Re: Need FreeBSD 7.0 XEN-KERNEL

2008-08-10 Thread Gueven Bay
> Hi list, > I want to install a FreeBSD 7.0 on a XEN Server as (para-virtualize) domU. > There is an installation document on FreeBSD handbook ( > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/virtualization-guest.html) > However, > the link is broken on the page which is for downloading the kernel

Re: FreeBSD 7.0 on Xen

2008-08-09 Thread Gueven Bay
2008/8/8 Elwell, Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Sorry about the premature sending. Here is the complete question: >> Greetings, >> I am attempting to follow the directions located at >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/virtualization-guest.html >> and load a FreeBSD Xen DomU instance.

Re: X screen film recording

2007-11-07 Thread Gueven Bay
2007/11/7, Wojciech Puchar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > I once used vnc2swf on Linux. It looks like it's in ports, so I'm > well i would like to convert OUT OF flash movie to something like animated > gif or just frames. > > vnc2pnm or vnc2avi or vnc2gif would be nice. but there's no such things.

Re: Is it difficult to move from Linux?

2007-10-23 Thread Gueven Bay
> > On Mon, 2007-10-22 at 19:33 +0100, Donovan R. Palmer wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I have been using Linux for over 10 years, but have for a number of > > > reasons become very interested in learning to use FreeBSD. Are there any > > > ex or current Linux users here and could you tell me how har

Re: Why 7.0 is so late ?

2007-10-17 Thread Gueven Bay
2007/10/17, Wojciech Puchar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > while companies like Microsoft must publish in time to make the share > > holders > > not to mention that microsoft regularly has delays like year. > > > happy, FreeBSD can afford to wait until the programmers are convinced that > > their wo

Re: www.freebsd.org won't load in IE 7.x in vista box.

2007-10-17 Thread Gueven Bay
2007/10/17, Lisandro Grullon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > How do I disable ipv6 in my browser, if you can elaborate on that it would be > helpful. Thanks in advance.Lisandro > > Please provide both exmaples for IE and Firefox. > I don't know how to disable IPv6 in IE. But for Firefox: 1) you type "abou

Re: Ports vs Pkgsrc

2007-10-11 Thread Gueven Bay
2007/10/12, Mak Kolybabi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Would anyone be able to either offer a link, or explain the differences > between > NetBSD/DragonflyBSD's pkgsrc and FreeBSD/OpenBSD's ports systems? Google > searches such as 'pkgsrc vs ports' have yielded nothing satisfying. > > -- > Matthew Anthon

Re: Philosophy of default "pkg_add -r" PACKAGESITE?

2007-09-04 Thread Gueven Bay
> > I'm curious, why does "pkg_add -r" point to the "release" snapshot of > > ports by default? Is the idea that a "release" is well-tested and that > > any deviation from that (even security or bug-fix changes) is an unknown > > that new users need to be shielded against when grabbing packages wi

The kernel for the domU and its (non-existent) config

2007-06-29 Thread Gueven Bay
I asked in my last mail to this mailing-list how I can make a FreeBSD image for Xen. But I also discovered that the kernel you have to use following the Handbook (chapter 21.2.2.2) is a "binary-blob". Nowhere do you find a config file so that you can make an own kernel if you want. I looked at

How can I make a domU image like that in the handbook ?

2007-06-29 Thread Gueven Bay
Hello, In the handbook in chapter 21.2.2.2 ( http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/virtualization-guest.html) the reader has to download an image file for the domU (the virtual guest system of Xen). I want to know the recipe how to produce such an image file. Is this image fi