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I wrote some add-on bits for /etc/rc.network in 4.x that compares
the link addresses of attached network interfaces to a list of link
addresses, then sets ifconfig_ifN* variables accordingly before
rc.network does anything. It provides a means of wiring IP addre
On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 08:33:36PM -0400, Albert D. Cahalan wrote:
> Well, since it didn't, I might as well explain the problem here too.
> There are at least two major problems with VIA chips:
[data curruption on VIA KT133/133A systems by pushing PCI and memory bus]
Are you sure about that?
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uot;. I'd
hate to see someone roll their own and call it FreeBSD.
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On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 08:12:28PM -0400, David Gilbert wrote:
> ... and can successfully mount a DVD-ROM... they just don't play with
> any of the software I've been able to find. Most recently, I
> downloaded a copy of another package mentioned on /., but it dies
> looking for libdl.so ... whi
;t want them?
Also, NetBSD doesn't seem to formalize chaining to /usr/pkg/etc/rc.d or
/usr/local/etc/rc.d, unless I missed that.
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On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 11:19:44PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote:
> The current mood (which I agree with) is to make softupdates the default
> after installation. The problem with the combo of write caching and
> softupdates is that if the power actually goes off the meta-data writes
> that soft
On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 10:34:26PM +, Terry Lambert wrote:
> ] > 1. I don't think I've ever seen a Linux distro which has write
> ] >caching enabled by default. Hell, DMA33 isn't even enabled
> ] >by default ;)
> ]
> ] You are talking about controlling the IDE drive cache.
> ]
> ] Th
On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 05:00:44PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > Linux has lots of little kludges to make it appear faster on some
> > benchmarks,
> > > but from a networking standpoint it cant handle significant network
> loads.
> > >
> > Are you sure this is still true? The 2.4.x
On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 12:25:59PM -0300, Rik van Riel wrote:
> On Wed, 23 May 2001, Shannon wrote:
> > On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 10:54:40PM -0300, Rik van Riel wrote:
> >
> > > 1. I don't think I've ever seen a Linux distro which has write
> > >caching enabled by default. Hell, DMA33 isn't even
On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 09:03:37AM -0400, Andresen,Jason R. wrote:
> The scary thing is that it was the attached harddrive that lost all of the
> files. The situitation is this:
[snip]
Sorry to hear that, but like I said, it isn't typical. ext2 in it's
early days, an ext before that were really
On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 06:53:37AM -0300, Daniel C. Sobral wrote:
> > I cannot verify that with my drive, but my largest is 18GB so maybe
> > the difference is not as pronounced as on some newer drives like those
> > (currently) monster 70GB drives.
>
> It should be measurable.
Actually, I edit
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On Tue, May 22, 2001 at 12:03:33PM -0400, Jason Andresen wrote:
> Here's the results I got from postmark, which seems to be the closest
> match to the original problem in the entire ports tree.
>
> Test setup:
> Two machines with the same make and model hardware, one running
> FreeBSD 4.0, the
On Tue, May 22, 2001 at 09:20:32PM -0400, Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> I'm willing to overnight your test if you want. Do you have it packaged
> up to send?
I meant to say did you have the parameters you used saved. I'm assuming
now though, that you used the defaults for the pr
On Tue, May 22, 2001 at 09:31:34AM -0400, Jason Andresen wrote:
> Er, I don't think ReiserFS is in the Linux kernel yet, although it is
> the default filesystem on some distros apparently.
ReiserFS, on my system anyway, started just losing files. I'd log in and
would notice some mp3 files or s
On Tue, May 22, 2001 at 02:49:21PM -0400, Jason Andresen wrote:
> 6 files took ~15 minutes to create as is. I'm going to have to wait
> until tonight to run larger sets. 2.2.16 is what we have here.
> I'm still waiting to see how much faster ReiserFS is.
I'm willing to overnight your te
On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 11:35:15AM -0500, Chris Dillon wrote:
> > > For the second boot I unplugged the USB hub. This time everything was
> > > fine... I'm sending this mail from the FreeBSD machine's console.
> >
> > Replying to my own post:
> >
> > The problem is the Logitech joystick, not the
is a force-feedback model (Logi Formula Force), but is
otherwise just your average every day USB joystick.
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On Sat, Oct 21, 2000 at 05:31:50PM -0700, FengYue wrote:
>
> On Sat, 21 Oct 2000, Frederik Meerwaldt wrote:
>
> ->Differences... FreeBSD is a real Unix, while Linux is a ..how should I
>
> Hmmm. FreeBSD is not a UNIX, rather it's a UNIX alike OS. (Which really
> doesn't matter IMHO)
>
> Don't
On Sun, Oct 22, 2000 at 08:38:43PM -0400, Sergey Babkin wrote:
> By the way, speaking of that, things in FreeBSD tend to be more
> synchronous with docs than in Linux. Also FreeBSD has much better
> backwards compatibility (though alas still not as good as commercial
> systems). In Linux the appl
I'm interested in hearing from anyone who uses DAT drives on a DPT SCSI
controller, preferrably with FreeBSD 4.1 and an Intel system.
I find the speed is very slow, and I know in the past these drives were fine
with FreeBSD, though I can't remember which release now. With my most recent
instal
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