Re: diskless workstation

2000-09-11 Thread Mathew KANNER
On Sep 11, Mike Smith wrote: > > ok, once i compiled a kernel with options BOOTP things got better ;-) > > it worked several times, but now it boots ok, (pxe->dhcp->tftpboot->nfs) > > but after it re-configures the ethernet, the ethernet stops working! > > > > ponters anyone? > > You can't run d

Re: diskless workstation

2000-09-11 Thread Mike Smith
> ok, once i compiled a kernel with options BOOTP things got better ;-) > it worked several times, but now it boots ok, (pxe->dhcp->tftpboot->nfs) > but after it re-configures the ethernet, the ethernet stops working! > > ponters anyone? You can't run dhclient (DHCP in any of the ifconfig lines

Vinum RAID5 rawio performance

2000-09-11 Thread Esko Petteri Matinsola
On Sat, 9 Sep 2000, Greg Lehey wrote: > Please don't use bonnie. It's not measuring what you think it is. OK, I used rawio as you suggested. > I don't know how you'd find anything at vinumvm.org which tells you > what to expect from bonnie. No I did not. I found that I should be expecting abo

SIOCSIFADDR broken?

2000-09-11 Thread Dennis
Is it widely known and expected that the SIOCSIFADDR and companion commands dont work in FreeBSD 4.1? I know that the preferred command is SIOCAIFADDR, but shouldnt the standard calls also work for compatibility with portable code? dennis To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "uns

fixing the if_dc.c driver

2000-09-11 Thread Dennis
I see that, months after reporting the problem, the if_dc driver still takes 3 underruns to get to where its usable on a 100Mb/s network. Since i have no docs, can someone help with a hack that starts the device in store-and-forward mode? Im sure im not the only one who needs this. dennis To

Re: [john: tty behaviour]

2000-09-11 Thread John Brann
On Fri, Sep 08, 2000 at 02:04:52AM -0400, Mike Nowlin wrote: > > > I sent this to questions a couple of weeks ago, but didn't receive any > > helpful replies. Anyone doing this - two machines connected by a null-modem > > cable with the ability to create a serial terminal session from either >

Re: diskless workstation

2000-09-11 Thread Danny Braniss
im getting better, answering my own requests :-) long story, short message /usr was not being mounted! now why it worked and suddenly stopped, i don't have a clue. next mile-stone: how do i get hostname set? currently it's null/Amesiac. In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>you write:

Re: What's the best PCMCIA Ethernet card?

2000-09-11 Thread Fred Clift
> > I have had about 2MB/sec out of a Netgear FX410. This is a NE2000 clone > that is supported by if_ed under 4-STABLE. I use a linksys ect2 card and get about the same (it's also an ne2000 clone). Fred -- Fred Clift - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Remember: If brute force doesn't work, you're just n

Re: diskless workstation

2000-09-11 Thread Danny Braniss
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>you w rite: }Are you sure that it's listening on the right media (utp/bnc/aui)? } }There might be a problem where the machine downloads the kernel, boots the }kernel, reprobing the NIC, setting it to a different media. What's the probe }look like? } but it worked!! a

Re: diskless workstation

2000-09-11 Thread Danny Braniss
ok, once i compiled a kernel with options BOOTP things got better ;-) it worked several times, but now it boots ok, (pxe->dhcp->tftpboot->nfs) but after it re-configures the ethernet, the ethernet stops working! ponters anyone? danny To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] w

Re: Regarding kldunload / open /dev/ panic

2000-09-11 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, awr writ es: > >Also, shouldn't /usr/src/sys/dev/vn/vn.c use make_dev() and destroy_dev() >calls instead of cdevsw_add()?? Yes :-) -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD coreteam member | BS

Re: diskless workstation

2000-09-11 Thread Peter Pentchev
The following excerpt from isc-dhcp3-3.0.b1.17's dhcpd.conf works for me: subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 { range 192.168.1.193 192.168.1.208; filename "/tftpboot/ringnet.kernel.fd0"; option root-path "192.168.1.2:/usr/n/ringrowl/root"; host ringrowl { hardware ethernet 00: