8.2-RC1 > RC3 : crashes

2011-02-17 Thread FRLinux
Hello, I have a stable server doing heavy backups on a nightly basis, it uses a mix of rsync and backuppc and serves also NFS to other servers for remote backups. I did a freebsd-update fetch -r 8.2-RC3 lately and following that it dies every night. What seems to trigger it is the following in the

interrupt storm detected

2011-01-26 Thread FRLinux
Hello All, I have a server running FreeBSD 8.2-RC1 with a 3ware 9650 24ports controller. Every now and then I am seeing the interrupt storm message. I have increased the following according to the list: hw.intr_storm_threshold=4000 but it still happens. Any advice? interrupt storm detected on "i

Re: GNU/Linux NIS tweaks was: FreeBSD Decision

2011-01-16 Thread FRLinux
On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 9:41 PM, James Phillips wrote: > It may have to do with what you are doing. At the NFS protocol level, they > are compatible as far as I can tell. However, in my testing (trying to set up > a file server in a heterogeneous environment) I had problems configuring NIS > wi

Re: FreeBSD Decision

2011-01-15 Thread FRLinux
On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 1:56 AM, James Phillips wrote: > One thing to keep in mind is that BSD speaks a different POSIX "dialect" than > most Linux distros (though that is likely true between Linux distros as > well). This means things like NFS/NIS won't work without tweaking. One thing > I als

Re: problem booting a new server on FreeBSD

2011-01-11 Thread FRLinux
On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 7:16 PM, Robert Bonomi wrote: > Try booting _with_ a disk in the CD drive. Well, I was at least for the first install since I booted from CD, time was the same about 1m to 1m30 before it boots. > Also, assuming these are parallel ATA drives, check the master/slave jumper

Re: problem booting a new server on FreeBSD

2011-01-10 Thread FRLinux
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 11:55 PM, Chris Brennan wrote: > A stab in the dark here tells me a slow device ... but what, I do not know. Yes, apparently, could well be the CDROM drive, it's a laptop format one (slim). Someone responded to me off-list mentioning the same problem happened to him. 1mn d

Re: problem booting a new server on FreeBSD

2011-01-10 Thread FRLinux
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 11:29 PM, Chris Brennan wrote: > Where during the boot process does this happeb? As soon as you select any of the options of the boot (normal boot, boot without ACPI, boot single mode, etc...). It sits there for about 1mn to 1mn30 and then boots fine. We put the second ser

Re: problem booting a new server on FreeBSD

2011-01-10 Thread FRLinux
On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 3:37 PM, FRLinux wrote: > When booting, i get to the screen where I can select which boot > process i want for FreeBSD (normal, without ACPI, debug, single, > etc...). Regardless of the option I select, it starts flickering the > rotating cursor (\|/-)

problem booting a new server on FreeBSD

2011-01-07 Thread FRLinux
Hello, We have purchased a brand new server running an Intel Motherboard which boots fine on Linux but not on FreeBSD, I have tried FreeBSD 8.1 and 8.2-RC1 without success. The motherboard is a S5500HCV (Version: E40912-455). It has 2 SATA drives connected in compatible mode in the BIOS (also trie

Re: 8.1-rc2 journal overflow error

2010-07-19 Thread FRLinux
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 3:53 PM, Ivan Voras wrote: > There could be several reasons for this specific panic but as a general > solution you will have to increase your journal size. For start, try > doubling it. Thanks for this, i will look into it. I found the reason of the crash although I do no

8.1-rc2 journal overflow error

2010-07-19 Thread FRLinux
Hello, I am using a hefty server with a single SSD drive as the main drive (Corsair CMFSSD-64D1). It worked nicely until today where I got a journal overflow error, i took a screenshot here: http://picasaweb.google.fr/frlinux/Computers#5495597160219915298 I am using a RAID array on a 3ware card

8.1-rc2 journal overflow error

2010-07-19 Thread FRLinux
Hello, I am using a hefty server with a single SSD drive as the main drive (Corsair CMFSSD-64D1). It worked nicely until today where I got a journal overflow error, i took a screenshot here: http://picasaweb.google.fr/frlinux/Computers#5495597160219915298 I am using a RAID array on a 3ware card

Re: AFP Client in FreeBSD

2009-06-10 Thread FRLinux
On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 6:45 PM, Chris Maness wrote: > an AFP server, but there is little information on the client.  Any > suggestions? rsync ? Cheers, Steph ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freeb

Re: PDF inventory software

2009-06-08 Thread FRLinux
On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 10:17 PM, Daniel Underwood wrote: > I'm looking for a way to manage my personal collection of research > articles.  Ideally I'd like some way to keep records on authors, > keywords, journals, and publication years of articles (PDF files) > downloaded onto my local drive. Hel

7.2-STABLE and iSCSI

2009-06-08 Thread FRLinux
Hello, I am currently using a 7.2-STABLE with iSCSI enabled in the kernel. I have tried to enable a file system which is 2.4TB in size (this is on an amd64 architecture). I have followed different documentations I found and can export an iSCSI target fine and initiate the iSCSI drive either on a L

Re: How To Configure w/ FreeBSD

2006-11-15 Thread FRLinux
On 11/15/06, Rachel Florentine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: LOL!! I've spent a WEEK on this! I had someone who obviously knew what he was talking about on the ldap@umich.edu list tell me to forget about trying to build the openldap port from FreeBSD with options because it's impossible!

Re: How To Configure w/ FreeBSD

2006-11-15 Thread FRLinux
On 11/15/06, Rachel Florentine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: LOL!! I've spent a WEEK on this! I had someone who obviously knew what he was talking about on the ldap@umich.edu list tell me to forget about trying to build the openldap port from FreeBSD with options because it's impossible!