Small window to load 4.4 on M4000

2008-11-02 Thread Scott Radvan
Hi misc@ We have a new Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 at work and I will be installing Solaris 10/08 tomorrow on this beast, with its new ZFS root/boot support. I will however have a small window in the morning to put OpenBSD 4.4/a snapshot on it before Solaris gets loaded on it for good. Having re

Re: Small window to load 4.4 on M4000

2008-11-02 Thread guilherme m. schroeder
Scott, Just be warned of this: Revision 1.305: download - view: text, markup, annotated - select for diffs Mon Sep 15 21:04:59 2008 UTC (6 weeks, 5 days ago) by kettenis Branches: MAIN Diff to: previous 1.304: preferred, coloured Changes since revision 1.304: +3 -3 lines Remove m4k/m5k/m8k/m9k fr

Re: Deploying carp with limited global IPs

2008-11-02 Thread Claer
On Sun, Nov 02 2008 at 37:10, Rod Whitworth wrote: > On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:22:01 -0400, Steven Surdock wrote: > > >I've used the following for a while (naturally this assumes that the ISP > >link is delivered via some shared medium and not a point-to-point link) > > > >/etc/hostname.xxx0: > >up d

Re: Modern operating systems are flawed by design, including OpenBSD.

2008-11-02 Thread mak maxie
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Re: installboot: broken mbr on 4.4

2008-11-02 Thread Michael
On Sun, Nov 02, 2008 at 07:40:12AM +0530, Girish Venkatachalam wrote: > On 10:35:43 Nov 01, Michael wrote: > > I have been trying to install 4.4 on a previous 4.3 partition, but keep > > getting this message after formatting and new installation: > > installboot: broken MBR > > And then when bootin

Re: Deploying carp with limited global IPs

2008-11-02 Thread Steven Surdock
> -Original Message- > >> -Original Message- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > >Of > >> Rod Whitworth > >> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 11:49 PM > >> To: Miscellaneous OBSD > >> Subject: Deploying carp with limited global IPs > >> > >> In preparin

Re: installboot: broken mbr on 4.4

2008-11-02 Thread Josh Grosse
On Sun, Nov 02, 2008 at 04:28:54AM -0700, Michael wrote: > On Sun, Nov 02, 2008 at 07:40:12AM +0530, Girish Venkatachalam wrote: ... > > cd /mnt > > > > # /usr/mdec/installboot -v boot /mnt/biosboot wd0 > > > > It should not be /usr/mdec/biosboot. Definitely not. ... > Thanks for your answer. If

Re: Small window to load 4.4 on M4000

2008-11-02 Thread Scott Radvan
Hi Thank you very much for the heads-up! If it's a regular fault that can be cleared over XSCF/ALOM it's not a problem for me to do myself, but I might wait for further information either way. Will contact kettenis@ to find out where things are at. Thanks again.. On Sun, 02 Nov 2008 05:38:26 -

Re: Deploying carp with limited global IPs

2008-11-02 Thread Rod Whitworth
On Sun, 2 Nov 2008 09:24:13 +0100, Claer wrote: >Did you look at ifstated ? I tryed it for 2 firewalls with 1 pppoe link. >This setup didn't go on production but worked fine during tests. With seven NICs plus one for carp/pfsync including an IPv6 transit, an IPv4 transit and a peer link with IPv

How to research the cause of a warning message?

2008-11-02 Thread Johannes Krampf
Hello, please excuse me for asking, but I'm afraid I can't provide enough information yet for a proper report using sendbug(1). My problem: Every couple of seconds, I get 5 messages "WARN: not buffer" in the console, even when using an editor or viewing man pages. 0brad0 told me "That "WARN ..

Re: installboot: broken mbr on 4.4

2008-11-02 Thread William Boshuck
On Sun, Nov 02, 2008 at 07:39:20AM -0500, Josh Grosse wrote: > On Sun, Nov 02, 2008 at 04:28:54AM -0700, Michael wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 02, 2008 at 07:40:12AM +0530, Girish Venkatachalam wrote: > ... > > > cd /mnt > > > > > > # /usr/mdec/installboot -v boot /mnt/biosboot wd0 > > > > > > It should

Re: Deploying carp with limited global IPs

2008-11-02 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2008-11-02, Steven Surdock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I must be missing something then. Why not use 4.3.2.2 as the carp > interface IP and no IP address on the physical interfaces? I'm not sure > how well this will play with OpenBGPD, someone else will have to chime > in there. I haven't tr

Re: Small window to load 4.4 on M4000

2008-11-02 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2008-11-02, Scott Radvan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank you very much for the heads-up! If it's a regular fault that can > be cleared over XSCF/ALOM it's not a problem for me to do myself, but I > might wait for further information either way. __"requiring a Sun support engineer to come by

Re: Recommend hardware for video surveillance system?

2008-11-02 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2008-11-02, Brian Keefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 1, 2008, at 10:21 PM, Duncan Patton a Campbell wrote: > >> On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:28:34 -0700 >> Brian Keefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> I'm finally getting around to starting my project to build a home- >>> monitoring system.

Re: editors in floppy44.fs (OpenBSD 4.4.) - newbee help

2008-11-02 Thread William Boshuck
On Sun, Nov 02, 2008 at 07:31:04AM +0530, Girish Venkatachalam wrote: > On 13:36:22 Nov 01, Chris Kuethe wrote: > > As long as your filesystems are still readable, you can use a more > > comfortable tool: > > > > mount /dev/wd0a /mnt > > mount /dev/wd0d /mnt/var > > mount /dev/wd0e /mnt/usr > > /m

Re: incorrect MD5 file on mirror

2008-11-02 Thread soko.tica
On 11/1/08, Mihai Popescu B.S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I got the install44.iso and MD5 from snapshots from > openbsd.informatik.uni-erlangen.de and the MD5 file failed the test. I've got the similar problem with the first 4.4 .iso I downloaded from openbsd.org , though I'm not sure

Re: incorrect MD5 file on mirror

2008-11-02 Thread Lars Noodén
soko.tica wrote: > If I'm not asking too much, what command did you use to compare MD5s? Are you using anything other than /bin/md5 ?

Re: installboot: broken mbr on 4.4

2008-11-02 Thread Michael
On Sun, Nov 02, 2008 at 07:39:20AM -0500, Josh Grosse wrote: > On Sun, Nov 02, 2008 at 04:28:54AM -0700, Michael wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 02, 2008 at 07:40:12AM +0530, Girish Venkatachalam wrote: > ... > > > cd /mnt > > > > > > # /usr/mdec/installboot -v boot /mnt/biosboot wd0 > > > > > > It should

Re: Recommend hardware for video surveillance system?

2008-11-02 Thread Brian Keefer
On Nov 2, 2008, at 6:52 AM, Stuart Henderson wrote: On 2008-11-02, Brian Keefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Nov 1, 2008, at 10:21 PM, Duncan Patton a Campbell wrote: Unless you have a good reason not to, use "WebCams" that implement an http(s) server on camera. The use of a standard protoc

Re: Recommend hardware for video surveillance system?

2008-11-02 Thread Sam Fourman Jr.
> Also, any software recommendations would be appreciated. I too am looking into doing a home monitoring system with *BSD I am very interested in suggestions, not only in software, but also different hardware configurations. I would envision a system with 5 or 6 cameras, all somehow displaying o

Re: apple alu keyboard

2008-11-02 Thread Jasper Lievisse Adriaanse
On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 01:10:28PM +0200, Benoit Chesneau wrote: > Hi all, > > Anyoneone on the list use an usb apple alu keyboard (the last one) ? I > would like to use one on openbsd (french version of the keyboard) and > would like to know if it could work. > > - benont hi, i've got the MB110

November & December meetings

2008-11-02 Thread Mike Erdely
With the holidays coming up, we should start thinking about scheduling our meetings in November and December to accomodate as many people as possible. So, I propose that we have November's meeting on November 18th. If we can't come up with a topic, maybe we just meet at a bar and do a "Beer and B

Re: November & December meetings

2008-11-02 Thread Mike Erdely
Ugh. I regret naming the CapBUG mailing list "misc@". Sorry for the noise. If you're in the Columbia, Maryland USA area, please feel free to sign up for the mailing list (http://capbug.org/mail/). -ME On Sun, Nov 02, 2008 at 01:29:31PM -0500, Mike Erdely wrote: > With the holidays coming up, w

Re: incorrect MD5 file on mirror

2008-11-02 Thread soko . tica
On 11/2/08, Lars Noodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are you using anything other than /bin/md5 ? You mean, apart from /local/bin/md5 in some OSes? Actually, the command about which I asked was md5sum -c md5. I wasn't able to recollect it due to my health conditions and age, causing physical, in

OpenBGPd: Neighbor rejects prefix - bgpd don't announce it any more, to no one?!

2008-11-02 Thread Falk Brockerhoff
Hi, I have to routers running 4.3 GENERIC#826 i386 and 4.2 GENERIC#476 i386. On both routers I runs a BGP session to the same Juniper Router. Last weekend there was a configuration change on my neighbor's side: it would not accept any prefix more or equal (!) specific to /24. Except for t

Re: Recommend hardware for video surveillance system?

2008-11-02 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2008-11-02, Sam Fourman Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Also, any software recommendations would be appreciated. > > I too am looking into doing a home monitoring system with *BSD > I am very interested in suggestions, not only in software, but also > different hardware configurations. > > I w

Re: OpenBGPd: Neighbor rejects prefix - bgpd don't announce it any more, to no one?!

2008-11-02 Thread Claudio Jeker
On Sun, Nov 02, 2008 at 08:14:43PM +0100, Falk Brockerhoff wrote: > Hi, > > I have to routers running 4.3 GENERIC#826 i386 and 4.2 GENERIC#476 i386. > On both routers I runs a BGP session to the same Juniper Router. Last > weekend there was a configuration change on my neighbor's side: it would

Re: can't map uid:gid in NFS.

2008-11-02 Thread Christiano Farina Haesbaert
I found out, my home was being mounted with the "nosuid" option. I believe would be sabe to have some comment refering to this situation in the exports manpage, don't know if it is me but it took me the weekend to figure it out. Thanks to Jan Stary for the attention. 2008/11/2 Christiano Farina

Re: Perpetually Current

2008-11-02 Thread Doug Milam
I'm also fairly new to OpenBSD. As I understand from this thread, having installed -current (4.4) from a snapshot CD, the easiest way to keep -current is to burn a subsequent snapshot to a CD and follow the upgrade process from there?

Problems booting OpenBSD

2008-11-02 Thread Rafael Cunha de Almeida
Hello, I'm having trouble booting my new opebsd installation. I was able to boot usihg the CD and I tried to use installboot to record the biosboot to the PBR. I booted with -s option, so I'd start in single user mode and I mounted /usr to /mnt/. Then I did: % /mnt/mdec/installboot /boot

Re: Perpetually Current

2008-11-02 Thread Chess Griffin
On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 4:39 PM, Doug Milam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm also fairly new to OpenBSD. As I understand from this thread, having > installed -current (4.4) from a snapshot CD, the easiest way to keep -current > is to burn a subsequent snapshot to a CD and follow the upgrade process

Re: Modern operating systems are flawed by design, including OpenBSD.

2008-11-02 Thread Duncan Patton a Campbell
And proprietary software, like WinDose, that uses bodged standards is the root cause of this insecurity. Here you can read about another, possibly more serious, danger posed by proprietary systems: http://www.physorg.com/news144343006.html Dhu On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:54:27 +0800 mak maxie <

Permission to Use Logos

2008-11-02 Thread Andres Genovez
Hi!, can someone guide me, to use OpenBSD to redirect to the main page? My site is http://www.crice.org, and I will like to actively support opnbsd, Thanks

Re: Perpetually Current

2008-11-02 Thread Tobias Ulmer
On Sun, Nov 02, 2008 at 01:39:04PM -0800, Doug Milam wrote: > I'm also fairly new to OpenBSD. As I understand from this thread, having > installed -current (4.4) from a snapshot CD, the easiest way to keep -current > is to burn a subsequent snapshot to a CD and follow the upgrade process from > the

fatal in rtadvd: getpwnam

2008-11-02 Thread Felipe Alfaro Solana
Hi there, After upgrading to OpenBSD 4.4, rtadvd now fails to come up: # rtadvd -d -s carp0 RA timer on carp0 is set to 16:0 fatal in rtadvd: getpwnam # cat /etc/rtadvd.conf carp0:\ :addr="2001::::":prefixlen#64:nolladdr: Any ideas? Thanks! -- http://www.felipe-alfaro.org/blog/d

Family Update & Videos Someone does not want you to see!

2008-11-02 Thread Thomas Monroe
Dearest friends, It has been a while, and I miss you all. Things have been well since the move, Maria and the family is well, and I promise to write more soon. In the meantime  I never usually disclose my political views, but this time there is so much at stake that I thought I would share with

Strange behavior in OBSD 4.3 default kernel

2008-11-02 Thread John Nietzsche
Dear lis member, i am running into a problem with rwhod. Although rwhod is enables in rc.conf.local, when i run rwho and ruptime i got nothing: [EMAIL PROTECTED] rwho rwho: no hosts in /var/rwho. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ruptime ruptime: no hosts in /var/rwho. [EMAIL PROTECTED] But, when i run rup and

Re: Strange behavior in OBSD 4.3 default kernel

2008-11-02 Thread Philip Guenther
On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 3:50 PM, John Nietzsche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i am running into a problem with rwhod. Although rwhod is enables in > rc.conf.local, when i run rwho and ruptime i got nothing: Did you read the rwhod manpage? Is rwhod running on the other machines in the network that y

Re: Strange behavior in OBSD 4.3 default kernel

2008-11-02 Thread Ted Unangst
On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 6:50 PM, John Nietzsche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i am running into a problem with rwhod. Although rwhod is enables in > rc.conf.local, when i run rwho and ruptime i got nothing: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] rwho > rwho: no hosts in /var/rwho. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ruptime > ruptim

Re: fatal in rtadvd: getpwnam

2008-11-02 Thread Christian Weisgerber
Felipe Alfaro Solana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > After upgrading to OpenBSD 4.4, rtadvd now fails to come up: > > # rtadvd -d -s carp0 > RA timer on carp0 is set to 16:0 > fatal in rtadvd: getpwnam You failed to create the _rtadvd user and group. -- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber

Re: Permission to Use Logos

2008-11-02 Thread Mike Swanson
Andres Genovez wrote: Hi!, can someone guide me, to use OpenBSD to redirect to the main page? My site is http://www.crice.org, and I will like to actively support opnbsd, Thanks The artwork can be had from here: http://www.openbsd.org/art1.html As long as you're not running an "openbds sux

Re: Problems booting OpenBSD

2008-11-02 Thread Nick Holland
Rafael Cunha de Almeida wrote: > Hello, > > I'm having trouble booting my new opebsd installation. I was able to > boot usihg the CD and I tried to use installboot to record the > biosboot to the PBR. I booted with -s option, so I'd start in single > user mode and I mounted /usr to /mnt/. > > The

Re: installboot: broken mbr on 4.4

2008-11-02 Thread Michael
On Sun, Nov 02, 2008 at 07:06:04AM -0700, Michael wrote: > On Sun, Nov 02, 2008 at 07:39:20AM -0500, Josh Grosse wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 02, 2008 at 04:28:54AM -0700, Michael wrote: > > > On Sun, Nov 02, 2008 at 07:40:12AM +0530, Girish Venkatachalam wrote: > > ... > > > > cd /mnt > > > > > > > > #

Re: Management of HP Proliant DL and BL Series

2008-11-02 Thread Nick Holland
Mikel Lindsaar wrote: > I've got a few (10) HP DL and BL servers running OpenBSD. I think that's not narrowing it down much... from memory, don't bother correcting me if I'm wrong, the "DL" name goes back to P3 class systems and is still used today for both Xeon and AMD chips... i.e., completely

Re: OpenBSD 4.4 FAQ in PDF?

2008-11-02 Thread Nick Holland
my mail wrote: > --- On Wed, 7/30/08, Nick Holland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... >> I still wonder if the occasional people asking for PDFs are >> actually from Adobe, trying to make people think people >> actually >> LIKE reading documents in PDF format. The idea is not bad, >> but >> the reader

Re: Perpetually Current

2008-11-02 Thread Doug Milam
Thanks; that's straightforward and refreshingly more direct than I thought. A hallmark of OpenBSD! * * http://milam.homeunix.net --- On Sun, 11/2/08, Tobias Ulmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Tobias Ulmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Perpetually Current To: "Doug Milam" <[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Permission to Use Logos

2008-11-02 Thread Andres Genovez
2008/11/2 Mike Swanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Andres Genovez wrote: > >> Hi!, can someone guide me, to use OpenBSD to redirect to the main page? >> >> My site is http://www.crice.org, and I will like to actively support >> opnbsd, >> Thanks >> >> >> > The artwork can be had from here: http://www.op

Re: Problems booting OpenBSD

2008-11-02 Thread Rafael Cunha de Almeida
On Sun, 02 Nov 2008 21:55:19 -0500 Nick Holland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rafael Cunha de Almeida wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'm having trouble booting my new opebsd installation. I was able to > > boot usihg the CD and I tried to use installboot to record the > > biosboot to the PBR. I booted

Re: intel q35 on-board graphics card

2008-11-02 Thread Matt Schwartz
I will get that dmesg together. Discovered that it just doesn't want to work on amd64 platform. I booted with an i386 cdrom and the card was discovered. Bummer thing is that I won't be able to take advantage of my Quad core with 8GB ram. That said, OpenBSD offers everything I want and need in s