Re: fault tolerant web servers on freebsd

2010-04-08 Thread Robert Joosten
Hi, > Let's say i need to run a few php/sql based web sites and I would like > to maintain uptime of about 99,99% per month. > From what You say I need some level of HA system, to maintain the > required uptime. Okay > (i'm skiping (..) network issues at the moment). Then you won't succeed.

Re: Perennial suggestion to split freebsd-stable into version-specific lists

2009-08-30 Thread Robert Joosten
Hi, > Thus, my suggestion. Split what is currently freebsd-stable into one > list per branch. We could also THINK about whether we want more than 1 stable branch, which is the true case now. Either we relese too often or older releases have a far to long lifecycle before reching EOL. Recallin

Re: Version nomenclature [was RELENG_7 to 8]

2009-08-15 Thread Robert Joosten
Hi, > STABLE and CURRENT could only point to two things and there were about > 10 potential tags involved. Tags... You say tags. Now, freebsd is an constantly evolving project. It's never finished. And when a branch is, it's EOL. It took me two minutes, back in 97 to get the grasp and at that

Re: traffic using ISP proxy

2008-11-22 Thread Robert Joosten
Hi, > How should I configure my FreeBSD box to achieve this, what tools I should > use? You can only proxy traffic that the proxyserver itself understands. I suppose that proxyserver from your ISP is an http proxy, so you have to adjust your browser. You cannot proxy smtp or pop3, sip or whate

Re: gmirror patches

2008-06-14 Thread Robert Joosten
> So far it runs okay. Well a week passed by: - no answer to my question, but - no issues to report either Fwiw. Cheers, Robert ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscr

Re: gmirror patches

2008-06-08 Thread Robert Joosten
Hi, > Has anybody else had a chance to try the gmirror patches I posted here a > few weeks ago ? > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=123630 I ran that patch against 7-stable, build flawless. I currently build a kernel, by accident I made a small mistake. I installworld'd but forgot to

Re: Error while pxeboot setup FreeBSD 7.0

2008-04-05 Thread Robert Joosten
Hi, Hmm for what's worth: I just upgraded a 6.2 pxe box using cvs to 7.0 release and it boots and runs fine, it seems. The server (still) runs 6.2 . Cheers, Robert ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/f

Re: The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System

2008-03-29 Thread Robert Joosten
Hi Unga, > Is there a 2nd edition coming soon? Third iirc. ISBN 0201549794 was the first, although with a slightly different name. Regards, Robert PS: may I politely remind you of our mailinglist charters phrase: "No posting should be made to more than 2 mailing lists (..) ? ;-) http://www.fr

Re: PXE booting issues

2007-06-24 Thread Robert Joosten
Hi, > 2- the dhcp should tell pxeloader where the root is: > option root-path "ip:/path" And next-server I have a couple of version 6.2 pxe-clients booting of a 4.11 box without a problem. A snippet of my dhcpd.conf: host gister { hardware ethernet 00

Re: cvsup error

2007-06-06 Thread Robert Joosten
Hi, > > Have you tried csup(1) ? > what is the different?? csup is a rewrite of cvsup in C instead of relying on Modula 3, that seems to cause some troubles on your system. Hth. Kind regards, Robert PS: a happy csup user pgpZ9DybmS5Wu.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE source update fails during compilation

2007-04-09 Thread Robert Joosten
Hi, ---cut!-- > /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/cc/cc_tools/../../../../contrib/gcc/genattrtab.c:6240: > internal compiler error: Segmentation fault: 11 > Please submit a full bug report, > with preprocessed source if appropriate. > See http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs.html> for instructions. > {standard input}:

Re: imap-uw on FreeBSD 6.2

2007-03-16 Thread Robert Joosten
Hi, > I recommend that you have a look at dovecot. Yeah, and consider maildir instead of mbox. Have a great weekend. Robert ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any m

Re: Possibility for FreeBSD 4.11 Extended Support

2006-12-27 Thread Robert Joosten
owsig through archives I learned this was told me once before; I already thought -L sounded sooo familiar... Thanks for pointing me once again :-) Kind regards, Robert Joosten ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/li

Re: Possibility for FreeBSD 4.11 Extended Support

2006-12-25 Thread Robert Joosten
other quirks but I didn't monitor lockd-less boxen extensively. Thanks for your reply. Kind regards, Robert Joosten ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Re: Possibility for FreeBSD 4.11 Extended Support

2006-12-24 Thread Robert Joosten
7;t checked the commit-logs for any asr updates on 5 for months now... I know rpc.lockd is PR filed and even offered to help. It stalled; I rest assure re@ is aware of these difficulties and I dind't see any rpc.lockd commit that would be related. Curious for the outcome of your poll. Kind r

Re: [fbsd] HEADS UP: FreeBSD 5.3, 5.4, 6.0 EoLs coming soon

2006-10-12 Thread Robert Joosten
Hi, ML> We are currently trying to support 4 major CVS branches. EBD> Perhaps work on 7 should have been delayed until 5 and 6 were able to EBD> woo people away from 4 -- or at least not leave valid reasons for RBD> people Eeehm, afaik 5 is an interim for 6, so 5 should be stopped. I know plen

Re: bizarre ep (3c509-Combo) behavior: one and a half init, minimalthroughput

2003-01-29 Thread Robert Joosten
Hi, > ep0: <3Com 3C509-Combo EtherLink III> at port 0x300-0x30f irq 5 on isa0 > ep0: Ethernet address 00:a0:24:ca:7c:b0 > then once more as > ep1: <3Com 3C509-Combo EtherLink III> at port 0x300-0x30f irq 5 on isa0 > ep1: No I/O space?! > ep1: ep_alloc() failed! (6) > There is only one network card