Re: netgraph help(?)

2000-10-08 Thread Chris BeHanna
On Sun, 8 Oct 2000, Brooks Davis wrote: > On Mon, Oct 09, 2000 at 11:59:44AM +1100, Tony Landells wrote: > > I'm trying to set up a multi-ethernet connection between two FreeBSD > > boxes so I can evaluate the performance of some of the network things > > (like IPSec) without bandwidth being an i

Re: dual console with matrox g400

2000-10-08 Thread Warner Losh
One might also be able hack the various universal port replicators to allow one to have multiple heads. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message

Re: GNU auto* tools use bash

2000-10-08 Thread Brian Reichert
On Sun, Oct 08, 2000 at 06:34:22PM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote: > That sounds like something which should be reported to the GNU > maintainers. Oh, I agree, I was concerned that the package maintainers (whoever that is) might also care... > Kris -- Brian 'you Bastard' Reichert<[EMAI

Re: netgraph help(?)

2000-10-08 Thread Archie Cobbs
Tony Landells writes: > I'm trying to set up a multi-ethernet connection between two FreeBSD > boxes so I can evaluate the performance of some of the network things > (like IPSec) without bandwidth being an issue: > > -- > | Machine

Re: GNU auto* tools use bash

2000-10-08 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Sun, Oct 08, 2000 at 06:15:59PM -0400, Brian Reichert wrote: > Just a heads-up: under FreeBSD 4.1; some of the GNU auto* tools > (notably autoconf and autoheader) invoke /bin/sh, but presume that > that is really bash. That sounds like something which should be reported to the GNU maintainers.

Re: netgraph help(?)

2000-10-08 Thread Tony Landells
Hi Brooks, > No matter what you do that's going to add overhead. You'd certaintly > be better off with a pair of Gigabit ethernet adaptors. The netgear > ones are under $300US. Thanks for your comment, and you're completely correct. The reason I'm doing what I'm doing is that I have these box

Re: Bugfixes, security fixes, versions

2000-10-08 Thread Dima Dorfman
> On Sun, Oct 08, 2000 at 12:53:16AM -0700, a little birdie told me > that Dima Dorfman remarked > > > > Why not just use a date? I do this on most of my systems. My `uname > > -r` reads: > > > > 4.1-2916-STABLE > > > > I started doing this for the exact same reason you described above--t

Re: netgraph help(?)

2000-10-08 Thread Brooks Davis
On Mon, Oct 09, 2000 at 11:59:44AM +1100, Tony Landells wrote: > I'm trying to set up a multi-ethernet connection between two FreeBSD > boxes so I can evaluate the performance of some of the network things > (like IPSec) without bandwidth being an issue: No matter what you do that's going to add

netgraph help(?)

2000-10-08 Thread Tony Landells
I'm trying to set up a multi-ethernet connection between two FreeBSD boxes so I can evaluate the performance of some of the network things (like IPSec) without bandwidth being an issue: -- | Machine A | 10.0.0.1 / fxp0-fxp5 \ 10.0

Re: dual console with matrox g400

2000-10-08 Thread Kris Kirby
On Sun, 8 Oct 2000, Wes Peters wrote: > Eoin Lawless wrote: > > > > I've just got a dual head system with a matrox g400 working. However, > > what I would really like to have is a dual console system - so that > > two people could use it simultaneously. Has anyone tried that, or > > know if it i

GNU auto* tools use bash

2000-10-08 Thread Brian Reichert
Just a heads-up: under FreeBSD 4.1; some of the GNU auto* tools (notably autoconf and autoheader) invoke /bin/sh, but presume that that is really bash. Autoconf is from the autoconf-2.13 package. For example, when I try to run 'autoconf --version', it hangs. % autoconf --version Start ...

Re: dual console with matrox g400

2000-10-08 Thread Greg Black
Wes Peters writes: > Maybe it would be possible to kludge something together using PS/2 mouse > and keyboard for one and USB mouse and keyboard for the other. This raises a question of mine: if you have a mouse that can be plugged into either USB or PS/2 ports, is one "better" than the other (un

Re: Bugfixes, security fixes, versions

2000-10-08 Thread Matthew D. Fuller
On Sun, Oct 08, 2000 at 12:53:16AM -0700, a little birdie told me that Dima Dorfman remarked > > Why not just use a date? I do this on most of my systems. My `uname > -r` reads: > > 4.1-2916-STABLE > > I started doing this for the exact same reason you described above--to > know when I up

MFS

2000-10-08 Thread Rasmus Skaarup
Hi, Can one of you help me with a quick overview of what has happened with the Memory File System since 4.4BSD to the FreeBSD that exists today? Thanks! Sincerely Rasmus Skaarup To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message

Re: dual console with matrox g400

2000-10-08 Thread Wes Peters
Eoin Lawless wrote: > > I've just got a dual head system with a matrox g400 working. However, > what I would really like to have is a dual console system - so that > two people could use it simultaneously. Has anyone tried that, or > know if it is possible? Maybe it would be possible to kludge s

dual console with matrox g400

2000-10-08 Thread Eoin Lawless
I've just got a dual head system with a matrox g400 working. However, what I would really like to have is a dual console system - so that two people could use it simultaneously. Has anyone tried that, or know if it is possible? Eoin To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscr

Re: IDE drives doing BBR?

2000-10-08 Thread Tony Finch
Jaye Mathisen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Remember reading on hackers somewhere that newer drives like IBM supported >this feature. I'm getting a few bad blocks on a 75GB IBM drive (at least >according to the ata driver), and rather than replacing it and moves on, >the disk basically dies. I w

Re: Bugfixes, security fixes, versions

2000-10-08 Thread Dima Dorfman
> The whole "Stable Branch" thread on -security gave me an idea that's been > perculating for some time. > > Problem: > We have security problems in (say) -STABLE. They get fixed. We post an > advisory about it, giving correction dates for -STABLE and -CURRENT, and > the associated cutoff in w