Disk Error ... back up method

Hi all, I am a FreeBSD newbie... would like to know more about backing up the whole FreeBSD system to a new hard disk. What is the most convenient method of backing up to a new harddisk? any pointers appreciated I cut and pasted Aftabs' reply to Disk Error thread ... Thanks in advance. >

Re: connecting a FreeBSD-4.10 to Internet using DSL with static ip address

> > I have tried searching the net with FreeBSD+DSL > but all I can read is > > about "PPPoE" which requires a "username" and > "password" which I don't > > have. My DSL account is an "always on" account > with a static IP > > address and I guess it doesnt have a > username/password for connection

Re: FreeBSD 4.4

ftp://ftp6.tw.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/4.4/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.o

Re: DSL LAN Sharing with FreeBSD-5.3+natd+ipfw

I had a similar setup http://members.iinet.net.au/~yance/pppoenat.html in rc.conf where you put gateway_enable="YES" this will appear 00100 28 2096 divert 8668 ip from any to any via dc0 You can add extra ipfw config using a script similar to mine, and in rc.conf firewall_script="path/to/your/

Re: daemontools - djbdns

to put it under FreeBSD. > Hi RW, Why is it bad to put it under /etc ... is this specific for FreeBSD or any Unix OS? Where is the proper place? Kind regards, Yance Kowara __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam

Re: raid 1 with gmirror && install loader on 2nd disk

Hi Petre, I played with gmirror sometime ago following this howto: http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/11/10/FreeBSD_Basics.html?page=2 I had the same question, and googling gmirror returns nothing. I posted the question on that website and there was no answer. I tried then to remove the prima

Re: Why doesn't Turn Off The Computer turn off the computer?

- Original Message - From: "Vayu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Cc: "Malcolm Fitzgerald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 5:36 PM Subject: Re: Why doesn't Turn Off The Computer turn off the computer? > On Monday 20 March 2006 20:04, Kevin Kinsey wrote: >> Malcolm Fitzgerald

Re: fxp: promiscuous mode enabled

If you run TCPDUMP on the NIC, you'll get the same message on the console > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > To add, most kinds of network statistic programs will put the card into > "catch all" mode... > > i would try to watch the system messages, and in case it happens run

packet forwarding

Hi all, What's the difference between gateway_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf and net.inet.ip.forwarding=1 in /etc/sysctl.conf Regards, Yance __ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com __

sysctl.conf (formerly packet forwarding)

Thank you for the clarification about setting GATEWAY (packet forwarding) in systl.conf and rc.conf. The handbook suggested that "Over five hundred system variables can be read and set using sysctl(8)" ... Any clue as to where I can see those "over five hundred system variables"? ... just being c

FreeBSD on ASUS P5S800 fails to boot

Hi, I tried to install FreeBSD 5.3R, 5.4R and 6.0R on ASUS P5S800 motherboard and it fails to reboot. Anyone has similar experience? Any hints? Or just replace the motherboard? Kind regards, Yance __ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel si

Re: dhcp server on multiple interfaces.

I hope this helps, assuming you have /usr/share/doc/dhcp-3.0pl1/dhcpd.conf.sample Follow the steps #cp /usr/share/doc/dhcp-3.0pl1/dhcpd.conf.sample /etc/dhcpd.conf #ee /etc/dhcpd.conf your dhcpd.conf ###BEGIN DHCPD.CONF authoritative ddns-update-style interim ignore cl

FreeBSD router two DSL connections

Hi all, I am trying to figure out if *BSD can achieve this: I have two DSL connections to play with, and I would like to configure a *BSD router that can combine the two DSLs together. There is a howto at http://stevenfettig.com/mythoughts/archives/000173.php But it concerns OpenBSD and it was

RE: FreeBSD router two DSL connections

using old readily available hardware). So, if this load balancing idea does not work, any other thing I can do to optimise two DSLs? I also came accross this (linux way): http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Adv-Routing-HOWTO/lartc.rpdb.multiple-links.html Is this worth trying? Kind regards, Yance K

Re: FreeBSD router two DSL connections

--- Eric F Crist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dec 12, 2005, at 2:05 AM, Yance Kowara wrote: > > > Ted, > > > > Thanks for the advice. > > > > A friend of mine has just acquired an Internet > Cafe. > > The previous owner connected the lan to

Re: FreeBSD router two DSL connections

> >>Hmm, what about putting zebra into the picture > ... > >>a solution or chaos? > > > > What feature in Zebra exactly do you think will help in this scenario? > > > > Ted > > ___ I am just crawling in the dark here... If the upstream packets ca

RE: FreeBSD router two DSL connections

Daniel, I am still following this thread and am getting all confused here. Back to my original question: 2 ADSL uplinks - 2 different ISPs can they be merged? (Load balanced, load shared, whatever it is) OpenBSD's PF has something that looks promising: http://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/pool

GEOM - how do we replace a failing HDD?

Hi all, We are trying to use GEOM to make a RAID-1 system (using a pair of identical IDE) and it is quite simple to setup. Does anyone know how to replace the hard disk if any of the two disks fails? There does not seem to be much clear documentation, if any exists, about this. More importantly,

re: caching nameserver

http://www.lifewithdjbdns.com/#dnscache is easy to follow too. --- "Denis R." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Check the DJBDNS author's site: > http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html > > The instructions are simple. If there is a lot of > name resolutions > happening on the web server itself, install dnscach

Re: gmirror and partitioning

s, it is a case of shutting down-replacing hdd-booting up-and recreate the mirror. Only the procedure is a bit confusing. Any problem with GEOM, send an email to the gmirror mailing list. They (Pawel) is very helpful. Kind regards, Yance Kowara --- Nagy László Zsolt <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: DSL setup

--- Lowell Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jake Kim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I just installed FreeBSD 5.4 and am having > problems setting up DSL. > > I followed the instructions in the handbook, but > nothing worked. > > Do I have to configure something else other than > ppp.conf?

Re: Keeping RELEASE_4_10 current?

lars <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Eric Pretorious wrote: > Hello, All: > > I've inherited a 4.10 system that needs to be kept current but does NOT have > cvsup installed yet. What's the best way to bring this system up-to-date with > 4-STABLE? > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/

FreeBSD howto collection

. I am given a task to design a small business network solution using FreeBSD. It needs a gateway, firewall, mail, proxy server, etc. What is available (what I can find) are different howtos implemented in different situations. Any pointers appreciated. Regards,

Re: How to install Vmware5 in FreeBSD?

have you tried qemu? Frank Mueller - emendis GmbH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:I'm sorry to have to inform you that vmware5 does not run on FreeBSD. Latest version available for FreeBSD is AFAIK 3.x. Greetz, Ice Kenny schrieb: > Well, I have downloaded the official Vmware5 package from the offic

RE: Share folder over internet

-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Laszlo Nagy Sent: Friday, 17 August 2007 9:43 PM To: Norberto Meijome; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Share folder over internet > It is hardly the freebsd community's fault that Skype / Ebay d

Freebsd Tomcat

Hi All, A web and database developer requested me to build atomcat server. Is there any good integrated doco on FreeBSD andTomcat? All I get when I googled it is old docs on JDK 1.3(e.g. http://www.osnews.com/story.php/3558/Deploying-Apache-Tomcat-on-FreeBSD/)and http://www.pl.freebs

FreeBSD Tomcat

Hi All, A web and database developer requested me to build atomcat server. Is there any good integrated doco on FreeBSD andTomcat? All I get when I googled it is old docs on JDK 1.3(e.g. http://www.osnews.com/story.php/3558/Deploying-Apache-Tomcat-on-FreeBSD/)and http://www.pl.freebs

RE: FreeBSD Tomcat

-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ivan "Rambius" Ivanov Sent: Friday, 28 September 2007 1:50 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Tomcat Hello, On 9/28/07, Byung-Hee HWANG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In this case I th

Re: Security questions, seeing more then one dhcp client.

--- Andrew D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Christopher Joyner wrote: > > I am seeing two dhcp clients connected to my > wireless router. Does that mean someone other then > me is on it? > > > > I would say so, unless you have people connected to > it via ethernet > using DHCP. You do have WPA