Can gpart create ntfs and FAT-32 partitions?

2011-07-27 Thread Kevin Oberman
I want to create a GPT disk structure that has the following partitions: MBR NTFS (1.2G) NTFS (200G) FreeBSD OS (250G) NTFS (15G) FAT-32 (100G) (needs to be RW for W7 and FreeBSD and ntfs-3g is just not stable enough) FreeBSD data only (380G) The NTFS partitions are to place the Windows7 system, r

Re: Printr?

2011-07-27 Thread Gary Kline
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 07:03:05PM -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote: > Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:03:05 -0500 > From: Antonio Olivares > Subject: Re: Printr? > To: Gary Kline > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Robert Bonomi > > >        ps:  i did read that the brother only wsorks with lighteight

Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-27 Thread Antonio Olivares
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 8:05 PM, Antonio Olivares wrote: > @ all, > > I restarted machine and I can print from command line :) > > [olivares@quadcore ~/Documents]$ cat Document1.txt |  lpr -P Deskjet > [olivares@quadcore ~/Documents]$ lpq -a > Deskjet: > Deskjet is ready and printing > Rank   Owne

Re: Printr?

2011-07-27 Thread Gary Kline
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 12:53:49AM +0200, Roland Smith wrote: > Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:53:49 +0200 > From: Roland Smith > Subject: Re: Printr? > To: Gary Kline > Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List > > On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 01:16:48PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > > this 3040cn is seriously low-end,

Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-27 Thread Antonio Olivares
@ all, I restarted machine and I can print from command line :) [olivares@quadcore ~/Documents]$ cat Document1.txt | lpr -P Deskjet [olivares@quadcore ~/Documents]$ lpq -a Deskjet: Deskjet is ready and printing Rank Owner Job Files Total Size active olivar

Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-27 Thread Antonio Olivares
>> If you do decide to take this route, it's not that hard to recompile a >> kernel. >> >> # csup -h cvsup.FreeBSD.org -L2 /usr/share/examples/cvsup/standard-supfile >> >> Copy your kernconf, say COFFIN, to /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/ if you are >> on 32bit or to /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf/ if on amd64.

Re: Printr?

2011-07-27 Thread Ryan Coleman
I think that was your first mistake. On Jul 27, 2011, at 6:58 PM, Gary Kline wrote: > tehere were zero specs on the costco page ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscr

Re: Printr?

2011-07-27 Thread Antonio Olivares
>        ps:  i did read that the brother only wsorks with lighteight >        paper; another comlaint is that it goes thru toner very >        fast.  ... > > > -- Try to use DRAFT option if it* exits :) I do this at work so ink lasts more on the average. Regards, Antonio ___

Howto's, Advice, Hints/Gotchas about livecd creation in FreeBSD

2011-07-27 Thread Antonio Olivares
Dear folks, I would like to kindly ask you as the Subject Line tells it all. I believe I have done my homework, and I have tried out some competing LiveCDs from *BSD like Bsdanywhere, jibbed(NetBSD), jggimi(OpenBSD), had used RoFreeSBIE(FreeBSD based but unmaintained), Frenzy, Mahesha, old FreeSB

Re: Printr?

2011-07-27 Thread Gary Kline
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 04:34:10PM -0500, Robert Bonomi wrote: > Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:34:10 -0500 (CDT) > From: Robert Bonomi > Subject: Re: Printr? > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, kl...@thought.org > > > > Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:16:48 -0700 > > From: Gary Kline > > To: FreeBSD Mai

SOLVED! Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-27 Thread Antonio Olivares
>> I will be patient and try some things out then report back.  I >> appreciate the help and if I can't find a solution, I will take the >> plunge :) and hopefully not fail. >> >> Regards, >> >> Antonio >> > > If you do decide to take this route, it's not that hard to recompile a kernel. > > # csup

Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-27 Thread Ross
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 2:29 AM, Ross wrote: > On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 2:12 AM, Antonio Olivares > wrote: >> On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Ross wrote: >>> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 1:54 AM, Antonio Olivares >>> wrote: On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 5:43 PM, Ross wrote: > It requires CUPS an

Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-27 Thread Ross
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 2:12 AM, Antonio Olivares wrote: > On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Ross wrote: >> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 1:54 AM, Antonio Olivares >> wrote: >>> On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 5:43 PM, Ross wrote: It requires CUPS and replaces system lpr. Here's an example on setting >>>

Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-27 Thread Antonio Olivares
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Ross wrote: > On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 1:54 AM, Antonio Olivares > wrote: >> On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 5:43 PM, Ross wrote: >>> It requires CUPS and replaces system lpr. Here's an example on setting >>> up HPLIP: http://daemon-notes.com/articles/install/hplip >>> >>

Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-27 Thread Ross
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 1:54 AM, Antonio Olivares wrote: > On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 5:43 PM, Ross wrote: >> It requires CUPS and replaces system lpr. Here's an example on setting >> up HPLIP: http://daemon-notes.com/articles/install/hplip >> >> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 1:25 AM, Antonio Olivares >>

Re: Printr?

2011-07-27 Thread Roland Smith
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 01:16:48PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > this 3040cn is seriously low-end, Avoid that low-end crap like the plague. Those are usually depend on the driver to do all the processing work and chances of finding a FreeBSD driver are essentially nonexistant. Preferably get a pri

Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-27 Thread Antonio Olivares
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 5:43 PM, Ross wrote: > It requires CUPS and replaces system lpr. Here's an example on setting > up HPLIP: http://daemon-notes.com/articles/install/hplip > > On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 1:25 AM, Antonio Olivares > wrote: >> On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 5:07 PM, Ross wrote: >>> Why

Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-27 Thread Ross
It requires CUPS and replaces system lpr. Here's an example on setting up HPLIP: http://daemon-notes.com/articles/install/hplip On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 1:25 AM, Antonio Olivares wrote: > On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 5:07 PM, Ross wrote: >> Why you do not use HPLIP? Your printer is supported. > > Does

Re: Book recommendations (slightly OT)

2011-07-27 Thread Brandon Gooch
On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 2:57 PM, Mark Moellering wrote: > I want to automate some tasks, creating directories, file editing, etc.  I > was going to pick up a book on shell scripting but wanted to ask the list > if; > A) I am barking up the wrong tree and should use something else. > B) If I am hea

Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-27 Thread Antonio Olivares
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 5:11 PM, Warren Block wrote: > On Wed, 27 Jul 2011, Antonio Olivares wrote: > >> I changed /etc/printcap, and two blank pages came out but blank :( > > Okay, it's progress.  And good news, that printer understands plain ASCII > and PCL3. > > Make certain lpd is running (pgr

Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-27 Thread Warren Block
On Wed, 27 Jul 2011, Antonio Olivares wrote: I changed /etc/printcap, and two blank pages came out but blank :( Okay, it's progress. And good news, that printer understands plain ASCII and PCL3. Make certain lpd is running (pgrep lpd), then try the test shown in the article: % printf

Re: Printr?

2011-07-27 Thread Robert Bonomi
> Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:16:48 -0700 > From: Gary Kline > To: FreeBSD Mailing List > Subject: Printr? > > > folks, > > i sent a couple freebsd questions days ago and did not bcc myself. i > never saw the post nor got any response. anyway, new one: is there > any way of getting my 'b

Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-27 Thread Antonio Olivares
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 4:23 PM, Warren Block wrote: > On Wed, 27 Jul 2011, Warren Block wrote: > >> A Deskjet 812C should be a parallel printer, with device /dev/lpt0.  Are >> you using a USB to parallel adapter? > > Cancel that, an 812C has both parallel and USB.  Make sure only the USB > cable

Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-27 Thread Warren Block
On Wed, 27 Jul 2011, Warren Block wrote: A Deskjet 812C should be a parallel printer, with device /dev/lpt0. Are you using a USB to parallel adapter? Cancel that, an 812C has both parallel and USB. Make sure only the USB cable is connected, I suspect those printers don't have auto port swi

Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-27 Thread Warren Block
On Wed, 27 Jul 2011, Antonio Olivares wrote: chkprintcap: Warning: blanks after trailing '\', at line 62 (entry lp) chkprintcap: Warning: values-line after line with NO trailing '\', at line 63 chkprintcap:2 warnings from skimming /etc/printcap This needs to be fixed. The entry is broken

Re: legal notices at the end of emails

2011-07-27 Thread Robert Bonomi
> From: Ryan Coleman > Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 08:33:53 -0500 > Subject: Re: legal notices at the end of emails > > > -- > > Jerry > > > > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they > > are addresse

Re: Printr?

2011-07-27 Thread Antonio Olivares
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Gary Kline wrote: > >  folks, > >  i sent a couple freebsd questions days ago and did not bcc myself.  i never >  saw the post nor got any response.  anyway, new  one:  is there any way of >  getting my 'brother HL-3040CN' color laser printr to work.  i have mucked

Printr?

2011-07-27 Thread Gary Kline
folks, i sent a couple freebsd questions days ago and did not bcc myself. i never saw the post nor got any response. anyway, new one: is there any way of getting my 'brother HL-3040CN' color laser printr to work. i have mucked with it for >> 48 until i am ready to [[ dunno, really ]].

Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-27 Thread Antonio Olivares
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 2:51 PM, Antonio Olivares wrote: > Dear folks, > > I have a working installation 8.2 Release AMD64 and I am trying to > follow a printing howto : > > http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/lpdprinting.html > > I am copying the settings and I can't print. > > quadcore# lpq

Re: How to get ip address automatically from different dhcp server

2011-07-27 Thread Christopher J. Ruwe
On Wed, 27 Jul 2011 10:49:42 +0800 dave jones wrote: > Hi, > > I cat get an IP address from dhcp server by adding the line > in /etc/rc.conf: > > ifconfig_em0="DHCP" > > If I move my laptop to another place, I have to manually run > "dhclient em0" to get an IP. Otherwise, it won't get an IP >

Re: can't build teTeX port in FreeBSD 8.2 amd64

2011-07-27 Thread Antonio Olivares
Anton & et all, > hrs@ has been most speedy and helpful. He added > > print/latex-chapterfolder > print/tex-mfpic > > With these 2 new ports + teTeX I can build this book > fully, no errors. Check it out. > > If you know of another tex project where teTeX fails, > please send me the details. I'm k

printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-27 Thread Antonio Olivares
Dear folks, I have a working installation 8.2 Release AMD64 and I am trying to follow a printing howto : http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/lpdprinting.html I am copying the settings and I can't print. quadcore# lpq -a lp: Warning: no daemon present Rank Owner Job Files

Re: build problem trying to upgrade a 7.0 system

2011-07-27 Thread Chuck Swiger
On Jul 27, 2011, at 11:50 AM, d...@safeport.com wrote: >> What does "head -3 /usr/local/bin/autom4te-2.62" say? >> One guess is that it's pointing to an invalid invocation of perl > > #! /usr/bin/perl -w > # -*- perl -*- > # Generated from autom4te.in; do not edit by hand. > > exactly - I loo

Re: build problem trying to upgrade a 7.0 system

2011-07-27 Thread doug
On Wed, 27 Jul 2011, Chuck Swiger wrote: On Jul 27, 2011, at 10:55 AM, doug wrote: Some is amiss as: bcr:~# /usr/local/bin/autom4te-2.62 /usr/local/bin/autom4te-2.62: Command not found. How do I find out what the actual error is? What does "head -3 /usr/local/bin/autom4te-2.62" say? One

Re: build problem trying to upgrade a 7.0 system

2011-07-27 Thread Chuck Swiger
On Jul 27, 2011, at 10:55 AM, doug wrote: > Some is amiss as: > > bcr:~# /usr/local/bin/autom4te-2.62 > /usr/local/bin/autom4te-2.62: Command not found. > > How do I find out what the actual error is? What does "head -3 /usr/local/bin/autom4te-2.62" say? One guess is that it's pointing to an i

build problem trying to upgrade a 7.0 system

2011-07-27 Thread doug
bcr:/usr/ports/databases/php5-pdo# make ===> php5-pdo-5.2.10 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/phpize - found ===> php5-pdo-5.2.10 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/autoconf-2.62 - found ===> PHPizing for php5-pdo-5.2.10 Configuring for: PHP Api Version: 20041225 Zend Module Api No:

Re: Book recommendations (slightly OT)

2011-07-27 Thread Chad Perrin
In the following, I cut out anything not needed as context for my response. Where I cut something out, you should assume that I agree with what Matthew Seaman wrote, and have nothing in particular to add to it at this time. The only possible exception is the specific list of resources he suggeste

Re: legal notices at the end of emails

2011-07-27 Thread Chip Camden
Quoth Svein Skogen (Listmail account) on Wednesday, 27 July 2011: > > Those e-mail-footers of legalese-sounding mumbo-jumbo threatening > voodoo-action against you and anybody standing next to you, should you > not be the sole designated, implied or expressed, recipient of that > e-mail, are _LESS

Re: "zpool remove" locks up ZFS under amd64 RELENG_8

2011-07-27 Thread Daniel Staal
On Wed, July 27, 2011 1:03 am, Dennis Glatting wrote: > > I attached a SSD as a ZIL to a RAIDz pool, which is a fairly useless thing > to do but I am testing. If I try to remove the SSD ZIL the zpool command > does not return and in another window a "zpool status" also doesn't return > or print an

Re: Command failed [exit code 1]: /usr/local/sbin/portinstall misc/shared-mime-info

2011-07-27 Thread Antonio Olivares
@ALL On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 9:36 AM, Antonio Olivares wrote: >>> Any hints/pointers to resolve this issue? >>> >>> Thanks in Advance, >>> >>> Antonio >> >> # portupgrade -Nv p5-XML-Parser >> >> >> Regards, >> >> -- > > Frank, > > Thank you very much, but it still fails: > > quadcore# portupgrade

Re: Hi installing on windows dual boot

2011-07-27 Thread Daniel Staal
On Wed, July 27, 2011 7:58 am, Polytropon wrote: > On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 11:06:57 +, Ganesh Khedkar wrote: >> Hi all, >> I am new to FreeBSD , just wanted to give one suggestion that , >> Ubuntu linux have given one >> Nice facility to user that they can easily install Ubuntu in windows and

Re: Book recommendations (slightly OT)

2011-07-27 Thread doug
On Tue, 26 Jul 2011, Mark Moellering wrote: I want to automate some tasks, creating directories, file editing, etc. I was going to pick up a book on shell scripting but wanted to ask the list if; A) I am barking up the wrong tree and should use something else. B) If I am headed in the right

Re: Command failed [exit code 1]: /usr/local/sbin/portinstall misc/shared-mime-info

2011-07-27 Thread Antonio Olivares
>> Any hints/pointers to resolve this issue? >> >> Thanks in Advance, >> >> Antonio > > # portupgrade -Nv p5-XML-Parser > > > Regards, > > -- Frank, Thank you very much, but it still fails: quadcore# portupgrade -Nv p5-XML-Parser ---> Session started at: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:33:21 -0500 [Updatin

Re: legal notices at the end of emails

2011-07-27 Thread Ryan Coleman
On Jul 27, 2011, at 6:30 AM, Jerry wrote: > On Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:08:04 +0200 > Svein Skogen (Listmail account) articulated: > >> On 27.07.2011 13:01, Damien Fleuriot wrote: >>> On 7/27/11 5:11 PM, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: Ryan Coleman wrote: > A heads up about your footer:

Re: Command failed [exit code 1]: /usr/local/sbin/portinstall misc/shared-mime-info

2011-07-27 Thread Frank Shute
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 01:41:15AM -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote: > > Dear kind folks, > > I got me a new hard drive on one of my machines and installed FreeBSD > 8.2 amd64 on it. I tried to run > > # portupgrade -R firefox > which would update firefox to latest and all the ports that depend on

Re: Hi installing on windows dual boot

2011-07-27 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 11:06:57 +, Ganesh Khedkar wrote: > Hi all, > I am new to FreeBSD , just wanted to give one suggestion that , Ubuntu > linux have given one > Nice facility to user that they can easily install Ubuntu in windows and any > drive we want . > Even we can assign size

Re: legal notices at the end of emails

2011-07-27 Thread Jerry
On Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:08:04 +0200 Svein Skogen (Listmail account) articulated: > On 27.07.2011 13:01, Damien Fleuriot wrote: > > On 7/27/11 5:11 PM, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: > >> Ryan Coleman wrote: > >> > >>> A heads up about your footer: This email goes onto a mailing > >>> list that is av

Re: legal notices at the end of emails

2011-07-27 Thread Svein Skogen (Listmail account)
On 27.07.2011 13:01, Damien Fleuriot wrote: > On 7/27/11 5:11 PM, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: >> Ryan Coleman wrote: >> >>> A heads up about your footer: This email goes onto a mailing >>> list that is available via an online archive... your "terms" >>> are violated just by sending an email to th

legal notices at the end of emails (was: Re: Hi installing on windows dual boot)

2011-07-27 Thread Damien Fleuriot
On 7/27/11 5:11 PM, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: > Ryan Coleman wrote: > >> A heads up about your footer: This email goes onto a mailing >> list that is available via an online archive... your "terms" >> are violated just by sending an email to this mailing list. > > Not necessarily. It says [e

Re: How to get ip address automatically from different dhcp server

2011-07-27 Thread Edgar Rodolfo
2011/7/26, dave jones : > Hi, > > I cat get an IP address from dhcp server by adding the line in /etc/rc.conf: > > ifconfig_em0="DHCP" > > If I move my laptop to another place, I have to manually run "dhclient em0" > to get an IP. Otherwise, it won't get an IP automatically. > > My question is it's

Re: Hi installing on windows dual boot

2011-07-27 Thread perryh
Ryan Coleman wrote: > A heads up about your footer: This email goes onto a mailing > list that is available via an online archive... your "terms" > are violated just by sending an email to this mailing list. Not necessarily. It says [emphasis added]: > > The contents of this eMail ... should n

Re: Book recommendations (slightly OT)

2011-07-27 Thread C. P. Ghost
On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 9:57 PM, Mark Moellering wrote: > I want to automate some tasks, creating directories, file editing, etc.  I > was going to pick up a book on shell scripting but wanted to ask the list > if; > A) I am barking up the wrong tree and should use something else. > B) If I am hea

Re: Hi installing on windows dual boot

2011-07-27 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 26/07/2011 12:06, Ganesh Khedkar wrote: > I am new to FreeBSD , just wanted to give one suggestion that , Ubuntu > linux have given one > Nice facility to user that they can easily install Ubuntu in windows and any > drive we want . > Even we can assign size to that drive . So cant w

Re: Book recommendations (slightly OT)

2011-07-27 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 26/07/2011 20:57, Mark Moellering wrote: > I want to automate some tasks, creating directories, file editing, etc. > I was going to pick up a book on shell scripting but wanted to ask the > list if; > A) I am barking up the wrong tree and should use something else. No -- automating routine tas