Re: Backup of OpenBSD to Linux box

2015-06-14 Thread ludovic coues
2015-06-15 8:46 GMT+02:00 Bernd Schoeller :
> Hi -
>
> I have got an OpenBSD box, and I would like to create regular full backups
> of that box to a Linux server at a different location.
>
> The main purpose of this backup is to be able to restore the OpenBSD box on
> a severe hardware failure (HD corruption, fire, etc.). If possible, the
> backup should be incremental as I am somewhat bandwidth constrained between
> the two sites.
>
> There are a number of remote backup systems floating around (rdiff-backup,
> rsnapshot, etc.) and of course there are in-house solutions (dump/restore),
> though I don't know if these are interoperable.
>
> Is there somebody on the list who has a similar setup and could point me at
> a solution that works for him/her?
>
> Thanks,
> Bernd
>

You should have a look at `man 8 dump`.

-- 

Cordialement, Coues Ludovic
+336 148 743 42



Backup of OpenBSD to Linux box

2015-06-14 Thread Bernd Schoeller

Hi -

I have got an OpenBSD box, and I would like to create regular full 
backups of that box to a Linux server at a different location.


The main purpose of this backup is to be able to restore the OpenBSD box 
on a severe hardware failure (HD corruption, fire, etc.). If possible, 
the backup should be incremental as I am somewhat bandwidth constrained 
between the two sites.


There are a number of remote backup systems floating around 
(rdiff-backup, rsnapshot, etc.) and of course there are in-house 
solutions (dump/restore), though I don't know if these are interoperable.


Is there somebody on the list who has a similar setup and could point me 
at a solution that works for him/her?


Thanks,
Bernd



Re: GROUP CHANGED

2015-06-14 Thread Theo de Raadt
> > Yes, it was on the su(1) man page...it's still in their docs:
> > 
> > http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/su-invocation.html#index-fascism-2365
> > 
> > So welcome to the oppressive, totalitarian regime of *BSD.  If you've got
> > root, be sure to claim your free pair of hobnailed boots to place on the
> > necks of your users.  CEMENT THE POWER!
> 
> This is all you need to know;
> "(This section is by Richard Stallman.)" 
> 
> Or, "Warning; delusional nut job about to pontificate."

Well there is this funny story about when I hacked into RMS's
firmware-driven keyboard controller, and managed to grap his root
password.

Later there was another user (who obviously should never have root),
but since there was no wheel group.



Re: GROUP CHANGED

2015-06-14 Thread Eric Furman
On Sun, Jun 14, 2015, at 06:14 PM, andrew fabbro wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 10:17 AM, Marc Espie  wrote:
> 
> > Note that the description of "wheel" characteristics
> > in FSF's Linux used to be hilarious.
> >
> 
> Yes, it was on the su(1) man page...it's still in their docs:
> 
> http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/su-invocation.html#index-fascism-2365
> 
> So welcome to the oppressive, totalitarian regime of *BSD.  If you've got
> root, be sure to claim your free pair of hobnailed boots to place on the
> necks of your users.  CEMENT THE POWER!

This is all you need to know;
"(This section is by Richard Stallman.)" 

Or, "Warning; delusional nut job about to pontificate."



Re: GROUP CHANGED

2015-06-14 Thread Joel Rees
My memories of Debiandora are fading slightly, but, ...

2015/06/15 8:53 "Rick Hanson" :
>
> From the linux su man page:
>
> > This version of su uses PAM for authentication, account and session
> > management.  Some configuration options found in other su
> > implementations, such as support for a wheel group, have to be
> > configured via PAM.
>
> So, you see, the jack-booted thug "rulers" have already "cement[ed]
> the[ir] power" in GNU/Linux.  O Freedom!  We knew ye not as our
> fathers did, who roamed without fetters on the Twenex fields of yore!
> ;)
>
> On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 6:14 PM, andrew fabbro  wrote:
> >
> > Yes, it was on the su(1) man page...it's still in their docs:
> >
> >
http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/su-invocation.html#index-fascism-2365
> >
> > So welcome to the oppressive, totalitarian regime of *BSD.  If you've
got
> > root, be sure to claim your free pair of hobnailed boots to place on the
> > necks of your users.  CEMENT THE POWER!

... I think the numeric id for wheel group in Linux is not 0.

Which is relevant to the OP's misplaced concerns.

(Not to mention the topic of power grabs.)



Re: GROUP CHANGED

2015-06-14 Thread Rick Hanson
>From the linux su man page:

> This version of su uses PAM for authentication, account and session
> management.  Some configuration options found in other su
> implementations, such as support for a wheel group, have to be
> configured via PAM.

So, you see, the jack-booted thug "rulers" have already "cement[ed]
the[ir] power" in GNU/Linux.  O Freedom!  We knew ye not as our
fathers did, who roamed without fetters on the Twenex fields of yore!
;)

On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 6:14 PM, andrew fabbro  wrote:
>
> Yes, it was on the su(1) man page...it's still in their docs:
>
> http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/su-invocation.html#index-fascism-2365
>
> So welcome to the oppressive, totalitarian regime of *BSD.  If you've got
> root, be sure to claim your free pair of hobnailed boots to place on the
> necks of your users.  CEMENT THE POWER!
>
> --
> andrew fabbro
> and...@fabbro.org
> blog: https://raindog308.com



Re: sogo, httpd(8) and the rewrite need

2015-06-14 Thread Reyk Floeter
> On 14.06.2015, at 18:08, Joel Carnat  wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I was going to install SOGo on OpenBSD 5.7 using the native httpd(8).
> In the readme, there are configuration examples for nginx and 
> apache-httpd-openbsd. Nothing for the new httpd.
> There are rewrite/redirect features that I can’t figure out how to setup with 
> httpd(8).
> 
> nginx example:
>location = /principals/
>{
>rewrite ^ http://$server_name/SOGo/dav;
>allow all;
>}
> 
> apache-httpd-openbsd example:
> RedirectMatch ^/principals/$ http://127.0.0.1:8800/SOGo/dav/
> 
> Is it possible to achieve such feature with httpd and/or relayd ?
> 

Kind of. You could try something like:

location "/principals/" {
block return 301 "http://$SERVER_NAME/SOGo/dav/";
}

Replace $SERVER_NAME with the IP, or add $SERVER_PORT, if required.

Reyk



Re: GROUP CHANGED

2015-06-14 Thread andrew fabbro
On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 10:17 AM, Marc Espie  wrote:

> Note that the description of "wheel" characteristics
> in FSF's Linux used to be hilarious.
>

Yes, it was on the su(1) man page...it's still in their docs:

http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/su-invocation.html#index-fascism-2365

So welcome to the oppressive, totalitarian regime of *BSD.  If you've got
root, be sure to claim your free pair of hobnailed boots to place on the
necks of your users.  CEMENT THE POWER!

-- 
andrew fabbro
and...@fabbro.org
blog: https://raindog308.com



sogo, httpd(8) and the rewrite need

2015-06-14 Thread Joel Carnat
Hi,

I was going to install SOGo on OpenBSD 5.7 using the native httpd(8).
In the readme, there are configuration examples for nginx and 
apache-httpd-openbsd. Nothing for the new httpd.
There are rewrite/redirect features that I can’t figure out how to setup with 
httpd(8).

nginx example:
location = /principals/
{
rewrite ^ http://$server_name/SOGo/dav;
allow all;
}

apache-httpd-openbsd example:
RedirectMatch ^/principals/$ http://127.0.0.1:8800/SOGo/dav/

Is it possible to achieve such feature with httpd and/or relayd ?

Thanks.



Re: Major improvement in CPU temperatures for -current

2015-06-14 Thread frantisek holop
thinkpad x60s here, copying 130G
from one encrypted softraid
to another one: 86-89C down to 71-74C.

now i need to buy an extra heater :(

this is some great news for my testies,
our great thanks in the name of the whole family :)

-f
-- 
one family builds a wall, two families enjoy it.



Re: partition alignment and advanced format drives

2015-06-14 Thread frantisek holop
Theo de Raadt, 14 Jun 2015 12:15:
> > some modern linux distros (and win7) use 2048 sectors
> > as offset for their first partition, an alignment of
> > 1MB.  openbsd's fdisk uses 64.  one thing it does not
> > do is creating partition sizes divisble 
> 
> you have confused yourself.

my mistake here, that was an unfinished train of thought
that i moved to the bottom of the email and forgot to
delete here.  sorry about that.

i did not mean to imply openbsd is doing anything
wrong.  quite the contrary.


> > 3. non-aligned
> > offset: [63]
> >   339.51 real 4.46 user 5.63 sys
> 
> 
> > quite a difference.
> 
> Quite a difference WHAT??  Noone uses a non-pow2 alignment.  Everyone
> aligns -- everyone, except you, in this bogus test.  This is not a
> matter of science.  Your message is very confusing since the length of
> it subtly hints OpenBSD is doing something wrong, and we are not.

yes, i can see how you came to that conclusion me
forgetting to delete that half sentence up there.
but it is exactly the contrary.

the whole point of this email was to show how fdisk
is doing the correct thing, and that there is
no difference performance-wise between 64 and 2048
sector offsets.

the misaligned partition example was simply to see the
hard drive firmware in action on non-aligned
partitions.  i used openbsd's fdisk to set up this
non-aligment, but i did not mean to imply that fdisk is
doing something wrong.  i did not include all the
commands because it would have made the mail
excessively long, but it would have shown clearly that
by default fdisk will not create misaligned partitions.
again, my mistake.


> > one thing fdisk does not seem to do yet:
> > 
> > generate partition sizes divisible by 8.
> > while maybe not necessary on an openbsd only system,
> > in multiboot configurations it might be a matter
> > of being a good neighbour in cases where openbsd
> > is not the last partition on the disk.
> 
> So you are the one concerned about this.  And you already have a setup
> to test with.  So why don't you try writing a diff -- instead of
> trying to pawn your problem off on someone else?

i wasn't trying to pawn my problems on others, but it
is true that i am floating this idea around, becasue so
far i have not seen any discussion about the merit of
this idea.

-f
-- 
a true friend knows who you are... but likes you anyway.



Re: partition alignment and advanced format drives

2015-06-14 Thread Theo de Raadt
> i got curious how visible this speed difference would
> be, so while i was setting up the disk anyway, i made
> this unscientific experiment.
> 
> some modern linux distros (and win7) use 2048 sectors
> as offset for their first partition, an alignment of
> 1MB.  openbsd's fdisk uses 64.  one thing it does not
> do is creating partition sizes divisble 

you have confused yourself.

> 1. openbsd default
> offset: [64]
>   280.28 real 6.32 user 7.59 sys

> 2. linux style
> offset: [2048]
>   280.78 real 6.99 user 6.01 sys

So no difference at all between those two.

> 3. non-aligned
> offset: [63]
>   339.51 real 4.46 user 5.63 sys


> quite a difference.

Quite a difference WHAT??  Noone uses a non-pow2 alignment.  Everyone
aligns -- everyone, except you, in this bogus test.  This is not a
matter of science.  Your message is very confusing since the length of
it subtly hints OpenBSD is doing something wrong, and we are not.

> one thing fdisk does not seem to do yet:
> 
> generate partition sizes divisible by 8.
> while maybe not necessary on an openbsd only system,
> in multiboot configurations it might be a matter
> of being a good neighbour in cases where openbsd
> is not the last partition on the disk.

So you are the one concerned about this.  And you already have a setup
to test with.  So why don't you try writing a diff -- instead of
trying to pawn your problem off on someone else?



partition alignment and advanced format drives

2015-06-14 Thread frantisek holop
i was putting a 2.5" 500G WD disk into a usb enclosure
and i noticed that instead of technical information
they used to put there (chs, lba, etc) most of the
space was taken up by a notice about this being
"advenced format drive", and how speed will suffer if
used with windows xp, etc, without partition
realignment.

and it had jumpers -- i haven't seen jumpers on drives
for ages.  IIUC, the jumpers can be used to indicate an
"offset-by-one": make LBA 63 aligned on hardware
sector.  quite the backwards compatibility.


i got curious how visible this speed difference would
be, so while i was setting up the disk anyway, i made
this unscientific experiment.

some modern linux distros (and win7) use 2048 sectors
as offset for their first partition, an alignment of
1MB.  openbsd's fdisk uses 64.  one thing it does not
do is creating partition sizes divisble 


1. openbsd default

Disk: sd3   geometry: 60801/255/63 [976773168 Sectors]
Offset: 0   Signature: 0xAA55
Starting Ending LBA Info:
 #: id  C   H   S -  C   H   S [   start:size ]
---
 0: 00  0   0   0 -  0   0   0 [   0:   0 ] unused
 1: 00  0   0   0 -  0   0   0 [   0:   0 ] unused
 2: 00  0   0   0 -  0   0   0 [   0:   0 ] unused
*3: A6  0   1   2 -  60800 254  63 [  64:   976768001 ] OpenBSD

partition: [a]
offset: [64]
size: [976768001]
FS type: [4.2BSD]
Rounding size to bsize (64 sectors): 976768000

# time newfs /dev/rsd3a
/dev/rsd3a: 476937.5MB in 976768000 sectors of 512 bytes
586 cylinder groups of 814.44MB, 26062 blocks, 52224 inodes each
super-block backups (for fsck -b #) at:
...
 972425408, 974093376, 975761344,
  280.28 real 6.32 user 7.59 sys


2. linux style

Disk: sd3   geometry: 60801/255/63 [976773168 Sectors]
Offset: 0   Signature: 0xAA55
Starting Ending LBA Info:
 #: id  C   H   S -  C   H   S [   start:size ]
---
 0: 00  0   0   0 -  0   0   0 [   0:   0 ] unused
 1: 00  0   0   0 -  0   0   0 [   0:   0 ] unused
 2: 00  0   0   0 -  0   0   0 [   0:   0 ] unused
*3: A6  0  32  33 -  60800 254  63 [2048:   976766017 ] OpenBSD

partition: [a]
offset: [2048]
size: [976766017]
FS type: [4.2BSD]
Rounding size to bsize (64 sectors): 976766016

# time newfs /dev/rsd3a
/dev/rsd3a: 476936.5MB in 976766016 sectors of 512 bytes
586 cylinder groups of 814.44MB, 26062 blocks, 52224 inodes each
super-block backups (for fsck -b #) at:
...
 972425408, 974093376, 975761344,
  280.78 real 6.99 user 6.01 sys


3. non-aligned

Disk: sd3   geometry: 60801/255/63 [976773168 Sectors]
Offset: 0   Signature: 0xAA55
Starting Ending LBA Info:
 #: id  C   H   S -  C   H   S [   start:size ]
---
 0: 00  0   0   0 -  0   0   0 [   0:   0 ] unused
 1: 00  0   0   0 -  0   0   0 [   0:   0 ] unused
 2: 00  0   0   0 -  0   0   0 [   0:   0 ] unused
*3: A6  0   1   1 -  60800 254  63 [  63:   976768002 ] OpenBSD

partition: [a]
offset: [63]
size: [976768002]
FS type: [4.2BSD]
Rounding size to bsize (64 sectors): 976768001

# time newfs /dev/rsd3a
/dev/rsd3a: 476937.5MB in 976768000 sectors of 512 bytes
586 cylinder groups of 814.44MB, 26062 blocks, 52224 inodes each
super-block backups (for fsck -b #) at:
...
 972425408, 974093376, 975761344,
  339.51 real 4.46 user 5.63 sys

quite a difference.


one thing fdisk does not seem to do yet:

generate partition sizes divisible by 8.
while maybe not necessary on an openbsd only system,
in multiboot configurations it might be a matter
of being a good neighbour in cases where openbsd
is not the last partition on the disk.

-f
-- 
i'm so close to hell i can almost see vegas!



Re: GROUP CHANGED

2015-06-14 Thread Marc Espie
On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 04:46:53PM +0200, Max Power wrote:
> Thank You Gilles for Your reply.
> 
> Only the group is changed.
> But why the owner is remained the same [root]?
> On OpenBSD, I can not get root:root ?

Tradition.

Note that the description of "wheel" characteristics 
in FSF's Linux used to be hilarious.



Re: Major improvement in CPU temperatures for -current

2015-06-14 Thread Henrik Friedrichsen
Can confirm this. Quite a significant change on my Thinkpad X220.
Thanks a lot!



Re: GROUP CHANGED

2015-06-14 Thread Bernte
Groups and users are actually just numbers, the mapping to names happens
in the /etc/passwd and /etc/group files.

On Linux, user 0 is 'root' and group 0 is 'root'.

On BSDs, user 0 is 'root', but group 0 is 'wheel'.

Check the /etc/group file on both systems, and you will see.

Bernd

On 14/06/15 15:46, Max Power wrote:
> Thank You Gilles for Your reply.
> 
> Only the group is changed.
> But why the owner is remained the same [root]?
> On OpenBSD, I can not get root:root ?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
>> On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 04:32:18PM +0200, Max Power wrote:
>>> Hi guys!
>>>
>>> I copied my files from Debian [ext4] to my new server OpenBSD [5.7
>>> amd64],
>>> and I found that all files of 'ROOT' group were imported [in OpenBSD] in
>>> the 'Wheel' group.
>>> Why is this?
>>>
>>> [Owner is the same, there is no change.]
>>>
>>> Thank fro reply.
>>>
>>
>> wheel is the new root.
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel_(Unix_term)
>>
>> --
>> Gilles Chehade
>>
>> https://www.poolp.org  @poolpOrg



Re: sh(1), ksh(1) - lack of information about default sourcefile.

2015-06-14 Thread Black Rider
El Sun, 14 Jun 2015 16:19:58 +0100, Maurice McCarthy escribió:
> The file itself says it is for default for root.

My bad, that is true.

An user here had noticed that some shell variables existed in his shell 
even if no /etc/profile nor ~/.profile (nor other files listed in sh(1) 
and ksh(1)) existed. We wondered where the defaults came from and we only 
could find the /.profile file (which, as you have pointed, is not the 
source of these variables).

Some further investigation suggest these variables could come from /etc/
login.conf.



Re: sh(1), ksh(1) - lack of information about default sourcefile.

2015-06-14 Thread Maurice McCarthy
On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 02:48:17PM + or thereabouts, Black Rider wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> I have noticed that the ksh and sh manpages don't make reference to the 
> file /.profile, which I understand to hold the default shell variables if 
> the other source files listed on the manuals don't exist.
> 

The file itself says it is for default for root.

$ cat /.profile
# $OpenBSD: dot.profile,v 1.9 2010/12/13 12:54:31 millert Exp $
#
# sh/ksh initialization

PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin
export PATH
: ${HOME='/root'}
export HOME
umask 022

case "$-" in
*i*)# interactive shell
if [ -x /usr/bin/tset ]; then
if [ X"$XTERM_VERSION" = X"" ]; then
eval `/usr/bin/tset -sQ '-munknown:?vt220' $TERM`
else
eval `/usr/bin/tset -IsQ '-munknown:?vt220' $TERM`
fi
fi
;;
esac



sh(1), ksh(1) - lack of information about default sourcefile.

2015-06-14 Thread Black Rider
Hello.

I have noticed that the ksh and sh manpages don't make reference to the 
file /.profile, which I understand to hold the default shell variables if 
the other source files listed on the manuals don't exist.

The current FILES secion of SH(1):

FILES
 ~/.profile   User's login profile.
 /etc/profile System login profile.
 /etc/suid_profilePrivileged shell profile.
 /etc/shells  Shell database.

The current FILES section of KSH(1)

FILES
 ~/.profile   User's login profile.
 /etc/ksh.kshrc   Global configuration file.  Not sourced by 
default.
 /etc/profile System login profile.
 /etc/shells  Shell database.
 /etc/suid_profilePrivileged shell profile.

I noticed that when none of this files exist, variables for the shells 
are populated from somewhere else. (/.profile).

My suggestion is to update the docummentation, and add /.profile to the 
FILES section of the man pages. Or just move /.profile to /etc/profile if 
feasible. Is there any reason for having a configuration dotfile in / ?



Re: GROUP CHANGED

2015-06-14 Thread Mike Burns
On 2015-06-14 16.46.53 +0200, Max Power wrote:
> Only the group is changed.
> But why the owner is remained the same [root]?
> On OpenBSD, I can not get root:root ?

No:

$ grep ^root /etc/group
$ 

> > On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 04:32:18PM +0200, Max Power wrote:
> >> Hi guys!
> >>
> >> I copied my files from Debian [ext4] to my new server OpenBSD [5.7
> >> amd64],
> >> and I found that all files of 'ROOT' group were imported [in OpenBSD] in
> >> the 'Wheel' group.
> >> Why is this?
> >>
> >> [Owner is the same, there is no change.]
> >>
> >> Thank fro reply.
> >>
> >
> > wheel is the new root.
> >
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel_(Unix_term)
> >
> > --
> > Gilles Chehade
> >
> > https://www.poolp.org  @poolpOrg



GROUP CHANGED

2015-06-14 Thread Max Power
Thank You Gilles for Your reply.

Only the group is changed.
But why the owner is remained the same [root]?
On OpenBSD, I can not get root:root ?

Thanks.

> On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 04:32:18PM +0200, Max Power wrote:
>> Hi guys!
>>
>> I copied my files from Debian [ext4] to my new server OpenBSD [5.7
>> amd64],
>> and I found that all files of 'ROOT' group were imported [in OpenBSD] in
>> the 'Wheel' group.
>> Why is this?
>>
>> [Owner is the same, there is no change.]
>>
>> Thank fro reply.
>>
>
> wheel is the new root.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel_(Unix_term)
>
> --
> Gilles Chehade
>
> https://www.poolp.org  @poolpOrg



Re: GROUP CHANGED

2015-06-14 Thread Gilles Chehade
On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 04:32:18PM +0200, Max Power wrote:
> Hi guys!
> 
> I copied my files from Debian [ext4] to my new server OpenBSD [5.7 amd64],
> and I found that all files of 'ROOT' group were imported [in OpenBSD] in
> the 'Wheel' group.
> Why is this?
> 
> [Owner is the same, there is no change.]
> 
> Thank fro reply.
> 

wheel is the new root.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel_(Unix_term)

-- 
Gilles Chehade

https://www.poolp.org  @poolpOrg



GROUP CHANGED

2015-06-14 Thread Max Power
Hi guys!

I copied my files from Debian [ext4] to my new server OpenBSD [5.7 amd64],
and I found that all files of 'ROOT' group were imported [in OpenBSD] in
the 'Wheel' group.
Why is this?

[Owner is the same, there is no change.]

Thank fro reply.



enabling GPT (was Re: what to do with a uefi hp pavillion 10-f014au?)

2015-06-14 Thread Joel Rees
David Coppa suggests a custom kernel with the GPT option turned on.

I'm thinking along the lines of

(1) compiling the custom kernels (GENERIC, GENERIC.MP, and RAMDISK
with the option GPT turned on) and

(2) making a bootable USB drive with that,

(3) backing up the current installed openbsd system to another USB
drive, probably a USB connected rotating HD.

(4) then resurrecting MSWindows  from the recovery disks and shrinking
the MSWindows partition, and

(5) using the USB drive to try installing to a GPT partition.

What else would I need besides building the GPT enabled kernel? Do I
need to install additional packages, or apply the google soc diffs as
patches to things?

And what kind of odds do I have of being able to dual-boot (using the
BIOS boot manager, I suppose) openbsd on such a system?

On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 5:28 PM, David Coppa  wrote:
> On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 9:00 AM, Joel Rees  wrote:
>> besides take it back to the store, I mean.
>>
>> I have it booted on a USB stick. The internal drive appears to be
>> unpartitioned when I do a disklabel -- only c partition reported. fdisk
>> does report it as EFI GPT.
>>
>> I read something about support in the kernel. Is there any hope of say,
>> constructing a disklabel by hand and copying the file system over by hand?
>> (I have opened up an empty "simple" partition on the disk already.)
>
> You could try with a custom kernel compiled with the GPT option turned on.
> GPT support is currently commented out (see
> src/sys/arch/amd64/conf/GENERIC), but it may work...
>
> Ciao,
> David
> --
> "If you try a few times and give up, you'll never get there. But if
> you keep at it... There's a lot of problems in the world which can
> really be solved by applying two or three times the persistence that
> other people will."
> -- Stewart Nelson



-- 
Joel Rees

Be careful when you look at conspiracy.
Look first in your own heart,
and ask yourself if you are not your own worst enemy.
Arm yourself with knowledge of yourself, as well.



Re: Blob-free OpenBSD kernel needed

2015-06-14 Thread Артур Истомин
On Sat, Jun 13, 2015 at 11:54:27PM +, Stuart Henderson wrote:
> On 2015-06-06, Артур Истомин  wrote:
> > Your rant is cogent. But if so, why OpenBSD does not supply
> > microcode updates from Intel/AMD? There are tons of security fixes.
> 
> Isn't that the bios's area? (don't run libreboot if you want those...)

Yes it is. But BIOS update is like SOHO routers' firmware updates
They are either non-existent or issued short time (year or two).
By the way, I've never seen mention of the CPU's microcode updates
in BIOS updates' changelogs (if they, changelogs, exist at all).

In fact, all I wanted was to get an authoritative answer why OpenBSD
does not supply CPU's microcode updates. I suspect it is not in
priority list, but may be there is more tricky/interesting reason!
  ...but even Ted Unangst (second in thread and exactly after my
answer why not!) offers to send him patches with free microcodes,
what the stupid idiots..



Re: Blob-free OpenBSD kernel needed

2015-06-14 Thread Артур Истомин
On Sat, Jun 13, 2015 at 06:01:53PM -0400, Ted Unangst wrote:
> Артур Истомин wrote:
> > Your rant is cogent. But if so, why OpenBSD does not supply
> > microcode updates from Intel/AMD? There are tons of security fixes.
> 
> Are they free? Send a patch.

Don't be so lame before answering, open my next email, there is 
double "patch": for your stupid answer and for your idiotic behavior
in correspondence.



Re: Blob-free OpenBSD kernel needed

2015-06-14 Thread Mihai Popescu
I got the idea of this post, finally: one guy lacking basic knowledge
pops in and talks in confusion about some non-free parts inside
OpenBSD's kernel. Few threads more and another one is posting a
suggestion of liberation. Cheap ads.

I am convinced now the "free" idea got distorted reaching the boundary
of paranoia.

For the OP: Was openssl able to satisfy you because it was free, open,
source code available, GPL sexy version on? Was it free of bugs,
trojans, backdoors, etc?

A time will come when folks will appreciate quality code and people
behind it. Nah, I really don't think so!