domain, which I guess is something Stanford imposes). Annelise ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
sendmail not starting at boot
On 5.4-STABLE as of October 1, sendmail doesn't start on reboot. I have to either do it by hand or run sh rc.sendmail (which does start it). There's no sendmail.sh in /usr/local/etc/rc.d. The rc.conf has sendmail_enable="YES" and I even changed this in /etc/defaults/rc.conf. I supposed I could clip some of rc.sendmail and put in in a sendmail.sh file for /usr/local/etc/rc.d, but perhaps something more obvious is wrong. I want sendmail to be not only a local mta but to be the incoming and outgoing server. Thanks-- Annelise . ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Installed colors
On Fri, 22 Nov 2002, Peter Milne wrote: > What is the command to find out what colors Freebsd is capable of. I forgot it and >I cant seem to find it. > > Thanks, > > You might try ls -G or look at the man page for ls -- the LSCOLORS section. Annelise -- Annelise Anderson Author of: FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your PC Available from: BSDmall.com and amazon.com Book Website:http://www.bittreepress.com/FreeBSD/introbook/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
RE: Free BSD network Driver
On Wed, 24 Jul 2002, Barry Byrne wrote: Also, when you boot it should show up with a line beginning with xl0. You should, after boot, be able to find that line with dmesg | grep address, and also see it with ifconfig (and further configure it if this is not done in /etc/rc.conf.) > Johathan: > > It's supported out of the box with the xl driver. > > - Barry > > > To whom it may concern, I am try to find a driver to work with > > FreeBSD that > > will work for my 3Com Fast EatherLink XL adapter please respond to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Annelise -- Annelise Anderson Author of: FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your PC Available from: BSDmall.com and amazon.com Book Website:http://www.bittreepress.com/FreeBSD/introbook/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Book "FreeBSD: An Open-Source OS ..."
The copies of this book available from amazon.com (and probably from bsdmall.com as well, or at least soon) include a 4.6-RELEASE installation CD as well as a 4.4 installation CD. The book website has a few notes on differences, but the text of the book has not been changed. Annelise -- Annelise Anderson Author of: FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your PC Available from: BSDmall.com and amazon.com Book Website:http://www.bittreepress.com/FreeBSD/introbook/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: Using Memory Disks to Build World
On 11 Jul 2002, Steve Wingate wrote: > On Thu, 2002-07-11 at 00:03, Annelise Anderson wrote: > > I would like to do a make world with /usr/obj and /usr/src > > on memory disks (this system has 2GB RAM, so I figure 512MB > > for each ought to be enough). This is a 4.6-stable system. > > > > I created some md devices in /dev, but can't make > > mount_mfs work with something like > > mount_mfs -s 1048576 /dev/md0 /usr/src > > or mount_mfs -s 1048576 /dev/md0s1 /usr/src > > > What you want is: > mount_mfs -s 90 /dev/ad0s1b /usr/obj > ( for a 450MB'ish MFS) > > assuming that device is your swap. Incidentally I tried mounting obj & > src into MFS on this box then did 'make -jn world' with n going from 2 > to 16 and they were ALL slower than the simple 'make world' with > everything on disk. Since I can make world in 25 minutes already it > wasn't the end of the world, how I was sure this would've cut it to < 20 > minutes at least. > Thanks, that worked. Mine was a few minutes faster (just under 27 minutes) instead of 29 or so on the buildworld, where I used -j16. Peter Wemm said in an informal forum that the bottleneck is the "make" command, which has to start running a process before it will (if I have this right) begin another process. So with fast disks and softupdates, it doesn't help much use the memory file system. But heh, it was fun, and I learned how to do it, thanks to you and others. :) Annelise -- Annelise Anderson Author of: FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your PC Available from: BSDmall.com and amazon.com Book Website:http://www.bittreepress.com/FreeBSD/introbook/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: Using Memory Disks to Build World
On Thu, 11 Jul 2002, Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg wrote: > Annelise Anderson wrote: > > I would like to do a make world with /usr/obj and /usr/src > > on memory disks (this system has 2GB RAM, so I figure 512MB > > for each ought to be enough). This is a 4.6-stable system. > > > > I created some md devices in /dev, but can't make > > mount_mfs work with something like > > mount_mfs -s 1048576 /dev/md0 /usr/src > > or mount_mfs -s 1048576 /dev/md0s1 /usr/src > > > > Maybe I'm missing a step? These devices have not been > > disklabeled. > > > > Annelise > > > > I usually just use my swap as special device, like so: > mount_mfs -s 1048576 /dev/da0s1b /usr/obj > > AFAIK, you dont need to create any md devices in /dev to use > mount_mfs, but then again Im no expert on mfs. > Yes, but I don't want to use a swap partition--I wanted a memory disk in RAM, although perhaps this creates a RAM disk with swap as overflow; I'm not sure. Annelise -- Annelise Anderson Author of: FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your PC Available from: BSDmall.com and amazon.com Book Website:http://www.bittreepress.com/FreeBSD/introbook/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message