Re: Small Hdd

do the minimal install, thatll give u the bare minimum system usage, even after you do a Samba port, as long as you dont install X you'll have a lot of space left. If you really want to get every drop of disk u can, perhaps when doing fdisk do just a swap partition and a / partition. Bri

Small Hdd

I have a 486 that I would like to run as a file server. I have installed fbsd but the harddirve is only 800 mb. I really would rather not change it. Not much will be stored on there but none the less would like to have it. Is there a way to use the current hdd would like to have ssh and samba runni

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Re: Netatalk - Mac OS X connection problem

This is baffling. I have a OS X 10.2.3 machine that can connect just fine (as do you). The sniffer traces are more or less identical. Since it looks like the OS X client is initiating the disconnect, can you bring up the OS X console under Applications->Utilities->Console, and see if any messag

Re[2]: Drgenius with gnome2

On Sun, 12 Jan 2003, Alex wrote: > > Dear/Beste P., > > Thursday, January 9, 2003, 11:10:12 PM, you wrote: > > > On 9 Jan 2003, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > > > Indeed, I uncommented > > # include > > and now it seems to install and run. > > # That isn't a comment sign in C. > > But "/* comment */"

Re: Netatalk - Mac OS X connection problem

On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 21:56, Jim Arnold wrote: > >When exactly do you see the message? Right after you login? > > As soon as I hit the connect button after typing in the IP address of > the FreeBSD box or using > the afp address. > > >Can you > >send your AppleVolumes.default > > This just has

load over 14 from "make -j4"

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Re: how do i setup my FreeBSD box to act like an RARP server?

On Sat, 11 Jan 2003, at 17:28 [=GMT-0800], Bsd Neophyte wrote: > in order for my to do this though, i need to be able to have my FreeBSD > box act as an RARP server. > > can anyone tell me how to do this? man rarpd tells it all, but is a bit short to get it started (and to see if the machine you

Re: Netatalk - Mac OS X connection problem

When exactly do you see the message? Right after you login? As soon as I hit the connect button after typing in the IP address of the FreeBSD box or using the afp address. Can you send your AppleVolumes.default This just has the ~ (tilde) at the end so the home directory will get mounted a

Re: Netatalk - Mac OS X connection problem

On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 20:40, Jim Arnold wrote: > > > >Do you have a custom volume icon on this server? If so, try deleting > >it, then reconnection. > > > Nope. Nothing fancy. Just a straight install of Netatalk and I didn't > change any of the icons. When exactly do you see the message? Righ

Re: Netatalk - Mac OS X connection problem

Jim Arnold wrote: I am running netatalk-1.6.0_1,1 from the FreeBSD ports systems on two boxes and connecting from Mac OS X 10.2.3. Please keep the list cc'ed on replies. -- Paul Beard whois -h whois.networksolutions.com ha=pb202 Go 'way! You're bother

Re: Problems w NIC

I did have a similar problem with 5.0rc2 and my 3cSOHO 100BaseTX NIC, but I had it coming up in state rather than any actual link state from Autodetect. My solution was to replace the NIC with a 10baseT NE2000-PCI cheapo, since the box in question was simply a firewall/router for 3Mbit DSL. --Ad

Re[2]: Drgenius with gnome2

Dear/Beste P., Thursday, January 9, 2003, 11:10:12 PM, you wrote: > On 9 Jan 2003, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: >> FreeBSD doesn't have or need crypt.h. You can remove it from the source >> file. This should be something that's checked by configure. > Indeed, I uncommented > # include > and now

Re: Netatalk - Mac OS X connection problem

Do you have a custom volume icon on this server? If so, try deleting it, then reconnection. Nope. Nothing fancy. Just a straight install of Netatalk and I didn't change any of the icons. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the

how do i setup my FreeBSD box to act like an RARP server?

unfortunately, there is no FreeBSD port for the Sparc32 machines, so I'm stuck with using NetBSD. since, i've been having problems with booting from CD, i am going to try to install the OS by using TFTP. in order for my to do this though, i need to be able to have my FreeBSD box act as an RARP s

Re: Problems w NIC

Hi, On Sun, 2003-01-12 at 00:58, Nikolaj Farrell wrote: > > Okay.., I see that there's no firewall support in the kernel. Well., at > > the end I'd ask for you to try reloading the nic (ifconfig dc0 down / > > ifconfig dc0 up) to see if that makes any difference - maybe booting to > > other OS lea

Re: Problems w NIC

> Okay.., I see that there's no firewall support in the kernel. Well., at > the end I'd ask for you to try reloading the nic (ifconfig dc0 down / > ifconfig dc0 up) to see if that makes any difference - maybe booting to > other OS leaves the nic is some sort of state.., but that's grasping at > str

Re: Problems w NIC

Hi, On Sun, 2003-01-12 at 00:43, Nikolaj Farrell wrote: > > > > See below for details, I just want to point out that the computer has a > clean install from cd-rom. I have not compiled the kernel and AFAIK ipfw is > not set default in the GENERIC kernel. And I would never intentionally > activa

Audio problems with SDL games when using virtual sound chanels

I'm having trouble using applications which use sound trough SDL, especifically tuxracer-0.61, foobilliard-2.3 and gl-117-0.7 crash on startup. In fact the simple loopwa ve demo which comes with SDL gives trouble: It runs but the sound is choppy. Otherwise sound works fine. If I set the number

Re: Netatalk - Mac OS X connection problem

On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 19:12, Jim Arnold wrote: > > > > > >The log isn't too helpful, but a sniffer trace might be. Can you > >capture the client connection to the "bad" server with tcpdump, and send > >me the raw capture file. I recommend the following command line: > > > >tcpdump -s 1518 -w /tmp

Re: Problems w NIC

> But I do have to ask again if there is a firewall running on the problem > box itself. My reasons for asking again, is the fact that nothing > hitting the hub, as you say, does indeed indicate that nothing leaves > the box. In cases like this, its usually because data was not *allowed* > to leave

Re: Problems w NIC

Hi, On Sun, 2003-01-12 at 00:17, Nikolaj Farrell wrote: > > I see. So there's this machine hanging off the hub that no-one else can > > see, and he cannot see anyone else. Yet when booted to WinXP, he is > > fine? > > > > Forgive me and post what you get from "ifconfig -au", please. > > > > Regard

Re: Problems w NIC

> I see. So there's this machine hanging off the hub that no-one else can > see, and he cannot see anyone else. Yet when booted to WinXP, he is > fine? > > Forgive me and post what you get from "ifconfig -au", please. > > Regards, > > Stacey Actually, I have to apologize. I shouldn't have answere

Re: Problems w NIC

We're not referring to your gateway machine having firewall issues, but rather the machine with connectivity issues.It has all the symptoms of a non-configured ipfw firewall. --Adam - Original Message - From: "Nikolaj Farrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTE

Re: Problems w NIC

Hi, Perhaps I misunderstood here. On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 23:59, Nikolaj Farrell wrote: > > > > So, you're saying that with this configuration, you: > > 1] Cannot ping any hosts on the internal network > > 2] No internal hosts can ping the internal IP address of the g'way. > > > > Do this for me:-

Re: Problems w NIC

> > So, you're saying that with this configuration, you: > 1] Cannot ping any hosts on the internal network > 2] No internal hosts can ping the internal IP address of the g'way. > > Do this for me:- > 1] tail /var/log/security > 2] Back-up your current ipfw ruleset - and disconnect (physically) fro

Re: Problems w NIC

Hi, On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 22:57, Nikolaj Farrell wrote: > > Thanks for clarifying things. > > > > I think I understand now. Here's what I (and others as well) believe is > > the root of the problem - its ipfw. > > > > By default its got a rule that reads DENY EVERYTHING. If you run "ipfw > > show"

Re: Ports checksum errors

At 06:08 PM 1.11.2003 -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote: >"Jack L. Stone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> I know there's been a lot of questions lately about broken ports and now >> I'm stuck. I cannot find this specific problem in the past recent archives. > >It's not a broken port. > >> I' trying to u

Re: Netatalk - Mac OS X connection problem

On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 18:00, Jim Arnold wrote: > I am running netatalk-1.6.0_1,1 from the FreeBSD ports systems on two > boxes and connecting from Mac OS X 10.2.3. > > Now when I connect from one box I get the following error on the mac: > > Connection failed > > An AppleShare system error occu

Re: Ports checksum errors

"Jack L. Stone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I know there's been a lot of questions lately about broken ports and now > I'm stuck. I cannot find this specific problem in the past recent archives. It's not a broken port. > I' trying to upgrade Apache+Frontpage and keep getting this error no matt

Re: Re[2]: Problems w NIC

> Yeah, this is a classic example of ipfw enabled but not configured. Since > the default rule is 'Deny all', you need to add allow statements to the > config to see the network, or build a non-ipfw config (Being the internal > box, you have no need for ipfw on it) > > --Adam > Nope. Kernel co

Re: adding some new IPs from a different subnet

Actually that was already correct - it was a typo in bringing it over to email form. On the system itself it has the correct .255 mask. On Sat, 11 Jan 2003, Kevin Stevens wrote: > On Saturday, Jan 11, 2003, at 14:15 US/Pacific, Josh Brooks wrote: > > > > > Ok, I toggled net.link.ether.inet.log_

Netatalk - Mac OS X connection problem

I am running netatalk-1.6.0_1,1 from the FreeBSD ports systems on two boxes and connecting from Mac OS X 10.2.3. Now when I connect from one box I get the following error on the mac: Connection failed An AppleShare system error occurred. I can connect to the other box without any problems. Net

Re: Problems w NIC

> Thanks for clarifying things. > > I think I understand now. Here's what I (and others as well) believe is > the root of the problem - its ipfw. > > By default its got a rule that reads DENY EVERYTHING. If you run "ipfw > show" then it'll be right at the bottom. Unless you expressly allow > traffi

Ports checksum errors

I know there's been a lot of questions lately about broken ports and now I'm stuck. I cannot find this specific problem in the past recent archives. I' trying to upgrade Apache+Frontpage and keep getting this error no matter what "trick" I try. root@sageman>> make ===> Extracting for apache_fp-1

Re: Problems w NIC

> Could well be. You say that it works fine under another OS? What other OS? > What, also, is the make/model of the NIC? > > Check ifconfig and compare the media line to the actual capibilities of the > system. If it's not negiotiating properly (could a driver cause that?) you > might be able to

Re: Problems w NIC

HI, On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 22:46, Nikolaj Farrell wrote: > Hello again everyone, I will try to clearify below; > > > Thanks for getting back with the funky art:-) > > > > Question on the network though, you mentioned: > > > > "but the idea is that all machines except .0.2 have one NIC connected to

Re: adding some new IPs from a different subnet

On Saturday, Jan 11, 2003, at 14:15 US/Pacific, Josh Brooks wrote: Ok, I toggled net.link.ether.inet.log_arp_wrong_iface - I set it to zero ... and I am still getting those error messages ... Any thoughts ? Did you change thea 10. alias mask at Lowell suggested? KeS To Unsubscribe: send ma

Cisco Aironet PCI card - The Fix

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Hi all, I did an upgrade of my LAN this morning from 10Mbits to 100Mbits (full duplex). To do so i bought to Sitecom Fast Ethernet LAN cards (sitecom chipset). After installation i found out that freebsd gave both the cards the same MAC address (here is my arp output) 192.168.0.2 08-

Re: ext3 -> fbsd

In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bill Moran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed: > dick hoogendijk wrote: > Yup. Use 'cp -Rp /old/part /new/part' to maintain as many perms > as possible. No, *don't* use cp for this. That will cause hard links to turn into multiple files. Instead, use tar: (cd /old/part; ta

Re: MAC address trouble

> ifconfig dc0 lladdr > > but i need to do this at boot cause having the same MAC address i lose > contact to both servers. > friend of mine helped me out here, he found an eeprom tool to change the MAC one can download it here http://www.admtek.com.tw/download/AN983B.htm Marcel To Unsubscribe

Re: MAC address trouble

> I did an upgrade of my LAN this morning from 10Mbits to 100Mbits (full > duplex). To do so i bought to Sitecom Fast Ethernet LAN cards (sitecom > chipset). > > After installation i found out that freebsd gave both the cards the same > MAC address (here is my arp output) > > 192.168.0.2

Re: ext3 -> fbsd

On Sat, Jan 11, 2003 at 08:36:22AM -0800, Gary W. Swearingen wrote: > dick hoogendijk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I think FreeBSD does _not_ support the linux ext2 / ext3 > > I think I read (a couple years ago) that the ext2 and ext3 filesystems > look the same on the disk; the difference i

Re: adding some new IPs from a different subnet

Kevin Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Saturday, Jan 11, 2003, at 08:28 US/Pacific, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > >> I think this is it: > >> > >> net.link.ether.inet.log_arp_wrong_iface > >> > >> Check whether yours is off or on and change it the other way. > > > > It would be better to fix the

Re: ext3 -> fbsd

dick hoogendijk wrote: On 11 Jan Bill Moran wrote: FreeBSD _does_ understand ext2. See the mount_ext2fs command for details. Unfortunately, ext3 isn't supported yet AFAIK. So, if I switch this drive to another (fbsd) box I could copy form one (ext2) drive to another UFS drive preserving all

Re: Problems w NIC

Nikolaj Farrell wrote: Yes, right. Sorry, I somehow missed that point in the original post! When you ping, do you see any activity at all on your hub/switch? I suppose that this would minimally let you know that the card is transmittig something. No, I have a small light on the hub that says "

Re: DNS and DHCPD

On Thu, 9 Jan 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I would like to configure my dhcpd server (isc-dhcpd3 from ports). I would > also like to have the "options domainnameservers" (or somewhat similar) to > be dynamic, as my fBSD box is my own router. (I run a local network). The > WAN side is DHCP'd, so

Re: ext3 -> fbsd

dick hoogendijk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think FreeBSD does _not_ support the linux ext2 / ext3 I think I read (a couple years ago) that the ext2 and ext3 filesystems look the same on the disk; the difference is all in the kernel's handling of the data. If that's true (and you should chec

Re: Problems w NIC

Hi, On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 17:48, Nikolaj Farrell wrote: > > Perhaps at this point, it's a good point for you to give us a > > descriptive picture of what the network layout is like there. > > > > What is between each host, and they are logically. > > > > Regards, > > > > Stacey > > > > Okidoki ;)

Re[2]: Problems w NIC

Do you have IPFW or IPFilter compiled into the kernel? If so what do `ipfw list` and/or `ipfstat -ion` show? -- Benmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Saturday, January 11, 2003, 12:53:49 PM, you wrote: >>Yes, right. Sorry, I somehow missed that point in the original post! >>W

Re: Problems w NIC

> Please post:- > /etc/hosts > /etc/rc.conf > Actual output from: > ping > ping > > Regards, > > Stacey > > /etc/hosts: 127.0.0.1 localhost.mydomain.se localhost 192.168.0.1 athlon.mydomain.se athlon 192.168.0.1 athlon.mydomain.se. 192.168.0.2 speedy.mydomain.se speedy 192.168.0.4 mail.mydo

Apache_fp Port install problem

I just updated from FBSD-4.5 to 4.7 on a server running apache_fp.1.26. The update somehow has broken the FP extensions (ugh!). I have tried a number of fixes, including portupgrade, but get a checksum error there. Have tried to rerun the present install of FP using fp_install.sh, but get this erro

Re: Problems w NIC

On Sat, Jan 11, 2003 at 06:15:34PM +0100, Nikolaj Farrell wrote: > >The fact that the other machines on the LAN cannot ping 192.168.0.1 is a > >big difference. At this point I would start checking you network > >cabling and possibly the hub/switch. > > >Nathan > > > well yes, but as stated befo

Re: rcp documentation

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Re: Apache_fp Port install problem

At 05:44 PM 1.11.2003 +, Matthew Seaman wrote: >On Sat, Jan 11, 2003 at 11:31:22AM -0600, Jack L. Stone wrote: >> I just updated from FBSD-4.5 to 4.7 on a server running apache_fp.1.26. The >> update somehow has broken the FP extensions (ugh!). I have tried a number >> of fixes, including portu

Re: freebsd curiosity

> On Thu, 9 Jan 2003, James Hicks wrote: > require any kind of defrag? I was told by my UNIX instructor that > freebsd had hardware recognition trouble. Is this true and if so has it > been fixed? of the 3 or 4 linux distros I have experience with, one 1 has not required me to manually add a dev

Re: Problems w NIC

>Yes, right. Sorry, I somehow missed that point in the original post! >When you ping, do you see any activity at all on your hub/switch? I >suppose that this would minimally let you know that the card is >transmittig something. >Nathan No, I have a small light on the hub that says "packet". Thi

Re: XFree86 on Alpha and FreeBSD 4.7

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I have installed FreeBSD 4.7 on an AlphaServer 1200 box with zero problems except I can't get X to run. The Alpha has the standard PowerStorm 4D10T PCI video card which is a 3DLabs Permedia2 chipset and TI TVP4020C RAMDAC. I have configured XF86Config with the

Re: Problems w NIC

Hi, On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 17:15, Nikolaj Farrell wrote: > >The fact that the other machines on the LAN cannot ping 192.168.0.1 is a > >big difference. At this point I would start checking you network > >cabling and possibly the hub/switch. > > >Nathan > > > well yes, but as stated before this

Re: Problems w NIC

> Perhaps at this point, it's a good point for you to give us a > descriptive picture of what the network layout is like there. > > What is between each host, and they are logically. > > Regards, > > Stacey > Okidoki ;) Basically I have a home network connected to a DSL. The connection is negotia

Re: Apache_fp Port install problem

On Sat, Jan 11, 2003 at 11:31:22AM -0600, Jack L. Stone wrote: > I just updated from FBSD-4.5 to 4.7 on a server running apache_fp.1.26. The > update somehow has broken the FP extensions (ugh!). I have tried a number > of fixes, including portupgrade, but get a checksum error there. Have tried > to

Re: Problems w NIC

Hi, On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 16:25, Nikolaj Farrell wrote: > > Are the other hosts (with which you are testing) defined in /etc/hosts > > (on this box) or the BSD-router? > > > > They should appear here, if only when switched on. What does > > /var/log/messages & /var/log/sedurity show? > > > > Regard

Re: ipfilter/ipmon log msgs

On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, JoeB wrote: > I am using ipfilter for my firewall and ipmon to capture firewall > error msgs. > Where can I find description of the format of the ipmon msg text so > I can decipher what the msgs are saying? > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscr

Re: Problems w NIC

>The fact that the other machines on the LAN cannot ping 192.168.0.1 is a >big difference. At this point I would start checking you network >cabling and possibly the hub/switch. >Nathan well yes, but as stated before this machine is a dual-boot and works perfectly in the other OS, so cables and

Re: Problems w NIC

On Sat, Jan 11, 2003 at 06:03:16PM +0100, Nikolaj Farrell wrote: > and the ping outputs: > # ping 192.168.0.2 > PING 192.168.0.2 (192.168.0.2): 56 data bytes > ping: sendto: Host is down > ... repeated .. > --- 192.168.0.2 ping statistics --- > 7 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packe

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Hello, I have installed FreeBSD 4.7 on an AlphaServer 1200 box with zero problems except I can't get X to run. The Alpha has the standard PowerStorm 4D10T PCI video card which is a 3DLabs Permedia2 chipset and TI TVP4020C RAMDAC. I have configured XF86Config with the appropriate card descripti

Re: "dhclient: no memory for option buffer" ?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I'm getting this weird message reported by syslogd: > > dhclient: no memory for option buffer. > > Obviously this means that dhclient is reporting some sort of memory error, > but what exactly? It just started reporting this error reecntly after I > had a power outage

Re: Problems w NIC

Hi, On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 16:02, Nikolaj Farrell wrote: > > What does a netstat -finet -rn show? It sound like you don't have a > default > > route set up. > > > > Matt > > > > Routing tables > > Internet: > DestinationGatewayFlagsRefs Use Netif Expire > default

Re: ext3 -> fbsd

On 11 Jan Bill Moran wrote: > FreeBSD _does_ understand ext2. See the mount_ext2fs command for > details. Unfortunately, ext3 isn't supported yet AFAIK. So, if I switch this drive to another (fbsd) box I could copy form one (ext2) drive to another UFS drive preserving all persmission? Or would i

Re: Problems w NIC

> What does a netstat -finet -rn show? It sound like you don't have a default > route set up. > > Matt > Routing tables Internet: DestinationGatewayFlagsRefs Use Netif Expire default192.168.0.2UGSc10dc0 127.0.0.1 127.

Re: newbie questions about pppoe and netgraph

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Re: Rebuild database - login.conf

At 12:46 AM 1.11.2003 -0800, you wrote: >it's already been answered on the list, but i thought i might add: > >/usr/src/etc/login.conf: > >randall@isber[~]% cat /usr/src/etc/login.conf ># login.conf - login class capabilities database. ># ># Remember to rebuild the database after each change to thi

Re: Strange behavior with /dev/null

On 01/11/03 09:43 AM, Bill Moran sat at the `puter and typed: > Louis LeBlanc wrote: > > Strange behavior I'm getting since I last did a mergemaster and > > MAKEDEV in /dev: > > > > cannot create /dev/null: permission denied > > > > $ cat ConfigFvwmMenus > /dev/null > > -bash: /dev/null: Permissi

Problems w NIC

Help... My NIC is found during boot-up and everything appears to be correct setup, except the darn thing won't work. I can ping 192.168.0.1 (computers local ip - see below), but no other computers on my LAN. However, from other computers on my LAN, I can ping this computer and get a response. Clear

Re: newbie questions about pppoe and netgraph

> attempting to run pppoe on freebsd 4.7 over cable/dsl connection. > > manual says kernel recompilation unnecessary for this release in > order to run pppoe. however, netgraph does not seem to be loading at boot > time. additionally, pppoe seems unable to get past lcp when connecting. > > how can

Re: Strange behavior with /dev/null

On Sat, 11 Jan 2003 10:27:23 -0500 Louis LeBlanc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Strange behavior I'm getting since I last did a mergemaster and > MAKEDEV in /dev: > > cannot create /dev/null: permission denied > > $ cat ConfigFvwmMenus > /dev/null > -bash: /dev/null: Permission denied > > $ ls -l

Re: Strange behavior with /dev/null

Louis LeBlanc wrote: Strange behavior I'm getting since I last did a mergemaster and MAKEDEV in /dev: cannot create /dev/null: permission denied $ cat ConfigFvwmMenus > /dev/null -bash: /dev/null: Permission denied $ ls -l /dev/null crw--- 1 root wheel2, 2 Jan 11 10:00 /dev/null M

Re: ext3 -> fbsd

In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, dick hoogendijk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed: > I think FreeBSD does _not_ support the linux ext2 / ext3 > What is the best way to change the filesystem on that drive? > Use another one and copy the files, sure, but how, when fbsd doesn't > understand ext2/ext3 ? You have two

Re: ext3 -> fbsd

dick hoogendijk wrote: I want to change my debian linux server into a FreeBSD one. All's quite set up to do this fast and easy, except for one thing: in my linux machine I have a large "LAN-shared" drive, using the EXT3 filesystem. This drive must not be down too long, otherwise I get into lots o

Strange behavior with /dev/null

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Re: newbie questions about pppoe and netgraph

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newbie questions about pppoe and netgraph

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Re: Drgenius with gnome2

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