Bootstrapping usb flash
I have a Lacie Orange 7Gb usb flash drive, into which I've tried to install FreeBSD 6-RELEASE a couple of times. I've had no luck booting it, only a "invalid diskslice" -message after normal installation and boot. However, netbsd3 boots nicely with default install off the drive, as does archlinux after modifying the mkinitrd.conf a little. I was wondering if there is something I could do to make FreeBSD boot off it too, since it is the OS I would prefer. TIA ps. I'm not subscribed atm ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
dualboot winxp & freebsd
Hi, it seems it's so common knowledge to achieve this, that there isn't any info anywhere about it. So, I have a winxp hard disk at the end of a sata pci-card, and freebsd harddisk straight in the motherboard ide connection. So if both are connected, freebsd starts, and if I take cabled off the freebsd harddisk, windows starts. I cannot choose it from the bios that windows would make it first. So that rules out the solution from handbook, where it's done vice versa. Secondly, I wouldn't want any gag or grub or any other "external" programs; I'm quite sure freebsd's own bootloader can do it without problems. Question remains: how? I vaguely remember I had done it before. Thank you for your time, Mikko (using freebsd 5.4) PS: I'm not subscribed at the moment, I would appreciate if you could post a copy for me. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Script to merge mailinglist archives
Thanks everyone for the answers, but none of you really understood what I meant :) So let me rephrase. I have archived mailinglist mbox format files on my hd, downloaded from http://docs.freebsd.org/mail/ #ls 20021215.freebsd-questions 20040125.freebsd-questions 20021222.freebsd-questions 20040201.freebsd-questions 20021229.freebsd-questions 20040208.freebsd-questions 20021231.freebsd-questions 20040215.freebsd-questions 20030105.freebsd-questions 20040222.freebsd-questions 20030112.freebsd-questions 20040229.freebsd-questions 20030119.freebsd-questions 20040307.freebsd-questions 20030126.freebsd-questions 20040314.freebsd-questions 20030202.freebsd-questions 20040321.freebsd-questions 20030209.freebsd-questions 20040328.freebsd-questions 20030211.freebsd-questions 20040404.freebsd-questions 20030216.freebsd-questions 20040411.freebsd-questions 20030223.freebsd-questions 20040418.freebsd-questions 20030302.freebsd-questions 20040425.freebsd-questions 20030309.freebsd-questions 20040502.freebsd-questions 20030316.freebsd-questions 20040509.freebsd-questions 20030323.freebsd-questions 20040802.freebsd-questions 20030330.freebsd-questions 20041101.freebsd-questions 20030406.freebsd-questions 20041502.freebsd-questions 20030413.freebsd-questions 20041801.freebsd-questions 20030420.freebsd-questions 20042501.freebsd-questions Now as you can see, there are multiple mbox files per month. I would like to make a one-liner/script which would merge all the mboxes of every month to a single mbox representing that month. For the above mentioned files: #cat 200303* >> questions.0303 is how I do it manually, but doing this for each and every month for every year is painful (at least for lazy people like myself) So the question isn't about me, at this time, subscribed to mailinglist and wanting to put those files somewhere, I am already doing that with procmail, but I am not accepting mail from list always (actually quite rarely), so I would like to use the archives from the freebsd site, and after a while, just delete my own procmail created freebsd-questions mbox. Also isn't about unzipping the archives. Just to clarify. I'm 100% sure some awk guru can tell me a oneliner in 2 seconds. Mikko ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Script to merge mailinglist archives
Hi list. I've found archives of freebsd-questions mailinglist very useful. But I have found them difficult to search, as in one month there can be many archives, not just one per month. So I would like to merge all archives of the same month into a single mailbox containing all messages sent that month (I am aware this file could come quite large). I have a feeling this can be a simple shellscript/one-liner with some awk magic, but I am having hard time figuring out how to tackle the problem. I should somehow be able to compare a list of files which match the month, and cat >> results to a file whose filename comes that matched months last 2 digits of year+ 2 digits of month. And this for all the files in a directory containing, say, archives from 1998 -> 2005. Easy? Mikko ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: making music
Gert Cuykens > Does freebsd has programs to make music ? like sonar or logic or fruityloops ? If you know tracking, cheesetracker seems to be nice. Mikko ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: samba printing
On Mon, 2005-01-24 at 04:48, McCy Ron wrote: > I have/had the same problem - couldn't print to the Samba shared printer > until I found in the > "Handbook" a couple of line of code that were missing in my smb.conf > > [printers] >comment = Guttenburgs Pride >printable = yes >printing = BSD >printcap name = /etc/printcap >print command = /usr/bin/lpr -P%p -r %s >path = /var/spool/samba >min print space = 2000 >public = yes > > I've got a printcap setting that uses a "pass-through" filter. > Windows provides the drivers that talk to the printer correctly. BSD > need only pass the bytes through. > > ### > ### printcap setup for Samba printer share.. > > broxima|hplj4|Samba Laser:\ > :sh:\ > :lp=/dev/lpt0:sd=/var/spool/output/broxima:\ > :lf=/var/log/smbprt-errs:\ > :if=/usr/libexec/pass-prt:\ > > ### pass-prt ..Pass through filter > #!/bin/sh > /bin/cat && exit 0 > exit Right you are about the pass-through. I read from a webpage where there was used a printcap entry with "raw" -driver. I understand it accomplishes the same as the pass-through filter. Correct me if I'm wrong. I've done some more digging, and found the following to put into the samba configuration file. smb.conf: print command = "/usr/bin/lpr -P%S /var/spool/samba/%s; /bin/rm /var/spool/samba/%s; /bin/echo %T %U %M %I %a %S>> /var/spool/samba/smbprint.log" Which, ofcourse, keeps appending to the file, so one might want to logrotate it. So now it is working. Hope this helps others who have struggled to get it work. Oh, and by the way, samba version is 2.2.8a. Mikko ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: samba printing
On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 23:06, Andras Kende wrote: > Hello, > > > Looks like the spool directories are different in /etc/printcap and > in smb.conf: > > sd=/var/spool/raw: > > path = /var/spool/samba > > Try to set to the same path, also make sure windows user has > Enough privileges to write to spool directory... > > Best regards, > > Andras Kende Hi, Appreciate the answer, but to my understanding, the two spool directories need to be separate. From the samba documentation: "Successful printing from a Windows client via a Samba print server to a UNIX printer involves six (potentially seven) stages: 3.Windows sends a copy of the print file over the network into Samba's spooling area. 5. Samba invokes the print command to hand the file over to the UNIX print subsystem's spooling area." I am naturally with admin priviledges on windows side. I am though almost certain it is some little configuration err. As always. Mikko ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
samba printing
Hi list, I'm having hard time getting printing working from samba winXP client to a printer parallelport connected to my FreeBSD-4.10-release box. I have a HP Laserjet 1200 -printer, and am using LPD and apsfilter with postscript driver as suggested by linuxprinting.org. Everything works real well under BSD, but I am unable to get any output to printer from the Windows box. I have gathered different bits and pieces from around the net and manuals, and have come up with the following: /etc/printcap: lp|PS;r=1200x1200;q=medium;c=full;p=a4;m=auto:\ :lp=/dev/lpt0:\ :if=/usr/local/etc/apsfilter/basedir/bin/apsfilter:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\ :lf=/var/spool/lpd/lp/log:\ :af=/var/spool/lpd/lp/acct:\ :mx#0:\ :sh: raw|hp|HP LaserJet 1200:\ :lp=/dev/lpt0:\ :sd=/var/spool/raw:\ :lf=/var/spool/raw/log:\ :af=/var/spool/raw/acct:\ :mx#0:\ :sf:\ :sh: $ ls -ld /var/spool/lpd/lp drwxr-xr-x 2 root daemon 512 Jan 23 19:59 /var/spool/lpd/lp $ ls -ld /var/spool/raw/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Jan 23 19:57 /var/spool/raw/ /usr/local/etc/smb.conf: [global] hosts allow 10.0.0. security = user encrypt passwords = yes socket options = TCP_NODELAY client code page=850 wins support = yes printing = bsd printcap name = /etc/printcap [lp] comment = Laserjet 1200 path = /var/spool/samba printer name = raw public = yes writeable = no printable = yes $ ls -ld /var/spool/samba/ drwxrwxrwt 2 root wheel 512 Jan 23 20:03 /var/spool/samba/ In the Windows box, I've added a local printer with the "Add new printer wizard" pointing it to lpt1-port. After that, I have opened a command prompt, and typed "net use lpt1: \\10.0.0.1\lp". I have filesharing also in samba, and that works without problems. My windows username and password are same as samba username and password. However, as said, nothing gets printed. No files are in the spooldirectories. I do not know how to proceed, and would love some guidance. Thanks, Mikko ps. would hate to have to put it into windows box, as printer supports PS. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
linux emulation
I've been wondering about this some time now. The linux compatibility layer (kernel module + linux_base -port) is told to be able to run linux binaries. The handbook even describes for a couple of heavy-duty applications how this is done. However, after reading that part of the handbook and googling around the net, I haven't the slightest idea how I'm supposed to run such program. Let's say I have a program. Should I put it in /compat/linux/somewhere, run it like /compat/linux/somewhere/executable and it just somehow works? Or should I chroot to /compat/linux? How does FreeBSD know when to use linuxemu? How does it handle, say, stuff in /dev? Specifically when there aren't things like ethn in there. Man linux is kinda short. Sorry if my question is reallyreally stupid. Thanks, Mikko ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Ntpd assistance
alden.pierre wrote: /etc/rc.conf contains the following: ntpdate_enable="YES" ntpdate_flags="timex.cs.columbia.edu" xntpd_enable="YES"# Run ntpd Network Time Protocol /etc/ntpd.conf contains the following: driftfile/etc/ntp/drift server 65.211.109.1 server 65.211.109.11 server 209.51.161.238 server 128.59.59.177 Am I doing something wrong here? My time seems to go out of sync after my FreeBSD 4.10 box has been up for a couple of hours. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank You Alden Louis-Pierre ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" man ntpd and ntpdate show that these are two different things. Ntpdate makes clock sync in restart, xntpd keeps it that way. ntpdate, to my understanding, doesn't use the config file. Mikko ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Soundcards on 6-current
kstewart > > On Saturday 11 September 2004 11:56 am, Lucas Holt wrote: > > BEGIN RANT > > Why is everyone running 6 current and expecting it to work? They > > just created that branch recently and I seriously doubt that its even > > close to usable. We could run 5-Current because it was pretty far > > along.. 6 is "new". Thanks people for the answers. Now about the rant; I only ran 5.x because 4.10 didn't undestand UFS2, and I was stuck to start again with 5.x. Doing that with the only burned cd I had home, 5.1, I guessed I had to do some cvsupping before getting things to work properly, and used the standard-supfile for it to get anything to work at all. So there's my reason. I remembered there shouldn't be any questions on latest devel version on here, so I am sorry about that. Mikko ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Soundcards on 6-current
Hi, Is there support on 6.0-current for soundcards? I put the usual device pcm on kernconf, but it says it don't know about that. I tried device sound, it compiles, but there don't come support. If it's not supposed to, sorry for this message. Thank you for your time, Mikko ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
