Re: how to change from STABLE to RELEASE?

2013-01-09 Thread Antonio Olivares
=== When I reboot I get: Enter full pathname of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh: I press enter and try: # mount -a mount: not found # mount -urw / mount: not found # I try # /rescue/vi /etc/defaults/rc.conf which is the one that is borked, to fix it and remove

how to change from STABLE to RELEASE?

2013-01-08 Thread Antonio Olivares
Dear folks, I am happily running FreeBSD 9.0-STABLE on one of my machines, but I want to move to FreeBSD-RELEASE and use # freebsd-update upgrade -r 9.1-RELEASE but it does not find a valid repository. How can I solve this issue to move to newer RELEASE and avoid staying on STABLE because I

Re: how to change from STABLE to RELEASE?

2013-01-08 Thread Fbsd8
Antonio Olivares wrote: Dear folks, I am happily running FreeBSD 9.0-STABLE on one of my machines, but I want to move to FreeBSD-RELEASE and use # freebsd-update upgrade -r 9.1-RELEASE but it does not find a valid repository. How can I solve this issue to move to newer RELEASE and avoid

RE: Looking for info on how to install and configure suPHP on FreeBSD 8

2013-01-04 Thread Matt Rauch
-Original Message- From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Ilya Kazakevich Sent: January-03-13 7:17 PM To: Matt Rauch Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Looking for info on how to install and configure

Re: Trying to find out how to mount as user

2013-01-03 Thread C. P. Ghost
On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 5:29 PM, Leslie Jensen les...@eskk.nu wrote: Hello. I want to write a script, where I as a normal user, can back up my files with rsync to another machine (pc01), which shares a directory via NFS. I have an entry in the local machines /etc/fstab pc01:/backup

Looking for info on how to install and configure suPHP on FreeBSD 8

2013-01-03 Thread Matt Rauch
Hello, I apologize if there is an easy spot to find this, but I'm looking for some instructions on implementing suPHP on FreeBSD 8 with Apache. The server is currently in production and I'd like to convert it from running PHP files as an Apache module and instead as cgi with suPHP for security

Re: Looking for info on how to install and configure suPHP on FreeBSD 8

2013-01-03 Thread Ilya Kazakevich
http://www.freshports.org/www/suphp/ Is not it what are you looking for? On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 2:29 AM, Matt Rauch mattr-li...@eagle.ca wrote: suPHP ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Trying to find out how to mount as user

2013-01-02 Thread Leslie Jensen
Hello. I want to write a script, where I as a normal user, can back up my files with rsync to another machine (pc01), which shares a directory via NFS. I have an entry in the local machines /etc/fstab pc01:/backup /mnt/backupnfs rw,noauto 0 0 The command: mount

SOLVED...Re: Trying to find out how to mount as user

2013-01-02 Thread Leslie Jensen
2013-01-02 17:29, Leslie Jensen skrev: Hello. I want to write a script, where I as a normal user, can back up my files with rsync to another machine (pc01), which shares a directory via NFS. I have an entry in the local machines /etc/fstab pc01:/backup /mnt/backupnfs rw,noauto

Re: SOLVED...Re: Trying to find out how to mount as user

2013-01-02 Thread Michael Sierchio
On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 8:47 AM, Leslie Jensen les...@eskk.nu wrote: I was on a wired connection first and the on wifi so I had two different IP-addresses! New question: Instead of having the following in my /etc/exports /backup machine01 machine02 Can I put my internal network as

Re: SOLVED...Re: Trying to find out how to mount as user

2013-01-02 Thread Mark Felder
On Wed, 2 Jan 2013 17:47:15 +0100 Leslie Jensen les...@eskk.nu wrote: I was on a wired connection first and the on wifi so I had two different IP-addresses! FYI a cool trick is to bridge your ethernet and wifi so you can keep your IP and roam between wired and wireless :)

How to boot alternate installation?

2013-01-02 Thread james
I have a system that boots 9.0+patches (claims to be 9.1-PRERELEASE but that's a stretch in this case) off an ssd on sata0 - I needed some mfi patches. Now that mfi is working, I have a raid1 pair on the mfi controller, and I've unpacked 9.1-RELEASE onto it using bsdinstall. Now, the crappy

how to delete link in port packing list

2013-01-01 Thread Fbsd8
In a port I am working on I have a link for home - /user/home In the ports pkg-plist I can delete every thing but that darn link. Is there some statement along the line of %%EXAMPLESDIR%%default/home/lab1/.profile that will delete the @home link? ___

Re: how to delete link in port packing list

2013-01-01 Thread Fbsd8
Fbsd8 wrote: In a port I am working on I have a link for home - /user/home In the ports pkg-plist I can delete every thing but that darn link. Is there some statement along the line of %%EXAMPLESDIR%%default/home/lab1/.profile that will delete the @home link? sorry for the noise, figured it

Re: how to configure host login account to use jail?

2012-12-23 Thread Fbsd8
I want lan users to login to their jail by ip address using ssh. How do I setup host user accounts so they login to their associated jail? Is this something I code in the host user account or is it done by the remote ssh login command? How do other jail users do this? I assign public IPs to my

Re: how to configure host login account to use jail?

2012-12-23 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 23/12/2012 13:11, Fbsd8 wrote: Ok but as my question asks, how do you configure things to get that to work? I am after the details. You need to run an instance of sshd in each jail. Because sshd defaults to binding to INADDR_ANY, you need to modify the sshd configuration in the host system

Re: how to configure host login account to use jail?

2012-12-23 Thread Fbsd8
Matthew Seaman wrote: On 23/12/2012 13:11, Fbsd8 wrote: Ok but as my question asks, how do you configure things to get that to work? I am after the details. You need to run an instance of sshd in each jail. Because sshd defaults to binding to INADDR_ANY, you need to modify the sshd

Re: how to configure host login account to use jail?

2012-12-23 Thread Fbsd8
Fbsd8 wrote: Matthew Seaman wrote: On 23/12/2012 13:11, Fbsd8 wrote: Ok but as my question asks, how do you configure things to get that to work? I am after the details. You need to run an instance of sshd in each jail. Because sshd defaults to binding to INADDR_ANY, you need to modify

how to configure host login account to use jail?

2012-12-22 Thread Fbsd8
Have jails up and running on host with ip address of 10.0.10.10 10.0.10.11 10.0.10.12 10.0.10.13 10.0.10.14 The host rc.conf has ifconfig_xl0=DHCP # nix connected to isp ifconfig_rl0=inet 10.0.10.2 #lan nic I want lan users to login to their jail by ip address using ssh. How do I setup host

Re: how to configure host login account to use jail?

2012-12-22 Thread Damien Fleuriot
to login to their jail by ip address using ssh. How do I setup host user accounts so they login to their associated jail? Is this something I code in the host user account or is it done by the remote ssh login command? How do other jail users do this? I assign public IPs to my jails and let

How to Make Customized Boot-able DVD or USB

2012-12-20 Thread Hooman Oroojeni
Hi People, I was wondering if I could make a FreeBSD boot-able USB or DVD with pre-installed software and services such as DHCP Client/Server. I would be pleased if you could help me. Thanks Hooman ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

mfsroot starts sysinstall how?

2012-12-18 Thread Rick Miller
Hi all, For anyone interested, I posted a blog with regards to how sysinstall is run from mfsroot. URL is http://blog.hostileadmin.com/2012/12/18/mfsroot-starts-sysinstall-how/ -- Take care Rick Miller ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Question on how do I tell make to choose between static and shared versions of a library

2012-12-16 Thread Manish Jain
Hello All, This is not a question strictly on FreeBSD. But since freebsd-questions is a lot quicker with its dependable responses, I decided to post my question here. Under /lib I have both versions - shared (libxyz.so.1) as well as static (libxyz.a) - of a library. How do I tell make

Re: Question on how do I tell make to choose between static and shared versions of a library

2012-12-16 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 16 Dec 2012 22:52:05 +0530, Manish Jain wrote: Under /lib I have both versions - shared (libxyz.so.1) as well as static (libxyz.a) - of a library. How do I tell make to link to the static version, not the shared one ? The next obvious question is how to do the vice versa - tell make

Re: Question on how do I tell make to choose between static and shared versions of a library

2012-12-16 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 16/12/2012 17:22, Manish Jain wrote: Under /lib I have both versions - shared (libxyz.so.1) as well as static (libxyz.a) - of a library. How do I tell make to link to the static version, not the shared one ? The next obvious question is how to do the vice versa - tell make to link

Re: Question on how do I tell make to choose between static and shared versions of a library

2012-12-16 Thread Manish Jain
On 16-Dec-12 23:12, Matthew Seaman wrote: On 16/12/2012 17:22, Manish Jain wrote: Under /lib I have both versions - shared (libxyz.so.1) as well as static (libxyz.a) - of a library. How do I tell make to link to the static version, not the shared one ? The next obvious question is how to do

mfsroot starts sysinstall how?

2012-12-12 Thread Rick Miller
Hi All, How is sysinstall invoked in a FreeBSD 8.x mfsroot.gz? -- Take care Rick Miller ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions

Re: mfsroot starts sysinstall how?

2012-12-12 Thread Rick Miller
On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Rick Miller vmil...@hostileadmin.com wrote: Hi All, How is sysinstall invoked in a FreeBSD 8.x mfsroot.gz? To explain more, I would like to boot into a shell as opposed to sysinstall. safe mode and single user don't seem to. -- Take care Rick Miller

Re: mfsroot starts sysinstall how?

2012-12-12 Thread Devin Teske
On Dec 12, 2012, at 7:50 AM, Rick Miller wrote: On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Rick Miller vmil...@hostileadmin.com wrote: Hi All, How is sysinstall invoked in a FreeBSD 8.x mfsroot.gz? It's actually invoked in the place of init(8). To explain more, I would like to boot

how to get audio from youtube?

2012-12-11 Thread Gary Kline
is there a way I can get the audio off u-toob? -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Twenty-six years of service to the Unix community. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: how to get audio from youtube?

2012-12-11 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 11 Dec 2012 20:17:05 -0800, Gary Kline wrote: is there a way I can get the audio off u-toob? Depends. The FreeBSD solution: 1. Use youtube-dl (it's in ports) to download the file. 2. Use ffmpeg -i infile.flv outfile.mp3 to get the audio converted to MP3. This process can be

Re: how to get audio from youtube?

2012-12-11 Thread Gary Kline
On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 08:38:23PM -0800, Waitman Gobble wrote: On Dec 11, 2012 8:19 PM, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: is there a way I can get the audio off u-toob? -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix

Re: how to get audio from youtube?

2012-12-11 Thread Waitman Gobble
On Dec 11, 2012 8:19 PM, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: is there a way I can get the audio off u-toob? -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Twenty-six years of service to the Unix community.

List all hard drives on system (with capacities)... How?

2012-12-06 Thread Ronald F. Guilmette
not list drive capacities: #!/bin/sh atacontrol list | grep ': ad[0-9]' | sed 's/^.*: //' camcontrol devlist | grep '(da[0-9]' | sed -E 's/^(.*) \((da[0-9]+).*$/\2 \1/' How can I modify the script above in order to get it to print out the respective drive capacities

Re: List all hard drives on system (with capacities)... How?

2012-12-06 Thread Tim Daneliuk
for both PATA/SATA and USB hard drives, but it does not list drive capacities: #!/bin/sh atacontrol list | grep ': ad[0-9]' | sed 's/^.*: //' camcontrol devlist | grep '(da[0-9]' | sed -E 's/^(.*) \((da[0-9]+).*$/\2 \1/' How can I modify the script above in order to get it to print out

Re: List all hard drives on system (with capacities)... How?

2012-12-06 Thread Ronald F. Guilmette
-9]+).*$/\2 \1 /' How can I modify the script above in order to get it to print out the respective drive capacities? Look into fdisk -s Thank you Tim. Silly me! Before I even got your reply, I had already doen a bit more research and I had found what I think may perhaps be an even better

Re: List all hard drives on system (with capacities)... How?

2012-12-06 Thread Nikos Vassiliadis
. The following simple script works well for both PATA/SATA and USB hard drives, but it does not list drive capacities: #!/bin/sh atacontrol list | grep ': ad[0-9]' | sed 's/^.*: //' camcontrol devlist | grep '(da[0-9]' | sed -E 's/^(.*) \((da[0-9]+).*$/\2 \1/' How can I modify the script above

Re: List all hard drives on system (with capacities)... How?

2012-12-06 Thread Chad Perrin
On Thu, Dec 06, 2012 at 04:23:54PM -0800, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: if ($bytes = (1024 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024)) { You know about the exponentiation operator in Perl -- right? if ($bytes = (1024 ** 4)) { I don't think typing 1024 four times with * between each pair is really a helpful

Re: Re[2]: How to allow httpd to run 'ipfw table 7 add ... '

2012-11-30 Thread Steve O'Hara-Smith
On Thu, 29 Nov 2012 23:03:08 +0200 Eugen Konkov kes-...@yandex.ru wrote: Здравствуйте, Steve. SOHS The only problem with this is it will allow apache to SOHS do anything with ipfw including flush all of the rules. I would SOHS suggest having apache dumping the parameters of the

How do you manage jails?

2012-11-29 Thread Rick Miller
Hi All, I want to inquire how the majority of users manage jails within their own environments. Do you use the utilities described in the handbook in chapter 16 or some other management facility like qjail or ezjail? -- Take care Rick Miller

Re: How do you manage jails?

2012-11-29 Thread Devin Teske
On Nov 29, 2012, at 6:05 AM, Rick Miller wrote: Hi All, I want to inquire how the majority of users manage jails within their own environments. Do you use the utilities described in the handbook in chapter 16 or some other management facility like qjail or ezjail? I use my own home

Re: How do you manage jails?

2012-11-29 Thread Steve O'Hara-Smith
On Thu, 29 Nov 2012 09:05:30 -0500 Rick Miller vmil...@hostileadmin.com wrote: Hi All, I want to inquire how the majority of users manage jails within their own environments. Do you use the utilities described in the handbook in chapter 16 or some other management facility like qjail

how to Save your mony you credit card expences to increase your bussiness

2012-11-28 Thread The merchant Solution
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Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?

2012-11-28 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2012-11-28 at 08:06 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Tue, 2012-11-27 at 17:04 -0700, Warren Block wrote: # gpart create -s bsd ada0s1 gpart: geom 'ada0s1': File exists Sorry, no idea on that. Because of the extended partitions, maybe. Thank you, so this should work and if

Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?

2012-11-28 Thread Warren Block
install FreeBSD? I tried a few experiments just now, and it still looks to me like the EBR is the problem. Unfortunately, I don't know how to work around it. Certainly it should be possible to do this. It's a matter of getting the partitioning tools to do it. Anything else I can try

Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?

2012-11-28 Thread Warren Block
On Wed, 28 Nov 2012, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Wed, 2012-11-28 at 08:06 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Tue, 2012-11-27 at 17:04 -0700, Warren Block wrote: # gpart create -s bsd ada0s1 gpart: geom 'ada0s1': File exists Sorry, no idea on that. Because of the extended partitions, maybe. Thank

Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?

2012-11-28 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2012-11-28 at 09:25 -0700, Warren Block wrote: On Wed, 28 Nov 2012, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Wed, 2012-11-28 at 08:06 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Tue, 2012-11-27 at 17:04 -0700, Warren Block wrote: # gpart create -s bsd ada0s1 gpart: geom 'ada0s1': File exists Sorry, no idea

How to allow httpd to run 'ipfw table 7 add ... '

2012-11-28 Thread Eugen Konkov
Hi. How to allow httpd to run this command 'ipfw table 7 add ... '? -- Eugen mailto:kes-...@yandex.ru ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe

Re: How to allow httpd to run 'ipfw table 7 add ... '

2012-11-28 Thread Devin Teske
On Nov 28, 2012, at 7:48 PM, Eugen Konkov wrote: Hi. How to allow httpd to run this command 'ipfw table 7 add ... '? imho the most secure way is to add an entry to sudoers(5) (you can use visudo(8) to edit sudoers(5)) allowing the apache privilege-separation user (www? we use apache

Re: how to correct portsnap corruption

2012-11-27 Thread Arthur Chance
/ports/.cvsignore /usr/ports/CHANGES /usr/ports/COPYRIGHT /usr/ports/GIDs /usr/ports/KNOBS /usr/ports/LASTCOMMIT.txt files/bfd9e7e5d0fff1e0c601614c35085494c8de06eb100b2fe025a6c9a226ec0e09.gz not found -- snapshot corrupt. casper# How can I recover from this without losing any app configs I have

Re: how to correct portsnap corruption

2012-11-27 Thread RW
-- snapshot corrupt. casper# How can I recover from this without losing any app configs I have in the ports tree? (i.e. make config) Port configs are stored in /var/db/ports/portname/options, not in /usr/ports so are safe from any overwriting by portsnap. In any case, it's the snapshot

Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?

2012-11-27 Thread Ralf Mardorf
-- 7 spinymouse spinymouse4096 Nov 15 18:50 Spinymouse So how can I mount e.g. an USB stick? And could I then run something similar to # echo gpart show ada0s1 /path/to/usbstick/logfile # gpart show ada0s1 /path/to/usbstick/logfile # echo gpart add -t freebsd -i1 ada0 /path/to/usbstick

Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?

2012-11-27 Thread Ralf Mardorf
.mix -rw-rw-r-- 1 spinymouse spinymouse 8 Nov 27 15:57 logfile drwx-- 7 spinymouse spinymouse4096 Nov 15 18:50 Spinymouse So how can I mount e.g. an USB stick? And could I then run something similar to # echo gpart show ada0s1 /path/to/usbstick/logfile # gpart show ada0s1

Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?

2012-11-27 Thread Warren Block
logfile spinymouse@q:~$ ls -l logfile Too much work. Use script(1): $ script /tmp/session.log $ (do a bunch of stuff) $ exit And session.log will contain everything. Including control characters, so edit it before posting. So how can I mount e.g. an USB stick? This is in the Handbook

Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?

2012-11-27 Thread Mike Clarke
On Tuesday 27 November 2012 15:15:52 Ralf Mardorf wrote: And could I then run something similar to # echo gpart show ada0s1 /path/to/usbstick/logfile # gpart show ada0s1 /path/to/usbstick/logfile # echo gpart add -t freebsd -i1 ada0 /path/to/usbstick/logfile # echo gpart add -t

Re: [Bulk] Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?

2012-11-27 Thread Ralf Mardorf
posting. So how can I mount e.g. an USB stick? This is in the Handbook somewhere, but a quick look didn't find it, so: # mount -t msdosfs /dev/da0s1 /mnt That assumes there is a FAT filesystem in the first partition of the memory stick, a common setup. Please don't use NTFS. Thank you

Re: [Bulk] Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?

2012-11-27 Thread Ralf Mardorf
# mount -t msdosfs /dev/da0s1 /mnt did not work. It has to be # mount -t msdosfs /dev/da0 /mnt This is from the log: # gpart show ada0 = 63 625142385 ada0 MBR (298G) 63 121274683- free - (57G) 121274746 503862599 2 ebr [active] (240G) 625137345 5103

Re: [Bulk] Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?

2012-11-27 Thread Ralf Mardorf
PS: In Linux the result does look like this: $ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda | grep BSD /dev/sda1 63 12127468460637311 a5 FreeBSD $ sudo parted -l | grep pri 1 32.3kB 62.1GB 62.1GB primary ext3 1 32.3kB 22.0GB 22.0GB primary ext4

Re: [Bulk] Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?

2012-11-27 Thread Warren Block
On Tue, 27 Nov 2012, Ralf Mardorf wrote: This is from the log: # gpart show ada0 = 63 625142385 ada0 MBR (298G) 63 121274683- free - (57G) 121274746 503862599 2 ebr [active] (240G) 625137345 5103- free - (2.5M) # gpart add -t freebsd -i1

RE: how to correct portsnap corruption - SOLVED

2012-11-27 Thread Dale Scott
'rm -fr /var/db/portsnap/*' and then 'portsnap fetch portsnap extract' Thanks everyone! Dale Scott ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to

Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?

2012-11-27 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2012-11-27 at 17:04 -0700, Warren Block wrote: # gpart create -s bsd ada0s1 gpart: geom 'ada0s1': File exists Sorry, no idea on that. Because of the extended partitions, maybe. Thank you, so this should work and if it doesn't work, I can't install FreeBSD? Anything else I can

vidcontrol - How do I make these persist?

2012-11-26 Thread Modulok
List, If I edit things via vidcontrol, e.g: `vidcontrol grey black` where do I put this to make it persist across reboots on all terminals? Cheers! -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: vidcontrol - How do I make these persist?

2012-11-26 Thread Maciej Suszko
Modulok modu...@gmail.com wrote: List, If I edit things via vidcontrol, e.g: `vidcontrol grey black` where do I put this to make it persist across reboots on all terminals? Search for vidcontrol(1) in rc.conf(5) manual. -- regards, Maciej Suszko. signature.asc Description: PGP signature

how to correct portsnap corruption

2012-11-26 Thread Dale Scott
/ports/COPYRIGHT /usr/ports/GIDs /usr/ports/KNOBS /usr/ports/LASTCOMMIT.txt files/bfd9e7e5d0fff1e0c601614c35085494c8de06eb100b2fe025a6c9a226ec0e09.gz not found -- snapshot corrupt. casper# How can I recover from this without losing any app configs I have in the ports tree? (i.e. make config

Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?

2012-11-25 Thread Ralf Mardorf
. It already was deleted for the last attempts. Another day, fortunately I've got much time, so I'll read how to use the shell for partitioning. I don't know if I'm an idiot or if the installer is broken, most likely I'm an idiot + the installer is broken. Regards, Ralf

Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?

2012-11-25 Thread Polytropon
/bsdinstall-partitioning.html Manually Create Partitions doesn't work. The MD5sum for the ISO was ok and the burned DVD was verified. How does doesn't work appear? As far as I know, the difference to manual is that in _this_ method, you need to create your partitions yourself (the default behaviour

Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?

2012-11-25 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 2012-11-25 at 13:19 +0100, Polytropon wrote: How does doesn't work appear? My apologies that I didn't wrote all error messages, they were about non-bootable and other things. I guess it' s better to ignore this and to continue with ... Maybe it's because you have a totally non-standard

Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?

2012-11-25 Thread Warren Block
On Sun, 25 Nov 2012, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Sun, 2012-11-25 at 13:19 +0100, Polytropon wrote: How does doesn't work appear? My apologies that I didn't wrote all error messages, they were about non-bootable and other things. I guess it' s better to ignore this and to continue with ... Maybe

Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?

2012-11-25 Thread Ralf Mardorf
?) is enough swap? I've got 4GB RAM. On Linux I use 2 swaps each around 2GB, but they are not much used. For Linux there are no valid rules any more, how to set up the swap, or at least I don't know the rules. Thank you, Ralf ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?

2012-11-25 Thread Polytropon
-ufs da0 in the EXAMPLES section. I've got 4GB RAM. On Linux I use 2 swaps each around 2GB, but they are not much used. For Linux there are no valid rules any more, how to set up the swap, or at least I don't know the rules. In fact, there are no definite rules anymore. The use of swap depends

Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?

2012-11-25 Thread Warren Block
On Sun, 25 Nov 2012, Ralf Mardorf wrote: I can't backup the whole HDDs :(. I backup some data from HDD1 to HDD2 and te other data from HDD2 to HDD1. On Sun, 2012-11-25 at 13:43 -0700, Warren Block wrote: Assuming the first slice has been deleted. Correct. # gpart add -t freebsd -i1 ada0

How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?

2012-11-24 Thread Ralf Mardorf
I use the amd64 install DVD. With or without deleting, I can't format a bootable FreeBSD partition to ada0s1, aka Linux /dev/sda1. FWIW if I reinstall GRUB legacy to /dev/sda, the boot flag will be set for the extended partition. /dev/sda1 is an empty ext3 partition, size 57.83 GiB. Regards,

Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?

2012-11-24 Thread Polytropon
On Sat, 24 Nov 2012 23:14:40 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: I use the amd64 install DVD. With or without deleting, I can't format a bootable FreeBSD partition to ada0s1, aka Linux /dev/sda1. You mention ada0s1. This is not a partition. It's called a slice (different term: DOS primary partition).

Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?

2012-11-24 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2012-11-24 at 23:35 +0100, Polytropon wrote: Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 63 12127468460637311 83 Linux This is the partition you're going to install FreeBSD to? Good, just delete it and let the installer do the

Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?

2012-11-24 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2012-11-24 at 23:35 +0100, Polytropon wrote: You can also switch to manual mode I did this first and it didn't work. Regards, Ralf PS: I very often receive mails two times :(, from the list and directly send to me. I notice that mailing list options for the MUA are broken. Is mailman

Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?

2012-11-24 Thread Polytropon
approach works for you - MBR or (probably) GPT. This also depends on how you have organized your Linusi. The use of the CLI tools for this approach are documented in Warren's article I've mentioned in a previous message. PS: I very often receive mails two times :(, from the list and directly send

OT: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?

2012-11-24 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 2012-11-25 at 00:27 +0100, Polytropon wrote: I'm just too stupid to use a computer. :-) I once wanted to delete a broken Linux, before restoring it from a backup, but by accident deleted the broken Linux + the only backup too. No drugs involved. In around 20 years using computers, I was

Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?

2012-11-24 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 2012-11-25 at 00:27 +0100, Polytropon wrote: I meant the really manual mode (CLI) as to be seen in Fig. 3-10, named Shell (that's why the confusion, sorry). http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall-partitioning.html Manually Create Partitions doesn't work.

Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?

2012-11-24 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 2012-11-25 at 02:34 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Sun, 2012-11-25 at 00:27 +0100, Polytropon wrote: I meant the really manual mode (CLI) as to be seen in Fig. 3-10, named Shell (that's why the confusion, sorry). PS: Don't worry, it was clear what you wanted to say. As a newbie

Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?

2012-11-24 Thread Warren Block
On Sat, 24 Nov 2012, Ralf Mardorf wrote: I use the amd64 install DVD. With or without deleting, I can't format a bootable FreeBSD partition to ada0s1, aka Linux /dev/sda1. FWIW if I reinstall GRUB legacy to /dev/sda, the boot flag will be set for the extended partition. /dev/sda1 is an empty

Re: How is zfs file system known in fsck?

2012-11-18 Thread Eric S Pulley
filesystems you really should try to understand how they work. There is no fsck tool and no need for one on zfs. If you have managed to loose data while running zfs you'd better have a backup. Read zpool(8) zfs(8) and possibly http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19253-01/819-5461/index.html

Re: how to correct corrupted ports tree?

2012-11-17 Thread Polytropon
different) will be updated. Also note that this approach sometimes is more current than using portsnap. There might be deltas in the CVS ports tree already that might not be yet in the most current ports snapshot. However, this is an old-fashioned approach; I'm not sure for how long it will work

Re: how to correct corrupted ports tree?

2012-11-17 Thread C. P. Ghost
On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 11:02 AM, Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: On Fri, 16 Nov 2012 21:56:21 -0700, Gary Aitken wrote: I don't see a way to force refetch of the actual ports files like distinfo when portsnap thinks the port is up to date. You cansolve the problem of few per-file

Re: how to correct corrupted ports tree?

2012-11-17 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 18 Nov 2012 05:57:40 +0100, Bernt Hansson wrote: 2012-11-18 05:14, Bernt Hansson skrev: There is a readme file too. ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/FreeBSD/ports/ports/README.TXT Which mentions the evil cvsup... :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi

how to correct corrupted ports tree?

2012-11-16 Thread Gary Aitken
Sure enough: # ls /usr/ports/lang/php4-extensions CVS Makefilepkg-descr I didn't see anything in the handbook about how to get the ports tree itself back to a sane condition. Do I have to blow the whole thing away and do a fresh extract? I don't see a way to force refetch

Re: how to correct corrupted ports tree?

2012-11-16 Thread Shane Ambler
On 17/11/2012 15:26, Gary Aitken wrote: decided to rebuild ports for peace of mind, but my basic ports tree is hosed: I didn't see anything in the handbook about how to get the ports tree itself back to a sane condition. Do I have to blow the whole thing away and do a fresh extract? I

How close is 9.1 to release?

2012-11-15 Thread Brett Glass
Have begun getting warnings from freebsd-update that 9.0 is close to its EOL, but the successor release (9.1) is not even out yet... which means that there's no way to gauge its stability or quality by watching for reported problems. How's 9.1-RELEASE coming? Any showstoppers? --Brett Glass

how to disable page breaks in line printer

2012-10-30 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
I need to print some text on a continuous paper with no page breaks. How to do this? I've epson lq-550 matrix printer attached via a parallel cable, and lp|local line printer:\ :sh:\ :lp=/dev/lpt0:\ :sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:\ :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\ :pl

Re: how to disable page breaks in line printer

2012-10-30 Thread Steve O'Hara-Smith
at the top of the next. Surely I'm missing someting. How to get rid of this empty space? The printer may be doing this internally, many dot matrix printers had the ability to set the page length and perforation skip on DIP switches. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith at...@sohara.org

Re: how to disable page breaks in line printer

2012-10-30 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
and empty space at the top of the next. Surely I'm missing someting. How to get rid of this empty space? The printer may be doing this internally, many dot matrix printers had the ability to set the page length and perforation skip on DIP

Re: how to disable page breaks in line printer

2012-10-30 Thread Polytropon
empty space at the bottom of the physical page and empty space at the top of the next. Surely I'm missing someting. How to get rid of this empty space? The printer may be doing this internally, many dot matrix printers had the ability to set

How to install FreeBSD on CX-01 Mini Android TV

2012-10-27 Thread Андріан
Доброго дня. Hi, I'm so impressed freebsd system that try to use it anywhere and in anything. How to install freebsd on CX-01 Mini Android TV USB Stick Android 4.0 Cortex A5 detailed a description for link: http://www.androidgadgets.co.uk/#/shop/4562780474/CX-01-Mini-Android-TV-USB-Stick

How to install FreeBSD on CX-01 Mini Android TV

2012-10-27 Thread Андріан
Доброго дня. Hi, I'm so impressed freebsd system that try to use it anywhere and in anything. How to install freebsd on CX-01 Mini Android TV USB Stick Android 4.0 Cortex A5 detailed a description for link: http://www.androidgadgets.co.uk/#/shop/4562780474/CX-01-Mini-Android-TV-USB-Stick

How to install FreeBSD on CX-01 Mini Android TV

2012-10-27 Thread Андріан
Доброго дня. Hi, I'm so impressed freebsd system that try to use it anywhere and in anything. How to install freebsd on CX-01 Mini Android TV USB Stick Android 4.0 Cortex A5 detailed a description for link: http://www.androidgadgets.co.uk/#/shop/4562780474/CX-01-Mini-Android-TV-USB-Stick

How to install FreeBSD on CX-01 Mini Android TV

2012-10-27 Thread Андріан
Доброго дня. Hi, I'm so impressed freebsd system that try to use it anywhere and in anything. How to install freebsd on CX-01 Mini Android TV USB Stick Android 4.0 Cortex A5 detailed a description for link: http://www.androidgadgets.co.uk/#/shop/4562780474/CX-01-Mini-Android-TV-USB-Stick

How to install FreeBSD on CX-01 Mini Android TV

2012-10-27 Thread Андріан
Доброго дня. Hi, I'm so impressed freebsd system that try to use it anywhere and in anything. How to install freebsd on CX-01 Mini Android TV USB Stick Android 4.0 Cortex A5 detailed a description for link: http://www.androidgadgets.co.uk/#/shop/4562780474/CX-01-Mini-Android-TV-USB-Stick

Re: how many memory is needed for FreeBSD 9 ?

2012-10-23 Thread Patrick Lamaiziere
Le Mon, 22 Oct 2012 03:49:50 +1100, andrew clarke m...@ozzmosis.com a écrit : Hello, I'm updating an old laptop running FreeBSD 8.1 with 64 MB ram (44MB available) but now FreeBSD 9.1 panics at boot time: panic: kmem_malloc(4194304): kmem_map too small: 24584192 allocated? That's one

Re: How to list /etc/fstab in new BFSD label?

2012-10-22 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 21 Oct 2012 17:00:13 -1000, Al Plant wrote: Aloha, I cant find any How TO on writing the hardware devices into /etc/fstab to mount and find how the DVD and CD players get connected. Open the file in your favourite editor and add the lines according to your needs

how many memory is needed for FreeBSD 9 ?

2012-10-21 Thread Patrick Lamaiziere
Hi, I'm updating an old laptop running FreeBSD 8.1 with 64 MB ram (44MB available) but now FreeBSD 9.1 panics at boot time: panic: kmem_malloc(4194304): kmem_map too small: 24584192 allocated? Any work-around? Thanks regards. ___

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