I can't reach http://www.freesbie.org/ to official site for the project.
Has this project disbanded?
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Simple solution is to add
hostname="nyana.com"
to rc.conf then everything is happy
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Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 2:40 PM
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Subject: Re: My unqualified host
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Subject: nat and firewall
hi sirs,
i am confused now that what is the difference between nat and firewall_nat
in /e
I am new user to xorg/kde.
Installed xorg and kde using port system. Followed instructions in handbook
for Freebsd 7.0
The following is the startx log from when I enter startx command. Have no
idea what is wrong since I expected the xorg and kde port to be completely
functional. Kde seems to run ok
There is a outstanding PR on sysinstall from usb flash drive which is now
over a year old. The sysinstall install program needs to be updated to use
usb drives as the source of the install media. You could always edit the
sysinstall program source code and make a patch to allow usb sysinstall
media
Does anyone have yahoo instant messenger working on KDE desktop??
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Go to www.a1poweruser.com and read section 13.7 Forgot Root password
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Hi all
How do it configure FreeBSD to restrict users to their home directory?
I don't want them to be able see any system directories or other users?
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It's my understanding that a port maintainer has to install the port for
real any time a change is made to the port make files or a update to the
source of the software to test and verify the changes work as wanted.
Creating the package after this is just one command and a ftp upload to the
package
Mikhail Teterin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Sent by Glyn Millington:
>> My solution was to install Wine and run the MS port of Firefox. So far
>> it works flawlessly for me.
>>
> This has two problems:
>
> 1. It requires a (licensed) Windows install handy.
No it doesn't. The MS version of F
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Subject: Re: Is KDE4 usable on FreeBSD?
Ok now that you have all let off steam about the off topic of desktop verses
ms/w
What port names need to be installed to create a XFCE4 desktop environment?
I was looking for a mega port like kde3 has but could not identify one.
Thanks in advance.
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Want to change this to regular AM/PM displayed time. 10pm
Been through the manual and all the menus and can not find knob to change
the time setting.
Thanks for any help you can give.
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What irc, pop mail, and usenet clients from gmone or kde or x would you
recommend to use on xfce?
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Looking for word processer that runs on xfce and can output document in
ms/word format.
Thanks for your help.
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Subject: Re: recommendation word processer for xfce
OpenOffice.org 3. There's a port.
- mdh
--- On Thu, 11/6/08, FBSD1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: FBSD1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: recommendation word processer for xfce
> To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED] ORG
]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Glen Barber
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 11:08 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ORG
Subject: Re: recommendation word processer for xfce
On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 10:01 PM, FBSD1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I
processer for xfce
FBSD1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I looked at OpenOffice but there is no package of it since freebsd release
> 6 stable. It takes a very very long time to compile this port.
Please don't top-post. OpenOffice packages are available via the
FreeBSD FTP sites.
Pieter Donche wrote:
I installed FreeBSD 7.0 already on a system at my office (from CDs)
and set up internet connection while installing using the office LAN
(and its DHCP service).
I installed FreeBSD also on my laptop at home (with no network
connection). (with X windows; startx gives me twm
I installed the package of the Generic instant messenger application
(Pidgin)on xfce desktop. It seems to work fine, but in the log it gives
this message text.
GConf Error: Failed to contact configuration server; some possible
causes are that you need to enable TCP/IP networking for ORBit, or
James Williams wrote:
Hello List,
[On FreeBSD 7.1-BETA2, i386.]
1) How can I change the number of rowsxcols of the console? I'd like
to use the maximum rows/cols available for the 1440x900 screen.
2) How can these settings be made default (takes effect at boot)?
IOW, what is the equivalent of
logging in at command line works and startx works. Now want to use x11
xdm to control logins for virtual terminals 9+
Followed handbook instructions 5.6.2 Using XDM doing this
ttyv8 "/usr/local/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure
Then kill -HUP 1 to reread the file.
Also created the .xsess
Polytropon wrote:
On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:21:38 +0800, Fbsd1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Also created the .xsessions file in the users home directory.
The file is ~/.xsession, without an s at the end. I assume
that csh is your login shell. Put these in your ~/.xsession:
#!/b
Next question is are the xdm
configuration files suppose to work as delivered by the port install AS IS?
As a default config demo?
Yes. When I said 'range', I did mean range. Not 2 possibilities. Missing
libraries, tainted environment, typos, tied up resources, tight security
settings, existi
Mel wrote:
On Tuesday 11 November 2008 00:56:29 Fbsd1 wrote:
Polytropon wrote:
On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:21:38 +0800, Fbsd1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Also created the .xsessions file in the users home directory.
The file is ~/.xsession, without an s at the end. I assume
that csh is your
Mel wrote:
On Tuesday 11 November 2008 12:09:01 Fbsd1 wrote:
Mel wrote:
On Tuesday 11 November 2008 11:35:41 Fbsd1 wrote:
Still getting error msg
init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30
second
You first need to get rid of that. xdm can't open /dev/ttyv8 while
Mel wrote:
On Tuesday 11 November 2008 11:35:41 Fbsd1 wrote:
Still getting error msg
init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 second
You first need to get rid of that. xdm can't open /dev/ttyv8 while getty is
hammering at it.
I turned that off all ready b
My /etc/ttys looks like this
ttyv6 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure
ttyv7 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure
#ttyv8 "/usr/local/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure
#ttyv8 "/usr/local/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure
The "init: getty repeatin
Running a release 7.0 Xorg / Gdm / Xfce Desktop world. Would like to go
from powering on the PC directly to the Gdm login screen. Don't want the
users seeing all those boot message roll by.
Can this be done?
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I picked up this attached jpg of beastie over 10 years ago. Tried using
it for a gdm logon screen background, but it's really light.
Does any one know where i can get a darker version of the image?
Or if you have a beastie background image you would care to share.
I sure appreciate you help. T
Daniel Bye wrote:
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 06:40:29PM +0800, Fbsd1 wrote:
Running a release 7.0 Xorg / Gdm / Xfce Desktop world. Would like to go
from powering on the PC directly to the Gdm login screen. Don't want the
users seeing all those boot message roll by.
Can this be
Bernt Hansson wrote:
Hello list
When exiting xfce to return to my console, xfce put my graphicscard in
an unusable state i.e no picture and my monitors led blinks slowly as if
it where in powersave/suspend mode. This do not happen with fluxbox,
windowmaker or twm. Commenting out the "Virtual" di
I picked up this jpg of Beastie over 10 years ago. Tried using
it for a gdm logon screen background, but it's really light.
http://www.a1poweruser.com/beastie.JPG
Does any one know where i can get a darker version of this image?
I tried to use gimp to make the image darker, but had no
On the developers website there is a patch i want to apply
http://developer.berlios.de/patch/?func=detailpatch&patch_id=2283&group_id=2663
[ Patch #2283 ] Add a variable to run shutdown commands without root pass.
How can i get "make install" to apply this patch while compiling the port?
This
Greg Larkin wrote:
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Hash: SHA1
Fbsd1 wrote:
On the developers website there is a patch i want to apply
http://developer.berlios.de/patch/?func=detailpatch&patch_id=2283&group_id=2663
[ Patch #2283 ] Add a variable to run shutdown commands without r
In the past (alt.binaries.warez) contained monthly posts of a list of
Free usenet nntp servers. I dont have access to a nntp server so I can't
search foe the list. Does any one here know of a Free usenet nntp server
I can access?
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Vinny wrote:
Hi,
A friend of mine is trying out FreeBSD and ran into
a booting problem. Here is his message:
"Well, that's discouraging.
I have put together an old PII 400 with three 20GB drives and a CDROM
that I'd like to run BSD on. Half a GB of RAM I figured would be
respectable.
Do
Trying to use diff program to create a patch.
Output gos to console and does not create the patch file.
If it do diff original updated > patch.file
The patch.file does not look like a normal patch file.
What am I doing wrong here?
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Pongthep Kulkrisada wrote:
Hi All,
I have just subscribed to freebsd-questions and I have a question about ppp
-nat.
I have 2 computers. One is running FreeBSD-7.0R, the other is running WinXP.
The host running FBSD7.0R has been connecting to the outside world using
user-ppp without any prob
Mike Price wrote:
How do I permanently set the numerical ip in dmesg?
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If you mean the ip
These applications have predefined ports they use to start up the
bi-directional packet conversation. But them unsolicited packeted come
in from other pc nodes to share data using a wide range of high port
numbers. IPFW, IPF, and PF don't seem to have a rule option to allow
packs in/out based o
dick hoogendijk wrote:
My unofficial take on it is that limewire is a peer-to-peer sharing
application used by Windows, Mac OS X and Linux users to share files,
usually music, often copyrighted, over the internet. It is one of the
fastest, most effective ways to spread viruses, trojans, spywa
What pf or ipf firewall keep-state rules needed to allow p2p application
such as limewire through? Using same firewall rules as in handbook example.
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Tried to pkg_add -r limewire. Dependant diablo-jdk-1.6.0.07.02.tbz File
unavailable. The package diablo-jdk is not on 7.0 or 7.1 pkg server.
Looking up diablo-jdk on the ports website, the long description points
to here http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/downloads/java.shtml
How am i to get
Andrew D wrote:
Fbsd1 wrote:
Tried to pkg_add -r limewire. Dependant diablo-jdk-1.6.0.07.02.tbz
File unavailable. The package diablo-jdk is not on 7.0 or 7.1 pkg
server.
Looking up diablo-jdk on the ports website, the long description
points to here http://www.freebsdfoundation.org
Bernt Hansson wrote:
Fbsd1 said the following on 2008-11-27 09:56:
What pf or ipf firewall keep-state rules needed to allow p2p
application such as limewire through? Using same firewall rules as in
handbook example.
Put this in your /etc/ipnat.rules
rdr rl0 0.0.0.0/0 port port# -> inter
APseudoUtopia wrote:
On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 3:56 AM, Fbsd1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
What pf or ipf firewall keep-state rules needed to allow p2p application
such as limewire through? Using same firewall rules as in handbook example.
Well, what port does limewire use? You need to figu
Bernt Hansson wrote:
Fbsd1 said the following on 2008-11-28 07:24:
Bernt Hansson wrote:
Fbsd1 said the following on 2008-11-27 09:56:
What pf or ipf firewall keep-state rules needed to allow p2p
application such as limewire through? Using same firewall rules as
in handbook example.
Put
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So on the Limewire "Advanced -> Firewall" config page enter a port
number, such as 6346 in both the "Listen on Port" and the "Manual Port
Forward" boxes.
Then after your NAT rule in pf.conf enter something like the following:
rdr on $ExtIF proto tcp from any to any
Been using the same serial mouse since release 7.0 through 7.1 and 7.2.
Just installed release 8.0 and the rc.conf statements
dont work any longer.
# serial port radioshack 2 button mouse
moused_port="/dev/cuad0"
moused_type="intellimouse"
moused_enable="YES"
Nothing has changed on the box hard
Polytropon wrote:
On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:43:17 +0800, Fbsd1 wrote:
Been using the same serial mouse since release 7.0 through 7.1 and 7.2.
Just installed release 8.0 and the rc.conf statements
dont work any longer.
# serial port radioshack 2 button mouse
moused_port="/dev/cuad0"
m
Rem Roberti wrote:
I just installed FreeBSD 7.2 on a new box and am having trouble getting
either fetchmail or getmail to talk to the ISP. Is this a question that
can can be answered here, or is there another more appropriate forum. I
thought it best to ask that question first before going any
Polytropon wrote:
On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:06:56 +0800, Fbsd1 wrote:
I checked /dev and there are no cuaa* or cuad*
Confirmed, 8.0-RC1 with GENERIC kernel (my toyaround machine).
In 7.2 used the sysinstall/configur/mouse menu and it was the one that
crated the moused_port="/dev/
Polytropon wrote:
On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:57:32 +0800, Fbsd1 wrote:
From the 8.0 release notes is the following
http://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.0R/relnotes-detailed.html
[amd64, i386] The uart(4) is now the default driver for serial port
devices in favor of the sio(4) driver. Note that the
Have a clean install of 8.0 and trying to do cvs make install of port
php5 just to turn on apache module. The php5 make install is complaining
that autoconf262, pkg-config and libxml2 as non-existent -- dependency
list incomplete. I installed these as packages and they show up in
pkg_info.
Only
For many releases of Freebsd going back to 4.3 I have all ways used the
default mysql user root localhost with no password which has been the
default.
With 8.0/mysql-server-5.0.86 I am denied access now.
The mysql manual still says the normal install defaults to allowing
access to user root with
Tim Judd wrote:
On 11/29/09, Fbsd1 wrote:
For many releases of Freebsd going back to 4.3 I have all ways used the
default mysql user root localhost with no password which has been the
default.
With 8.0/mysql-server-5.0.86 I am denied access now.
The mysql manual still says the normal install
Jay Hall wrote:
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I completed the upgrade to FreeBSD 8.0 this afternoon and have an error
plaguing me that I cannot solve.
When the system is booted, I am receiving the following error.
Dec 5 20:43:30 getty[902]: open /dev/ttyd0: No such file or directory
However, when
Want to allow the bitlord progran to pass through my firewall. Does
anyone know the port numbers it uses for out bound and inbound packets.
Thanks
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Have this nat rule
rdr rl0 0.0.0.0/0 port 6355 -> 10.0.10.3 port 6355
I can see in the log that tcp packets are being redirected but udp
packets are not. Can not find any verbiage in man 5 0r 8 ipnat that
states rdr rule only matches on tcp packets. I thought tcp/udp packets
should be redirect
Users with Microsoft/Windows knowledge of how a hard drive is configured
may have a terminology issue with FreeBSD. Microsoft/Windows and FreeBSD
use the word partition to mean different (but related) things.
FreeBSD and Microsoft/Windows have primary-partitions, but they call
them different thin
Have this nat rule
rdr rl0 0.0.0.0/0 port 6355 -> 10.0.10.3 port 6355
I can see in the log that tcp packets are being redirected but udp
packets are not. Can not find any verbiage in man 5 0r 8 ipnat that
states rdr rule only matches on tcp packets. I thought tcp/udp packets
should be redirected?
Mike Tancsa wrote:
I am looking at getting more out of the FreeBSD AUDIT system and was
wondering if anyone has feedback beyond what is in the handbook or links
to other resources on this topic.
http://bsdmag.org/ had a nice intro article and
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/h
How is this rewrite correct?
Users with Microsoft/Windows knowledge of how a hard drive is configured
may have a terminology issue with FreeBSD. Microsoft/Windows and FreeBSD
use the word partition to mean different (but related) things.
The Microsoft/Windows fdisk program is used to alloca
Polytropon wrote:
On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:04:57 +0800, Fbsd1 wrote:
The Microsoft/Windows fdisk program is used to allocate partitions on
the hard drive. This program allocated two types of partitions “primary
dos partition” and “extended dos partition”.
Just a formal addition: "primar
Roger Agraviador wrote:
I found an old pc that I just reformatted the HDD using G parted, now that I
try to boot from a Free BSD CD (7.2 release) the Intel chip gives me an
error message that the system boot failed and asks me to insert a system
disk which I do not have, how do I go about that be
Paul Shi wrote:
Dear Everyone,
I am working my way t setup a FTP server on FreeBSD however I got stuck at
the very first stage - installation of FreeBSD 8.0.
I downloaded FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-i386-dvd1.iso from FreeBSD.org and burned
it with NERO to a DVD-RW disc. After that, I insert the DVD di
Hashimoto wrote:
Thanks for your reply, Paul.
$ uname -a
FreeBSD musca.localdomain 8.0-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-p2 #0
r201741: Fri Jan 8 01:01:18 JST 2010
r...@aries.localdomain:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386
$ tail /var/log/messages
Jan 9 21:29:12 musca kernel: cbb1: ready never
I know the sysinstall pgm is a dinosaur that nobody wants to touch so I
give Randi great respect in tackling it adding USB support in 8.0.
Using 2 USB sticks. da0 2GB as the bootable install media and da1 4GB
target device that freebsd is to be installed on.
I have put the disc-1 iso onto a usb
John wrote:
I've tried the "modern BIOS" geometry and the "255 head" geometry.
I've ensured that the first slice (boot slice) is smaller than 1.5
Gb. I've tried to figure out what the BIOS thinks the geometry
is, but it doesn't seem to want to tell me. At least, I can't find
it in the BIOS menu
Christoph Kukulies wrote:
I installed FreeBSD 8.0 on an USB-stick and was able to boot it on my
Desktop PC and install 8.0
from it.
Now I plugged the same stick into my Dell Inspiron 9400 and the USB
stick (2GB) is not even listed in the F12 Bios boot menu.
Any clues?
--
Christoph
Erik Norgaard wrote:
kalin m wrote:
tcp_in = "{ www, https }"
ftp_in = "{ ftp }"
udp = "{ domain, ntp }"
ping = "echoreq"
set skip on lo
scrub in
antispoof for eth0 inet
block in all
pass out all keep state
pass proto udp to any port $udp
pass inet proto icmp all icmp-type $ping keep state
pa
John wrote:
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 10:25:26PM +0800, Fbsd1 wrote:
John wrote:
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 04:38:22PM +0800, Fbsd1 wrote:
John wrote:
I've tried the "modern BIOS" geometry and the "255 head" geometry.
I've ensured that the first slice (boot slice)
Christoph Kukulies wrote:
Fbsd1 schrieb:
Christoph Kukulies wrote:
I installed FreeBSD 8.0 on an USB-stick and was able to boot it on my
Desktop PC and install 8.0
from it.
DO YOU MEAN YOU INSTALLED THE 8.0 ISO ON A USB STICK. BOOTED FROM IT AS
INSTALL SOURCE AND INSTALLED 8.0 ON A DESKTOP
John wrote:
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 06:36:14AM -0600, John wrote:
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 08:16:59PM +0800, Fbsd1 wrote:
John wrote:
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 10:25:26PM +0800, Fbsd1 wrote:
John wrote:
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 04:38:22PM +0800, Fbsd1 wrote:
John wrote:
I've tried the &q
Christoph Kukulies wrote:
I don't know why you shout. (?)
Not shouting, just making my inserted comments visible within the old
post as in different from bottom or top posting.
Fbsd1 schrieb:
Christoph Kukulies wrote:
Fbsd1 schrieb:
Christoph Kukulies wrote:
I installed FreeBSD 8
Christoph Kukulies wrote:
Here is some more info:
The file I copied to the USB stick was
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/8.0/8.0-RELEASE-i386-memstick.img
Actually, I don't remember how I got the image to the USB stick. I
believe I used a free tool from HP
from
, Jan 22, 2010 at 08:16:59PM +0800, Fbsd1 wrote:
John wrote:
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 10:25:26PM +0800, Fbsd1 wrote:
John wrote:
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 04:38:22PM +0800, Fbsd1 wrote:
John wrote:
I've tried the "modern BIOS" geometry and the "255 head" geometry.
I'v
When booting release 8.0 i no longer get the fd0 floppy device prob
message. This pc has run freebsd 6.4 7.0 7.2 which all supported the
floppy drive.
Has floppy drive support been dropped in 8.0?
I know the floppy drive works because i can boot win98 floppy disk ok.
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Bogdan Webb wrote:
try php's safe_mode but it is likely to keep the hackers off, indeed they
can get in and snatch some data but they would be kept out of a shell's
reach... but sometimes safe_mode is not enough... try considering Suhosin
but the addon not the patch... and define the
suhosin.exec
Goal is to download the install source directory tree so I can use it as
an target for local ftp sysinstall.
The problem is that the FreeBSD ftp server keeps timing out before
everything is downloaded. This is the error message ftp gives me.
421 Service not available, remote server timed out. C
Hello list.
I wrote this article on the different ways to install Freebsd on a USB
stick. It covers a large range of related subjects dealing with
installing Freebsd and the use of an USB stick. It's way to large to
post here so the link below will take you to the article. Looking for
feedback
Christer Solskogen wrote:
On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 4:55 AM, Fbsd1 wrote:
http://www.a1poweruser.com/usb.info.htm
Why does Websence think your site contains Potentially Unwanted Software?
Have no idea what you are talking about. Since your using their software
maybe you should be asking
Christer Solskogen wrote:
On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 6:26 PM, Tim Judd wrote:
And I agree with this 'Fbsd1' user (I wish 'Fbsd1' would update his
MTA with a real name) that since Christer is who uses the product, he
should look into it.
I'm probably a bit paranoid, bu
rocwhite168 wrote:
My computers (Dell SX280 PCs or Dell D600 laptop) seem
>to refuse to boot off the USB disk with non-Windows images are
>written to it (I have also tried OpenSolaris images).
>I've tried using dd to write the .img files, or using unetbootin to
>write either .img or .iso images,
I find it very hard to find the subject I am looking for in the
handbook. The index only gets me to the general area in the handbook and
then I have to (next page) through it looking for what I hope is there.
The Index really needs to be expanded to display each and every
sub-section of all th
Tyring to understand what mfsbsd is doing.
In its loader.conf file i see these statements
geom_uzip_load="YES"
mfs_load="YES"
mfs_type="mfs_root"
mfs_name-"/mfsroot"
tmpfs_laod="YES"
vfs.root.mountfrom="ufs:/dev/mdo
Where do I find documentation on the meaning of these statements?
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On Thu, Mar 04, 2010 at 09:48:27PM +0800, Fbsd1 wrote:
Tyring to understand what mfsbsd is doing.
In its loader.conf file i see these statements
geom_uzip_load="YES"
mfs_load="YES"
mfs_type="mfs_root"
mfs_name-"/mfsroot"
tmpfs_laod="
Martin McCormick wrote:
I have hit one of these impenetrable walls in which nothing
seems to work but I know it should. I have tried several
versions of /boot.config to no avail. The idea is exactly the
same principle as described in depenguinator which is software
that lets one use grub in Linux
Martin McCormick wrote:
Fbsd1 writes:
There is hard coded logic that is stopping you from doing what you want.
Looks like you are SOL.
Me thinks you are absolutely correct. I was only hoping
I was doing something wrong and a slight syntax change would
make it work. Thank you and
spellberg_robert wrote:
greetings, all ---
i confess that this one has me flummoxed.
the short question: does tar(1) spit_up when extracting onto an
msdos_fs hard_drive ?
[ i tried the mailing_list archives "tar AND msdos", for -questions,
-chat, -bugs, -newbies, -performance ]
[ other res
During the boot process I want to change the device used to boot from.
From the default 0:ad(0,a)/boot/loader
to 0:da(0,a)/boot/loader forcing the boot to continue from usb stick.
Here is the problem, the bios have no option to boot from USB device.
So thinking let the bios point to first drive t
Where can I find documentation on the procedure to create "man" pages
for a port?
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Dan Nelson wrote:
In the last episode (Mar 30), Fbsd1 said:
During the boot process I want to change the device used to boot from.
From the default 0:ad(0,a)/boot/loader
to 0:da(0,a)/boot/loader forcing the boot to continue from usb stick.
Here is the problem, the bios have no option to boot
On 31/03/2010 04:00:15, Fbsd1 wrote:
Where can I find documentation on the procedure to create "man" pages
for a port?
If you want to write a man page from scratch, probably the best way to
get started is to just copy a man page from the base system and edit it
to taste. See gr
krad wrote:
On 31 March 2010 04:53, Fbsd1 wrote:
Dan Nelson wrote:
In the last episode (Mar 30), Fbsd1 said:
During the boot process I want to change the device used to boot from.
From the default 0:ad(0,a)/boot/loader
to 0:da(0,a)/boot/loader forcing the boot to continue from usb stick
Matthew Seaman wrote:
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On 31/03/2010 08:54:25, Fbsd1 wrote:
OK i want to write a man page from scratch. So lets say i want to use
/usr/share/man/man2/jail.2.gz as my starting sample. How do I convert
this .gz file to a plain text file so I can edit
Matthew Seaman wrote:
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On 01/04/2010 09:41:59, Fbsd1 wrote:
Getting closer but not there yet. Selected man jail to be my example of
macro commands used. Did [gunzip jail.8.gz] and now I have jail.8 file.
How to I convert this file to native macro
Christoph Kukulies wrote:
I'm observing the following with 8.0 Release:
Just for fun I installed a FreeBSD splash screen "The Power to Serve"
with the abstracted little demon.
As long as the vidcontrol screen saver (not X11, I'm not running X11 at
present) has not fired the first time,
everyt
Why are there RELEASE base files in /usr/bin. I thought /usr was to only
contain binaries installed from ports or packages.
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