Re: ifconfig(8) refactoring -- YACC grammar now online

2003-12-01 Thread Jonathan Mini
On Nov 30, 2003, at 2:41 PM, Robert Watson wrote: if_tap is actually quite useful, and in the same general class of synthetic interfaces as if_tun. I've used both in building tunneling and topology-manipulation tools, as well as for debugging routing, etc. if_tap simulates an 802 device, and if_

symlinks outside /compat/linux = loop

2003-12-01 Thread Steven Hartland
Just come across the fact that a symlink from /compat/usr/local/mydir -> /usr/local/mydir causes a loop in the lookups procedure is anyway to avoid this, patch etc? Steve ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listin

Re: thread/process & memory management source code

2003-12-01 Thread David Schultz
[Redirected to threads@; please avoid spamming multiple lists.] On Sat, Nov 29, 2003, Jay Sern Liew wrote: > Can someone point to me the specific location in the FreeBSD kernel source > where the code for FreeBSD's thread/process & memory management are? > > Specifically, where the dispatcher and

Re: HOWTO: install without floppy, cdrom, or pxe.

2003-12-01 Thread pirat
On Monday, 1 December 2003 at 0:18:09 -0800, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 00:18:09 -0800 > From: Alfred Perlstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: HOWTO: install without floppy, cdrom, or pxe. > > I have a mini-HOWTO here that poss

Re: HOWTO: install without floppy, cdrom, or pxe.

2003-12-01 Thread Alfred Perlstein
* Colin Percival <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [031201 00:27] wrote: > At 00:18 01/12/2003 -0800, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > >Then type these commands into the loader: > >unload kernel > >load /ikernel > >load -t mfs_root /mfsroot > >set vfs.root.mountfrom > >boot ^^ > > Surely that sh

Re: HOWTO: install without floppy, cdrom, or pxe.

2003-12-01 Thread Colin Percival
At 00:18 01/12/2003 -0800, Alfred Perlstein wrote: Then type these commands into the loader: unload kernel load /ikernel load -t mfs_root /mfsroot set vfs.root.mountfrom boot ^^ Surely that should be vfs.root.mountfrom="ufs:/dev/md0c" ? It should also be possible to put th

HOWTO: install without floppy, cdrom, or pxe.

2003-12-01 Thread Alfred Perlstein
I have a mini-HOWTO here that possibly be automated. Basically we're going to install FreeBSD over FreeBSD without a floppy, cdrom or pxe. This depends on a loader that's compatible with your kernel so if really weird lockups happen, you might not be compatible. Anyhow, here we go: Download t