Re: Prepping to install: a digression

2015-07-14 Thread Michael van Elst
w...@hiwaay.net ("William A. Mahaffey III") writes: >P.S. As mentioned elsewhere, I have had trouble w/ raidctl -A root >before, so I haven't gone there yet. Is that actually required for boot >from root on RAID (man pages seem ambiguous on that point) ? Currently it is necessary. The bootload

Re: Prepping to install: a digression

2015-07-14 Thread tlaronde
On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 12:43:57AM +, Christos Zoulas wrote: > In article <55a43d0b.6030...@hiwaay.net>, > William A. Mahaffey III wrote: > >[...] > > > >Thanks for the reply. I tried the 'boot -a'. It got down to the following: > > > >boot device: wd0 > >root device (default wd0a): > > > >Whe

IPsec over GRE slow performances

2015-07-14 Thread Emile `iMil' Heitor
Hi, I have set up an IPsec over GRE connection with a remote host, both are NetBSD 6.1 based. The "client" is connected to the Internet through a 400Mbps fiber connection. The "server" is located on a 10Gbps network. Both machines have 1Gbps NICs which behave perfectly, meaning they both reach t

Re: Prepping to install: a digression

2015-07-14 Thread William A. Mahaffey III
On 07/14/15 02:15, tlaro...@polynum.com wrote: On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 12:43:57AM +, Christos Zoulas wrote: In article <55a43d0b.6030...@hiwaay.net>, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: [...] Thanks for the reply. I tried the 'boot -a'. It got down to the following: boot device: wd0 root devi

Re: Prepping to install: a digression

2015-07-14 Thread William A. Mahaffey III
On 07/13/15 20:46, Robert Elz wrote: Date:Tue, 14 Jul 2015 00:43:57 + (UTC) From:chris...@astron.com (Christos Zoulas) Message-ID: | Yes, this is required for booting from raid. It is required to make the root on raid work automatically, not for booting.

Re: Prepping to install: a digression

2015-07-14 Thread William A. Mahaffey III
On 07/14/15 02:45, Michael van Elst wrote: w...@hiwaay.net ("William A. Mahaffey III") writes: P.S. As mentioned elsewhere, I have had trouble w/ raidctl -A root before, so I haven't gone there yet. Is that actually required for boot >from root on RAID (man pages seem ambiguous on that point)

Re: Prepping to install: a digression

2015-07-14 Thread Michael van Elst
w...@hiwaay.net ("William A. Mahaffey III") writes: >Good thought, however it is a PS2 kbd & mouse. Thanks for your reply & >TIA for any new clues. If PS2 hardware is detected (even when not really functional), it prevents an USB keyboard from becoming the console keyboard. -- --

Re: Prepping to install: a digression

2015-07-14 Thread William A. Mahaffey III
On 07/14/15 13:46, Michael van Elst wrote: w...@hiwaay.net ("William A. Mahaffey III") writes: Good thought, however it is a PS2 kbd & mouse. Thanks for your reply & TIA for any new clues. If PS2 hardware is detected (even when not really functional), it prevents an USB keyboard from becoming

Re: Prepping to install: a digression

2015-07-14 Thread tlaronde
On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 06:39:51PM +, Michael van Elst wrote: > w...@hiwaay.net ("William A. Mahaffey III") writes: > > >Good thought, however it is a PS2 kbd & mouse. Thanks for your reply & > >TIA for any new clues. > > If PS2 hardware is detected (even when not really functional), > it pr

Re: Prepping to install: a digression

2015-07-14 Thread Robert Elz
Date:Mon, 13 Jul 2015 21:57:46 -0453 From:"William A. Mahaffey III" Message-ID: <55a47933.1020...@hiwaay.net> | Hm I *think* that's where I am now, from earlier today & a few | days ago (from boot attempt from disks, *not* USB): Sorry, have not been lo