Re: DragonFly 3.0.2 released

2012-03-27 Thread Zenny
Good job! Let me test! /z On 3/27/12, Justin Sherrill wrote: > 3.0.2 is tagged and released. Images for 3.0.2 are also out, and > should be at most mirrors by now. > > The major difference between 3.0.1 and 3.0.2 is I/O APIC is disabled > by default when running DragonFly in a virtual machine;

Re: Is there a size limit of natacontrol?

2012-02-28 Thread Zenny
Thanks for the patch. I will check how it will go. ;-) On 2/28/12, Francois Tigeot wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 12:28:00PM +, Alex Hornung wrote: >> >> On 27/02/12 12:20, Zenny wrote: >> > I tried to create a RAID10 with natacontrol with 4 2TB HD

Re: hammer_lvm_stripe.sh problems

2012-02-27 Thread Zenny
V f1v5yd68IIK2AiQrijKu9je8gQNwydIF: using /dev/ad10s1d not /dev/ad8s1d WARNING: "lv_root" not zeroed Logical volume "lv_root" created newfs: /dev/da10s1a: No such file or directory On 2/28/12, Zenny wrote: > I am trying to install hammer in two RAID1 ar

Re: GUI in Live CD?

2012-02-27 Thread Zenny
Just boot normally with default kernel and login as root (without password) and just type 'startx' and you would see fvwm working. On 2/26/12, Bob Gold wrote: > some rss feed advertised dragonFly. > so I burned a liveCD (64 bit stable) > > the documentation on this is sparse so... > is there ANY

Re: Is there a size limit of natacontrol?

2012-02-27 Thread Zenny
Hi, > > On 27/02/12 12:20, Zenny wrote: >> I tried to create a RAID10 with natacontrol with 4 2TB HDDs, but it >> only shows 2TB (1718306MB) size of ar0 created instead of 4TB. > > In principle there is no such limit that I'm aware of, apart from the > MBR partition si

DFBSDv3.0.1 to RAID10 array (formerly Reqest for Suggestion, Ask Slashdot style)

2012-02-26 Thread Zenny
a bit confused RAID10 isn't like JBOD which will calculate the total 8TB of HDD space in four 2TB each as 4TB (half of the total capacity)? Or did I miss something? How do you guys install DFBSD to a RAID10? Thanks! On 2/23/12, Zenny wrote: > v3.0.1 changelog is very intriguing! > >

Request for suggestion (Ask Slashdot style) ;-)

2012-02-23 Thread Zenny
v3.0.1 changelog is very intriguing! I am trying to test v3.0.1 by installing to a CF with four advanced format HDDs (of same size, 2TB each) What I am planning is: 1) Install either the 64bit iso/img to a CF from a development machine with msyslog/rsyslog 2) Boot from CF onto a machine with 4HD

Re: 3.0 release this weekend

2012-02-23 Thread Zenny
. z On 2/23/12, Zenny wrote: > Problem with X86_64 GUI image confirmed. I tried to boot to get: > > "Unable to /boot/kernel/kernel > loadall: don't know how to load module 'kernel' > menu: don't know how to load module 'kernel'" > >

Re: 3.0 release this weekend

2012-02-23 Thread Zenny
Problem with X86_64 GUI image confirmed. I tried to boot to get: "Unable to /boot/kernel/kernel loadall: don't know how to load module 'kernel' menu: don't know how to load module 'kernel'" z On 2/22/12, Justin Sherrill wrote: > On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 8:27 AM, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk > wrote:

Re: Servers.

2012-02-18 Thread Zenny
On 2/17/12, Justin Sherrill wrote: > On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 3:06 AM, David Crosswell > wrote: >> I can get these servers here: >> >> http://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-45510 >> >> ...for $10 each, or two for $15. That's good deal, but from which vendor? Curious?

My wishlist for DFBSD?

2011-12-29 Thread Zenny
I am sharing my wishlist with DFBSD. Please feel free to share yours: 1) HAMMER2 with volume management and internal cache 2) A strip-down script like nanoBSD to downsize dfbsd for low-powered systems 3) New installer that allows to install in multiple physical disks with multiple fs of the user

Which is ideal with HAMMER? softraid or hammer volume_add

2011-12-29 Thread Zenny
lines are written. ;-) On 12/29/11, Edward Martinez wrote: > On 12/29/11 00:26, Zenny wrote: >> Thanks for the list of alternatives. I figured out the cons cons which >> I didn't like: >> >> Limitation to desktop: OpenIndiana is geared towards desktop-oriented >>

Re: Which is ideal with HAMMER? softraid or hammer volume_add

2011-12-28 Thread Zenny
Thanks Matt: I have been trying my best to create 3 (12TB each) servers with dragonflybsd with HAMMER to avoid zfs, but from what I read below, I have no option than going for a freebsd+zfs (with nanobsd). I indeed enjoyed being here and appreciate very courteous and supportive adopters and develo

Re: Request for suggestion for setting up a server with 4 HDDs

2011-12-27 Thread Zenny
Thanks for the pointer, but again the dragonflybsd site is down (GMT 08:53:45 Decemeber 27, 2011) to access the link Justin pointed to: leaf.dragonflybsd.org/mailarchive/commits/2009-12/msg00068.html. :-( On 12/26/11, Siju George wrote: > On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 5:18 PM, Zenny wrote: >>

Re: Dragonflybsd site seems to go down frequently!

2011-12-27 Thread Zenny
Again the site is down (GMT 08:53:45 Decemeber 27, 2011). Make me worry whether I could really go for a dfbsd production server?!!! On 12/26/11, Matthew Dillon wrote: > :Is it only me or others also experience frequent downtime with the > :downtime. I experienced downtime several times and right

Which is ideal with HAMMER? softraid or hammer volume_add

2011-12-27 Thread Zenny
I am just wondering which is better to work with HAMMER. I found 1) softraid with natacontrol ( http://www.dragonflybsd.org/docs/docs/howtos/howtosoftwareraid/) and 2) hammer volume-add (http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/mailarchive/commits/2009-12/msg00068.html). Both links inaccessible at the time o

Dragonflybsd site seems to go down frequently!

2011-12-26 Thread Zenny
Is it only me or others also experience frequent downtime with the downtime. I experienced downtime several times and right now (GMT 13:43 December 26, 2011) when I tried to access the official dragonflybsd.org site!

Re: Merry X-Mas and 3.0 release after the holidays - date not yet decided

2011-12-25 Thread Zenny
Best of luck for the forthcoming release and merry xmas and happy new year! Just waiting whether multimaster in HAMMER ;-) zenny On 12/26/11, Matthew Dillon wrote: > Hello everyone! First, I apologize for the aborted 2.12 release. We > got as far as rolling it but I decided to

Request for suggestion for setting up a server with 4 HDDs

2011-12-23 Thread Zenny
each) with SATA interfaces. Thanks! zenny

Request for suggestion for setting up a server with 4 HDDs

2011-12-23 Thread Zenny
each) with SATA interfaces. Thanks! zenny

What is the minimal memory requirement for HAMMER?

2011-12-20 Thread Zenny
Hi: I am trying to experiment with HAMMER with a spare PIII/500Mhz old machine with 256MB of RAM. I installed the RELEASE-2.10 version of DFBSD. But when I try to execute "hammer cleanup", it spits out an error that reads: "hammer: System has insufficient buffers to rebalance the tree. nbuf < 3

Re: Installation failed at 27%

2011-12-06 Thread Zenny
. Any clues? Thanks! On 12/6/11, Pierre Abbat wrote: > On Tuesday 06 December 2011 04:04:01 Zenny wrote: >> 2) BTW, could anyone explain me how to install /boot on a separate >> disk while installing? And also how to encrypt the swap and / >> partition with keys and password to

Installation failed at 27%

2011-12-06 Thread Zenny
Hi: 1) I am trying to install dfly-2.10-i386 release. I burnt the CD several times (of course did checksums beforehand). It reaches at 27% which reads: /bin/cpdup -o -vvv -u /boot /mnt/boot and after a long time, it spits out an execution failed error saying "failed with a return code of 1". I

Re: Does something like nanobsd.sh exist or in the making for DF?

2011-10-15 Thread Zenny
nanobsd.sh can do wonders indeed. I am fascinated by Paul's approach most (Read here: http://www.psconsult.nl/talks/NLLGG-BSDdag-Servers/paper.pdf) And recently FreeNAS also took the same approach ( http://www.bsdcan.org/2011/schedule/events/239.en.html). The only thing that I want to avoid in Pau

Does something like nanobsd.sh exist or in the making for DF?

2011-10-14 Thread Zenny
Hi: I am just wondering if there is something equivalent to FreeBSD's nanobsd.sh or something in the making? Just wondering. Thanks!

Re: UFS in CF for /boot and Hammer for the rest and failover+load balancing

2011-10-03 Thread Zenny
drive in the > surviving unit to master. This would require some scripting or manual > intervention; this isn't covered with an automatic mechanism. > > On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 5:50 AM, Zenny wrote: > > Hi: > > > > I am pretty new to Dragonfly or BSD world. HammerFS see

UFS in CF for /boot and Hammer for the rest and failover+load balancing

2011-10-02 Thread Zenny
at the two similar servers in two different locations can securely mirror for failover as well as load-balancing? Appreciate your thoughtful inputs! Apology in advance if my post above appears to be pretty naive. Thanks in advance to the entire DF community and developers! zenny