Re: disk geometry (i386/amd64)

2018-09-08 Thread Michael van Elst
netbsd-embed...@gmx.com ("Don NetBSD") writes: >My understanding is that the 'd' partition is intended to reference the entire >medium. But, a simple test (disklabel -e) indicates that I can create an >arbitrary (start,size) for that partition. So, I could potentially encounter >a foreign dis

disk geometry (i386/amd64)

2018-09-08 Thread Don NetBSD
I have to design an appliance to accept "foreign" disks (sd(4) and wd(4)) and massage them into a form/content suitable for deployment (in yet another appliance). My understanding is that the 'd' partition is intended to reference the entire medium. But, a simple test (disklabel -e) indicates

Re: Quick BIND question

2018-09-08 Thread Rhialto
On Thu 06 Sep 2018 at 17:29:28 -0500, Jeremy C. Reed wrote: > echo "qvt -p punbf -g gkg nhgubef.ovaq @fson.faf-co.vfp.bet.|terc Errq" |\ > tr "Enopqrstuvabcefghk" "Rabcdefghinoprstux" Chaosnet isn't dead yet! https://github.com/PDP-10/klh10/commit/678db7c80b589b1f3027f58e716d3df1d8607d7e -Olaf.

Re: Recommended desktop environment?

2018-09-08 Thread Bruce Nagel
On Sat, 8 Sep 2018, Thomas Mueller wrote: Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2018 07:25:17 + From: Thomas Mueller To: netbsd-users@netbsd.org, netbsd-users@netbsd.org Subject: Re: Recommended desktop environment? from Pedro Pinho: Here's a complete list of WM's for *nix systems https://www.gilesorr.co

Re: Recommended desktop environment?

2018-09-08 Thread Pedro Pinho
Thanks for the answer. I see Enlightment as a DE and not just a WM. Awesome, on the other hand is a WM with a bar and I'm very happy running awesome :-) As for i3, there's i3, https://i3wm.org/ and i3-gaps, https://github.com/Airblader/i3 There are plenty of tiling WM's. Den lör 8 sep. 2018 15

Re: Recommended desktop environment?

2018-09-08 Thread Rhialto
On Sat 08 Sep 2018 at 07:25:17 +, Thomas Mueller wrote: > I like substance as opposed to hot air, hence would stay away from something > like Enlightenment (seemed poorly documented, at least in the time of NetBSD > 7.99.1. Try ctwm. An older version is already installed with NetBSD. In (ver

Re: Recommended desktop environment?

2018-09-08 Thread Thomas Mueller
from Pedro Pinho: > Here's a complete list of WM's for *nix systems > https://www.gilesorr.com/wm/table.html > What exactly do you mean with " I tried awesome some years ago, but the > "awesome" decoration/artwork just got in the way and confused me"? > Don't take me wrong, I would jus