hardware issues on sparc64
hello- I am trying to load 3.5 sparc64 on an Ultra2. After booting from the CD I get an error message that says( i think) it cannot find the cd-drive or file on the CD. That makes little sense since I see it start to boot the CD. Is this a bad burn? I know the disc worksused it many times. Degraded? Any ideas on the error? ok boot cdrom Boot device: /sbus/SUNW,[EMAIL PROTECTED],880/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0:f File and args: kernel/sparcv9/un ix OpenBSD IEEE 1275 Bootblock 1.1 ..>> OpenBSD 3.5 (obj) #0: Mon Mar 29 12:00:16 MST 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/arch/sparc64/stand/ofwboot/obj open /[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/SUNW,[EMAIL PROTECTED],880/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0:f/kernel/sparcv9/unix: No such file or directory thanks, Bob
RAID cards in sparc64 hardware?
Hello- in reading the thread about running pf on an ultra 5, I saw that people were running fxp NICs in them. I started thinking about the possibility of running a Mylex Acceleraid 250 or any other RAID controller that OpenBSD supports in an Ultra5. I have been caught up in thinking that these nics and RAID controllers needed to be run in i386 hardware. So I just tested out my realtek NICs, and they work in the sparc64, what about RAID controllers that I have always associated with PC's? -Bob
[Fwd: RAID cards in sparc64 hardware?]
Ok, I found the supported hardware for the sparc64 platform. I guess it does not have any RAID controllers that work. That is too mad since I am really fond of sparc hardware. -Bob Original Message From: - Mon Oct 10 17:30:00 2005 X-Mozilla-Status: 0001 X-Mozilla-Status2: 0080 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 17:29:51 -0400 From: Bob Ababurko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Macintosh/20050923) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: OpenBSD Misc Subject: RAID cards in sparc64 hardware? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello- in reading the thread about running pf on an ultra 5, I saw that people were running fxp NICs in them. I started thinking about the possibility of running a Mylex Acceleraid 250 or any other RAID controller that OpenBSD supports in an Ultra5. I have been caught up in thinking that these nics and RAID controllers needed to be run in i386 hardware. So I just tested out my realtek NICs, and they work in the sparc64, what about RAID controllers that I have always associated with PC's? -Bob
pf and linksys WRT55G not getting along
Hello- I am in the process of setting up my first pf box. I am embarrassed to say that I am having trouble even getting past the networking portion of my network. The box I am configuring is going to be between my cable modem and my wireless routerso this is where my issues are coming from. I cannot seem to get the routers to talk to each other. except in one instance which I talk about below. Here is a diagram of the network: Internet<> (-Cable Modem- 24-52-224-246)/ hme0 (-pf box-) rl0/192.168.1.1 <-> 192.168.1.2(-Linksys WRT55G-) 192.168.69.1 .oO)) 192.168.69.50(wireless client(MAC OS X)) Ok, I hope that this will help more than hinder. * I can communicate to the Internet from the pf box. * I cannot ping the outside interface of the linksys(192.168.1.2) from the pf box. * I cannot ping the inside interface(192.168.1.1) of the pf box from the MAC OS X(192.168.69.50) * I can ping the outside interface(192.168.1.2) of the linksys from the MAC OS X(192.168.69.50) ***so basically the two routers are not talking -The pf box is set up with: net.inet.ip.forwarding=1 -and in pf.conf: pass in log all keep state pass out log all keep state It seems that the routing tables would be incorrect, but I _think_ they are ok. ***Routing table on _pf box_ /root $netstat -r Routing tables Internet: DestinationGatewayFlags Refs UseMtu Interface default24-52-224-gate.knt UGS 938937 - hme0 24.52.224/23 link#1 UC 10 - hme0 24-52-224-gate.knt 0:50:57:1:37:2 UHLc10 - hme0 24-52-224-246.kntn localhost UGHS00 33192 lo0 loopback localhost UGRS00 33192 lo0 localhost localhost UH 22 33192 lo0 192.168.1/24 link#2 UC 20 - rl0 192.168.1.10:50:22:84:dc:6f UHLc04 - lo0 192.168.1.20:13:10:e:83:3cUHLc1 277 - rl0 192.168.69/24 link#2 UCS 10 - rl0 192.168.69.50 link#2 UHLc05 - rl0 BASE-ADDRESS.MCAST localhost URS 00 33192 lo0 **Notice that the MAC address of the linksys WRT55G(192.168.1.2) is in the routing table even though I cannot ping it.(Does this tell me something?) **Also notice that I tried pinging my MAC OS X box(192.168.69.50) from the pf box before I pasted the output of netstat -r. No success. **Routing table on the Linksys WRT55G Destination LAN IP Subnet Mask Gateway Interface 192.168.69.0255.255.255.0 0.0.0.0 LAN & Wireless 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 0.0.0.0 WAN (Internet) 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 WAN (Internet) ***The firewall is turned off on the Linksys router. Will this router just route traffic and let everything pass? One interesting thing. I can connect to the pf box(192.168.1.1) from the MAC OS X(192.168.69.50) via ssh. This connection takes a very long time to establish though. Almost like it was a dns timeout but it is not. I know this because I put this in the sshd_config of the pf box to make sure.UseDNS no. I cannot ping or connect to anything one hop beyond the pf box out on the Internet rom the MAC OS X box. Is there something _obvious_ here that I have not done? or overlooking? I really think that the linksys router is the thing that is odd here. If it was a Cisco router, I think it would be much easier. I cant even log on to the linksys and ping or traceroute anything. If anyone has a suggestion, I would appreciate it. -Bob
pf and linksys WRT55G not getting along
Hello- I am in the process of setting up my first pf box. I am embarrassed to say that I am having trouble even getting past the networking portion of my network. The box I am configuring is going to be between my cable modem and my wireless routerso this is where my issues are coming from. I cannot seem to get the routers to talk to each other. except in one instance which I talk about below. Here is a diagram of the network: Internet<> (-Cable Modem- 24-52-224-246)/ hme0 (-pf box-) rl0/192.168.1.1 <-> 192.168.1.2(-Linksys WRT55G-) 192.168.69.1 .oO)) 192.168.69.50(wireless client(MAC OS X)) Ok, I hope that this will help more than hinder. * I can communicate to the Internet from the pf box. * I cannot ping the outside interface of the linksys(192.168.1.2) from the pf box. * I cannot ping the inside interface(192.168.1.1) of the pf box from the MAC OS X(192.168.69.50) * I can ping the outside interface(192.168.1.2) of the linksys from the MAC OS X(192.168.69.50) ***so basically the two routers are not talking -The pf box is set up with: net.inet.ip.forwarding=1 -and in pf.conf: pass in log all keep state pass out log all keep state It seems that the routing tables would be incorrect, but I _think_ they are ok. ***Routing table on _pf box_ /root $netstat -r Routing tables Internet: DestinationGatewayFlags Refs UseMtu Interface default24-52-224-gate.knt UGS 938937 - hme0 24.52.224/23 link#1 UC 10 - hme0 24-52-224-gate.knt 0:50:57:1:37:2 UHLc10 - hme0 24-52-224-246.kntn localhost UGHS00 33192 lo0 loopback localhost UGRS00 33192 lo0 localhost localhost UH 22 33192 lo0 192.168.1/24 link#2 UC 20 - rl0 192.168.1.10:50:22:84:dc:6f UHLc04 - lo0 192.168.1.20:13:10:e:83:3cUHLc1 277 - rl0 192.168.69/24 link#2 UCS 10 - rl0 192.168.69.50 link#2 UHLc05 - rl0 BASE-ADDRESS.MCAST localhost URS 00 33192 lo0 **Notice that the MAC address of the linksys WRT55G(192.168.1.2) is in the routing table even though I cannot ping it.(Does this tell me something?) **Also notice that I tried pinging my MAC OS X box(192.168.69.50) from the pf box before I pasted the output of netstat -r. No success. **Routing table on the Linksys WRT55G Destination LAN IPSubnet MaskGatewayInterface 192.168.69.0255.255.255.00.0.0.0LAN & Wireless 192.168.1.0255.255.255.00.0.0.0WAN (Internet) 0.0.0.00.0.0.0192.168.1.1WAN (Internet) ***The firewall is turned off on the Linksys router. Will this router just route traffic and let everything pass? One interesting thing. I can connect to the pf box(192.168.1.1) from the MAC OS X(192.168.69.50) via ssh. This connection takes a very long time to establish though. Almost like it was a dns timeout but it is not. I know this because I put this in the sshd_config of the pf box to make sure.UseDNS no. I cannot ping or connect to anything one hop beyond the pf box out on the Internet rom the MAC OS X box. Is there something _obvious_ here that I have not done? or overlooking? I really think that the linksys router is the thing that is odd here. If it was a Cisco router, I think it would be much easier. I cant even log on to the linksys and ping or traceroute anything. If anyone has a suggestion, I would appreciate it. -Bob
Re: pf and linksys WRT55G not getting along
Josh Webb wrote:
Unless you have a complex network with servers you want to keep in a
DMZ, you don't need to link the routers the way you have. Having done
the same thing not too long ago, here's what you'll probably want to do.
First, plug the cable modem into the Linksys and write down the DNS
servers from the status page. There's a way to get them from the OBSD
box, but I couldn't tell you how right off the top of my head.
Since the pf box will take care of the routing, you should plug its
internal interface into the LAN switch on the Linksys. My Linksys is a
diferent model (befw11s4), but I imagine yours does the same. If you
ever have to do a full reset, it will default its internal IP address to
192.168.1.1. To prevent it from confilcting with the pf box, set the
internal interface on the pf box to 192.168.1.2. (The external one, of
course, should be using DHCP). Go ahead and set the Linksys's internal
IP address to 192.168.1.1 and turn off its DHCP server, the pf box can
take care of that too.
Turn on the dhcp server on your pf box by editing rc.conf and replacing
the dhcpd_flags's NO with opening and closing double quotes ("") Make
sure you have also changed the NO to a YES on the pf entry.
Take a look at the example config files I attached.
After setting up your own dhcpd.conf and pf.conf, reboot the pf box.
Remember to either set the client system to use DHCP, or be sure to set
its gateway to 192.168.1.2 and give it the DNS servers you wrote down
before.
Also, be sure to read the PF User's Guide
http://openbsd.org/faq/pf/index.html
And I would suggest "Absolute OpenBSD" as a good introduction. For a
technical book, it's very readable. http://www.absoluteopenbsd.com/
Bob Ababurko wrote:
Hello-
I am in the process of setting up my first pf box. I am embarrassed
to say that I am having trouble even getting past the networking
portion of my network. The box I am configuring is going to be
between my cable modem and my wireless routerso this is where my
issues are coming from. I cannot seem to get the routers to talk to
each other. except in one instance which I talk about below. Here is
a diagram of the network:
Internet<> (-Cable Modem- 24-52-224-246)/ hme0 (-pf box-)
rl0/192.168.1.1 <-> 192.168.1.2(-Linksys WRT55G-)
192.168.69.1 .oO)) 192.168.69.50(wireless client(MAC OS X))
Ok, I hope that this will help more than hinder.
* I can communicate to the Internet from the pf box.
* I cannot ping the outside interface of the linksys(192.168.1.2) from
the pf box.
* I cannot ping the inside interface(192.168.1.1) of the pf box from
the MAC OS X(192.168.69.50)
* I can ping the outside interface(192.168.1.2) of the linksys from
the MAC OS X(192.168.69.50)
***so basically the two routers are not talking
-The pf box is set up with:
net.inet.ip.forwarding=1
-and in pf.conf:
pass in log all keep state
pass out log all keep state
It seems that the routing tables would be incorrect, but I _think_
they are ok.
***Routing table on _pf box_
/root $netstat -r
Routing tables
Internet:
DestinationGatewayFlags Refs UseMtu
Interface
default24-52-224-gate.knt UGS 938937 -
hme0
24.52.224/23 link#1 UC 10 -
hme0
24-52-224-gate.knt 0:50:57:1:37:2 UHLc10 -
hme0
24-52-224-246.kntn localhost UGHS00 33192 lo0
loopback localhost UGRS00 33192 lo0
localhost localhost UH 22 33192 lo0
192.168.1/24 link#2 UC 20 - rl0
192.168.1.10:50:22:84:dc:6f UHLc04 - lo0
192.168.1.20:13:10:e:83:3cUHLc1 277 - rl0
192.168.69/24 link#2 UCS 10 - rl0
192.168.69.50 link#2 UHLc05 - rl0
BASE-ADDRESS.MCAST localhost URS 00 33192 lo0
**Notice that the MAC address of the linksys WRT55G(192.168.1.2)
is in the routing table even though I cannot ping it.(Does this tell
me something?)
**Also notice that I tried pinging my MAC OS X box(192.168.69.50)
from the pf box before I pasted the output of netstat -r. No success.
**Routing table on the Linksys WRT55G
Destination LAN IPSubnet MaskGatewayInterface
192.168.69.0255.255.255.00.0.0.0LAN & Wireless
192.168.1.0255.255.255.00.0.0.0WAN (Internet)
0.0.0.00.0.0.0192.168.1.1WAN (Internet)
***The firewall is turned off on the Linksys router. Will this router
just route traffic and let everything pass?
One interesting thing. I can connect to the pf box(192.168.1.1) from
the MAC OS X(192.168.69.50) via ssh. This connection t
what am I missing? -sparc64
I was excited to install the new 3.8 this morning and looking at all of the ftp servers I could log into, I did not find a sparc64 folder. Is there something I skipped over or do not understand? I see that this is on disc 3, but I am not in the position to buy this release today. -B
Re: what am I missing? -sparc64
Simon Dassow wrote: On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 12:44:55PM -0500, Bob Ababurko wrote: I was excited to install the new 3.8 this morning and looking at all of the ftp servers I could log into, I did not find a sparc64 folder. Is there something I skipped over or do not understand? I see that this is on disc 3, but I am not in the position to buy this release today. 3.8 is just released... check the mirrors close to you or wait until your current one is synched. Regards Simon I finally found the sparc64 boot image. I have to say that I love the no frills install of OpenBSD. quick and easysuper. peace, /bob
Re: what am I missing? -sparc64
Theo de Raadt wrote: What mirror were you using? Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 12:44:55 -0500 From: Bob Ababurko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Macintosh/20050923) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: misc@openbsd.org Subject: what am I missing? -sparc64 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Loop: misc@openbsd.org Precedence: list Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I was excited to install the new 3.8 this morning and looking at all of the ftp servers I could log into, I did not find a sparc64 folder. Is there something I skipped over or do not understand? I see that this is on disc 3, but I am not in the position to buy this release today. -B ftp.cse.buffalo.edu but there were others just the same. -Bob
Re: Chrooted apache with chrooted ftp - how users can upload websites now?
Allie D wrote: Read the FAQ..put the users home dirs in /var/www and setup anonyumous ftp yet define the users and it works well. BTW you don't need inetd, just run ftpd as a daemon. Marcin Wilk([EMAIL PROTECTED])@Sat, Nov 05, 2005 at 02:04:18AM +0100: Hello! I was searching & i can't find answer. I got OpenBSD 3.7 with default Apache (chrooted) & i'm using ftp server fdrom base system enabled by inetd. I would like to make users not be able to read anything except their own /home/user folder & /var/www/users/user folder. How can i do that with such configuration? Is there any way to do that, or do i have to use some other FTP server? If i have to use other ftp, what will give features that i need? Best Regards I use scponly for that exact purpose. It is secure and you can chroot the user to their home directory. -Bob
Re: Macppc G3 Powerbook - Install Fails
Roy Morris wrote: I have a buddy over who wants to put OpenBSD 3.8 on his macppc G3 powerbook (bronze keyboard) we burn tested the boot cd on a G4 Powerbook and it does boot fine. When booting on the G3 none of the normal installation methods work, it just seems to go right by the cd and boot into the mac os. Any ideas what we might be doing wrong? Thanks! Rm If this is an oldworld (before circa 1988) you cannot boot from a cd. Google your model to see if it is. Otherwise, you could try to boot the laptop while pressing cmd+opt+shift+delete to skip the first bootable deviceI believe it is something like that. You may also look into the ramdisk booting method, if your machine will not boot off of a cd. Good Luck, bob
Re: I have $300
Graham Toal wrote: Depends if you're saying "embedded" because you need the form factor, or just to keep the price low. If the latter, you can get some good deals on desktops if you look around. I bought a nice Dell server for about $240 last year, leaving change for a couple of extra ether cards. 1Gb cards are dirt cheap nowadays; I got both of mine for about $30 at one of those weekend sales from CompUSA and Office Max (very suprised about the latter). Both were on one-per-customer mailin rebates... So I got an OpenBSD firewall/spamfilter *and* a server I could use for backing up my PC out of the deal... (Disk drive was 250Gb SATA which was effectively free because I'd had one die on me earlier in the year which I'ld already replaced, then for this server I sent the dead one back to Maxtor who replaced it for free with a new one) The server was on the Dell "small business" program. Quite often near the end of a quarter they'll dump stuff at or below cost just to bump up their numbers for their quarterly report. Obviously you need patience to wait for one of these - they don't happen every day :-) (Slightly related; I picked up a 200Gb Maxtor IDE drive in the Black Friday sales for $30. It'll sit waiting for the next project. Finally in rebellion for thirty years of paying through the nose for bleeding-edge early adopter prices, I've decided that from now on I'll only buy loss-leader sale items as much as I possibly can :-) ) Graham The biggest reason I was choosing to go embedded is that I wanted a system that did not have moving parts. This was to hopefully extend the life of the machine and increase uptime by eliminating the hard drives and power supplies with moving parts. I am not paying for power so I can say that I am not concerned about consumption at this point. This is only due to the fact that $ is finite at the present time and cannot weigh heavily on the list of importance. The alternative is to use a dual P3 that we have but I am still interested in optimum availibility. Do I implement RAID 1 with two drives.OR does this create more problems that it is worth by introducing more parts to fail(two drives. Do I implement a Flash card reader and install OpenBSD/pf on a compact flash drive? I am not sure where I should be drawing the line...I mean do I pay attention to drive redundency or power redundencyor even actual firewall redundency? What is the most bang for the buck in terms of availibility short of a hot standby firewall configuration?
Re: I have $300
I totally appreciate everybodies comments and I have in fact decided to pass over the embedded solution. We just picked up a Sun Netra T105 (440Mhz, 512MB)on ebay. It was about $135 shipped and have two onboard NIC's. I have always like Sun hardware and it works well with OpenBSD, it is some of the best in quality. Fits in one rack unit and will be cheap to grab another to do a failover when the time comes. I can even dd the drive to make a disk for the new unit when I implement it. I understand that running two cheap ones is better than running one solid state machine. Plus the horsepower leaves little to work with in some of these tiny contraptions(soekris comes to mind). Not to say that they do not have their place, but I feel that this is the best answer. -Bob
