Re: FreeBSD 7 installs where FreeBSD 8 wont due to CD

2010-12-08 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Wed, Dec 08, 2010 at 09:17:27AM +, Bruce Cran wrote: > On Wed, 08 Dec 2010 01:00:34 -0800 > per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: > > > Go into Fixit# and examine /dev and/or the dmesg. > > The problem is there's no "ls" in FixIt mode so you need to use > "echo *" to see what files are present. "S

Re: Supported SAS controllers (single port)

2010-12-08 Thread Paul Mather
On Dec 7, 2010, at 8:36 PM, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > > On 08/12/2010, at 3:51, Mike Andrews wrote: >> On 12/7/2010 8:00 AM, Daniel O'Connor wrote: >>> Does anyone have a recommendation for one? >>> >>> I am looking to connect a LTO tape drive to a FreeBSD 7 or 8 box and I've >>> only ever used

OpenIndiana code improovements that may be used in FreeBSD

2010-12-08 Thread vermaden
Hi, If you know about these, the forge These include for example improoved printf command: http://gdamore.blogspot.com/2010/12/zfs-should-not-depend-on-python-and.html ... and python-free ZFS commands: http://gdamore.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-implementation-of-printf.html "FreeBSD folks, you migh

Re: FreeBSD 7 installs where FreeBSD 8 wont due to CD

2010-12-08 Thread Bruce Cran
On Wed, 8 Dec 2010 20:29:31 +1000 Andy Farkas wrote: > > So since "ls" wasn't required it wasn't included. > > I just booted an old 6.1-RELEASE CD and selected Fixit mode... > > ls -lF works as expected! I should clarify that by saying that "ls" is included in the "live filesystem" but not in

Re: FreeBSD 7 installs where FreeBSD 8 wont due to CD

2010-12-08 Thread Andy Farkas
> So since "ls" wasn't required it wasn't included. I just booted an old 6.1-RELEASE CD and selected Fixit mode... ls -lF works as expected! -andyf ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To

OpenIndiana code improovements that may be used in FreeBSD

2010-12-08 Thread vermaden
Hi, if you know about these, the forget about this mail. There are interesgin code changes that are useful for FreeBSD, these include for example improoved printf command: http://gdamore.blogspot.com/2010/12/zfs-should-not-depend-on-python-and.html ... and python-free ZFS commands: http://gdamor

Re: FreeBSD 7 installs where FreeBSD 8 wont due to CD

2010-12-08 Thread Andy Farkas
On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 7:17 PM, Bruce Cran wrote: > On Wed, 08 Dec 2010 01:00:34 -0800 > per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: > >> Go into Fixit# and examine /dev and/or the dmesg. > > The problem is there's no "ls" in FixIt mode so you need to use > "echo *" to see what files are present. Why is this so

Re: FreeBSD 7 installs where FreeBSD 8 wont due to CD

2010-12-08 Thread Bruce Cran
On Wed, 8 Dec 2010 20:01:32 +1000 Andy Farkas wrote: > Why is this so? I think the Fixit environment only contains tools necessary for installing the system and has traditionally needed to be small enough to fit on a 1.44MB floppy disk. So since "ls" wasn't required it wasn't included. -- Bruc

Re: FreeBSD 7 installs where FreeBSD 8 wont due to CD

2010-12-08 Thread Bruce Cran
On Wed, 08 Dec 2010 01:00:34 -0800 per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: > Go into Fixit# and examine /dev and/or the dmesg. The problem is there's no "ls" in FixIt mode so you need to use "echo *" to see what files are present. -- Bruce Cran ___ freebsd-stabl

Re: FreeBSD 7 installs where FreeBSD 8 wont due to CD

2010-12-08 Thread perryh
Pete French wrote: > Is there a way inside the install environment to see > what the kernel has detected and created in /dev ? Go into Fixit# and examine /dev and/or the dmesg. ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailma

Re: Could MSGBUF_SIZE be made a loader tunable?

2010-12-08 Thread perryh
Andriy Gapon wrote: > on 06/12/2010 07:20 per...@pluto.rain.com said the following: > > Would there be some fundamental problem in changing MSGBUF_SIZE > > from a compiled-in constant to a tunable that could be set at the > > loader prompt? (I'm _not_ suggesting that it be adjustable while > > th