Re: FreeBSD Mall now BSDCentral

2001-07-10 Thread Gilbert Gong
I'm also interested in helping out with the installer. I have also just read Jordan's message (at http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=77877+0+archive/2000/freebsd-ha ckers/2917.freebsd-hackers as referenced in another email) and here is how I see it. #2 cannot happen without #1 ha

strange tcp behavior?

2001-06-25 Thread Gilbert Gong
In the course of running some http load generators against apache on FreeBSD 4.3R, I have been seeing some strange behavior. I was finally able to find a specific concrete weirdness (atleast I think it's a weirdness). >From test-client2, I am running http_load (installed from /usr/ports/www/http

submit article to sys admin magazine?

2001-06-20 Thread Gilbert Gong
After reading Michael's post at: http://daily.daemonnews.org/view_story.php3?story_id=2112 and exchanging a few emails with him, I've became convinced it might be reasonable to try to write an article and submit it to sys admin magazine, in re: tuning a freebsd box properly. The goal would be to

Re: if_fxp status?

2001-03-08 Thread Gilbert Gong
I believe the 21143 is not discontinued. It got bought by intel, so they are now manufactured as Intel chips. The Kingston kne100tx uses the now-intel-manufactured chip. They're available for <$50 or quit a bit less if you buy bulk :) (ie www.warehouse.com) They've worked great for me. A quick

Re: Sitting on hands (no longer Re: FreeBSD vs Linux, Solaris, and NT)

2000-12-21 Thread Gilbert Gong
> It would just make pitching FreeBSD and other open OS's in the > enterprise a lot easier if there was an QA process that official > releases went through. Also volunteering to QA would be a good > training ground to gain familiarity with a OS and a chance to > communicate with developers. > > S