Re: BSD logo (a moderate opinion)

On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:55:04 -0600 Dale Scott wrote: > Personally, I enjoy our mascot Beastie, as well as the > Beastie-influenced official logo. I also smile when I see Casper, > Wendy andHotStuff. However, I also accept there are individuals who > understand these symbols differently than me, a

Booting from floppy to install 8.1

I'm trying to solve a chicken-egg problem. I need to boot from floppy to install 8.1, and I don't already have a running 8.1 system on which to build a set of 8.1 floppy images. (The machine in question is an oldish Pentium-III that only boots from its hard drive or from floppy -- the BIOS claims

Fwd: still no luck with ffmpeg 6_2_1 and FreeBSD 6.3

I have lame on the machine, installed in the course of the installation of ffmpeg, and I can use that to convert from .wav to .mp3. Would have been nice to have a real ffmpeg available, but I can scratch my immediate itch this way, lame though I may be :) Thanks for your help. Original

Re: Upgrading to 8.1; Perl; and libgcrypt

>uname -a FreeBSD mybsd.zsoft.com 8.0-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-p2 #0: Wed Jul 14 15:35:26 CST 2010 r...@mybsd.zsoft.com:/media/G/usr/obj/media/G/usr/src/sys/MYKERNEL i386 >sudo env DISABLE_CONFLICTS=1 portupgrade -o lang/perl5.12 -f perl-5.8.\* >pkg_info |grep -i perl perl-5.12.1_1

Re: ok, i give up...

29.07.2010 05:04, Gary Kline wrote: guys, i've been searching for a calender/reminder prog than i had YEARS ago. cannot find. it had a ~/.datafile that was ascii. things like # Bill's birthday: 08 08 echo "Send Bill a birthday card. # watch one-time broadcast!! 08 09 2010 echo: "Watch PBS

Re: Upgrading to 8.1; Perl; and libgcrypt

On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 12:26:48AM +, J. Altman wrote: > > I would advise you to use portmaster; > > > > 1) portmaster -o lang/perl5.12 lang/perl5.10 > > 2) portmaster p5- > > > > That worked for me. > > Hmm...well, I've used portupgrade since 4.3, and have only wondered > if switching i

Re: still no luck with ffmpeg 6_2_1 and FreeBSD 6.3

On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 01:43:27PM +0700, John Francis Lee wrote: > Hello, > I'm trying to make an internet language lab for kids here in Chiangrai. > The tool I've found to record their voices over the wire (nanogong) > creates .wav files, but flash and the rest of the world want .mp3 files > to

Re: Booting from floppy to install 8.1

> Should I be able to do a network install of 8.1 using a 7.3 boot > floppy set? (I'm not planning to set up zfs, at least initially.) > If not, are the 7.3 and 8.1 boot/loader files similar enough that > the boot/loader from a 7.3 boot floppy "should" work when all else > in the floppy set is fr

Re: Booting from floppy to install 8.1

On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 12:50:12AM -0700, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: > I'm trying to solve a chicken-egg problem. > Is there a reasonable way to build the proper boot/loader file for > an 8.1 boot floppy using a 6.x or 7.x system? Install 8.1 in an emulator like qemu or virtualbox to create the

Re: still no luck with ffmpeg 6_2_1 and FreeBSD 6.3

Thanks. I thought I had in knocked with lame, but the recorder I'm using, a java applet called nonogong from Hong Kong university, uses an imaADPCM, 4-bit format for its .wav files that lame chokes on. ffmpeg has no problem! But I cannot get ffmpeg to run on my ViaVerio FreeBSD server. The nanogon

Re: still no luck with ffmpeg 6_2_1 and FreeBSD 6.3

On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 04:39:14PM +0700, John Francis Lee wrote: > Thanks. I thought I had in knocked with lame, but the recorder I'm > using, a java applet called nonogong from Hong Kong university, uses an > imaADPCM, 4-bit format for its .wav files that lame chokes on. ffmpeg > has no problem!

Re: BSD logo (a moderate opinion)

Hi! I like this daemon. I'm using this daemon: http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm? fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=308365571&albumID=0&imageID=4021319 OS and computer are not religion. Or I'm wrong? Amiga vs Atari, daemon vs angel? RYCHoo

How to mass recompile broken packages?

Hi all I'm using FreeBSD 8.1 on i386 machine. I have upgraded a package using portmanager, but the upgrade seems not successful. The required package is upgraded but all packages depend on the upgraded package were not recompiled. I have two questions regarding this: 1. How to list all packag

encrypt whole system using zfs

With dm_crypt&lvm, i can install a Debian [in sraid1], that has only the mbr & the "/boot" unencrypted. So if someone steals the server/hdds, it can't do anything to them. That's ok. I'm a newbie to FreeBSD, and I want to use it in the future. I'm looking for these "features", that i mentioned

Re: How to mass recompile broken packages?

29.07.2010 11:25, Unga wrote: Hi all I'm using FreeBSD 8.1 on i386 machine. I have upgraded a package using portmanager, but the upgrade seems not successful. The required package is upgraded but all packages depend on the upgraded package were not recompiled. I have two questions regarding

Re: BSD logo

On 24/07/2010 04:01, Victor Skovorodnikov wrote: [...] I have always been thinking of trying FreeBSD but as a Christian I get deterred by its un-Christian logo. [...] The logo means that all the people not trying out FreeBSD are going to go directly to hell after death. The logo is not un-C

Re: encrypt whole system using zfs

Den 29.07.2010 13:26, skrev Jozsi Vadkan: With dm_crypt&lvm, i can install a Debian [in sraid1], that has only the mbr& the "/boot" unencrypted. So if someone steals the server/hdds, it can't do anything to them. That's ok. I'm a newbie to FreeBSD, and I want to use it in the future. I'm loo

Re: encrypt whole system using zfs

On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 01:26:19PM +0200, Jozsi Vadkan wrote: > With dm_crypt&lvm, i can install a Debian [in sraid1], that has only the > mbr & the "/boot" unencrypted. > > So if someone steals the server/hdds, it can't do anything to them. > That's ok. They can wipe the harddrive and re-sell t

Problems with first attempts to use ZFS

Thinking that it's about time to learn a bit about ZFS I started with the tutorial at I'm currently running 8.1-RELEASE i386 with a generic kernel and 3 disk slices, each mirrored across 2 drives with gmirror. I appreciate the current configura

booting install DVD while hard drive is in RAID mode

I purchased an HP Pavilion p6510f. I cannot boot either FreeBSD 8.1 (amd64) or OpenSUSE 11.3 Gnome Live CD unless I change the hard drive mode from RAID to IDE. Unfortunately, that damages my Windows 7 installation. (The computer is currently being restored to factory state.) Is there an option

Re: booting install DVD while hard drive is in RAID mode

On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 8:58 AM, Andrew Gould wrote: > I purchased an HP Pavilion p6510f. I cannot boot either FreeBSD 8.1 > (amd64) or OpenSUSE 11.3 Gnome Live CD unless I change the hard drive > mode from RAID to IDE. Unfortunately, that damages my Windows 7 > installation. (The computer is c

Re: How to mass recompile broken packages?

--- On Thu, 7/29/10, Volodymyr Kostyrko wrote: > From: Volodymyr Kostyrko > Subject: Re: How to mass recompile broken packages? > To: "Unga" > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Date: Thursday, July 29, 2010, 7:34 PM > 29.07.2010 11:25, Unga wrote: > > Hi all > > > > I'm using FreeBSD 8.1 on i

Re: BSD logo (a moderate opinion)

On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 09:52:07AM +0200, ?? wrote: > On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:55:04 -0600 > Dale Scott wrote: > > > Personally, I enjoy our mascot Beastie, as well as the > > Beastie-influenced official logo. I also smile when I see Casper, > > Wendy andHotStuff. However, I also accept there a

Re: BSD logo (a moderate opinion)

On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 04:59:34PM -0500, Gary Gatten wrote: > Will someone PLEASE kill this thread! Moderator(s)? This is an unmoderated list. jerry > > PS: Whomever wrote the comment a few posts back about calling support for > "Agnostix" and they always said "not enough information.

Re: How to mass recompile broken packages?

29.07.2010 17:31, Unga wrote: I'm using FreeBSD 8.1 on i386 machine. I have upgraded a package using portmanager, but the upgrade seems not successful. The required package is upgraded but all packages depend on the upgraded package were not recompiled. I have two questions regarding this:

Re: BSD logo (a moderate opinion)

On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 10:15:27AM -0400, Bob Hall wrote: > On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 09:52:07AM +0200, ?? wrote: > > On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:55:04 -0600 > > Dale Scott wrote: > > > > > Personally, I enjoy our mascot Beastie, as well as the > > > Beastie-influenced official logo. I also smile w

upgrading from 6.3 to 7.3

Hello! I have a box running FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE-p15 and I would like to upgrade it to 7.3. As far as I know I cannot use freebsd-update to do this since it is not supported any more. so: 1. The only other way I can upgrade to 7.3 is using update from source, isn't it? 2. What upgrade sequence

Re: booting install DVD while hard drive is in RAID mode

On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Diego Arias wrote: > > > On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Andrew Gould > wrote: >> >> On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 9:01 AM, Diego Arias wrote: >> > >> > >> > On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 8:58 AM, Andrew Gould >> > >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> I purchased an HP Pavilion p6510f

ipfw+natd startup order fixing

Hi there, a few months ago I inquired about an issue where using ipfw+natd worked on 8.0 but produced errors in 8.1. After searching the bugs database, I found multiple reports about it - http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=conf/148137 and http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/148

Re: How to mass recompile broken packages?

--- On Thu, 7/29/10, Volodymyr Kostyrko wrote: > From: Volodymyr Kostyrko > Subject: Re: How to mass recompile broken packages? > To: "Unga" > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Date: Thursday, July 29, 2010, 11:00 PM > 29.07.2010 17:31, Unga wrote: > >>> I'm using FreeBSD 8.1 on i386 machine.

Re: ok, i give up...

On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 07:04:51PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > guys, i've been searching for a calender/reminder prog than i had YEARS > ago. cannot find. > > it had a ~/.datafile that was ascii. things like > > > > # Bill's birthday: > 08 08 echo "Send Bill a birthday card. > > # watch o

Re: Why am I getting mail rejects?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Grant Peel wrote: > - Original Message - From: "Greg Larkin" > To: "Grant Peel" > Cc: > Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 8:40 PM > Subject: Re: Why am I getting mail rejects? > > > Grant Peel wrote: Hi everyone, I asked this a f

Re: BSD logo

On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:05:03 +0200, Antonio Vieiro wrote: > The logo means that all the people not trying out FreeBSD are going to > go directly to hell after death. No need to wait such a long time... :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa

Re: BSD logo (a moderate opinion)

--On Thursday, July 29, 2010 11:03:07 -0400 Jerry McAllister wrote: Actually, the OP said logo and made no mention of mascott. I am the one way back in this thread that introduced the difference of BSDie mascot and round thing logo in this thread. I assumed the OP meant the BSDie mascot and pro

Re: How to mass recompile broken packages?

On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:25:38 -0700 (PDT) Unga wrote: > Hi all > > I'm using FreeBSD 8.1 on i386 machine. > > I have upgraded a package using portmanager, but the upgrade seems > not successful. > > The required package is upgraded but all packages depend on the > upgraded package were not reco

Re: BSD logo

On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 07:30:02PM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:05:03 +0200, Antonio Vieiro > wrote: > > The logo means that all the people not trying out FreeBSD are going to > > go directly to hell after death. > > No need to wait such a long time... :-) No . . . before

Re: BSD logo (a moderate opinion)

On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 12:20:24PM -0500, Paul Schmehl wrote: > --On Thursday, July 29, 2010 11:03:07 -0400 Jerry McAllister > wrote: > > > >Actually, the OP said logo and made no mention of mascott. > >I am the one way back in this thread that introduced the difference > >of BSDie mascot and ro

Re: BSD logo

Quoth Chad Perrin on Thursday, 29 July 2010: > On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 07:30:02PM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > > On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:05:03 +0200, Antonio Vieiro > > wrote: > > > The logo means that all the people not trying out FreeBSD are going to > > > go directly to hell after death. > > >

Re: BSD logo

On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 12:22:24PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: > On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 07:30:02PM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > > On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:05:03 +0200, Antonio Vieiro > > wrote: > > > The logo means that all the people not trying out FreeBSD are going to > > > go directly to hell aft

Re: BSD logo

On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:39:16 -0400, Jerry McAllister wrote: > Our church and most protestant churches do not accept purgatory. I do not accept the moon - it's just the backside of the sun. Also I don't accept gravity as its "effects" are just actions intended by "falling" objects to do something

Re: BSD logo

On Thursday 29 July 2010 18:54:06 Polytropon wrote: > On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:39:16 -0400, Jerry McAllister wrote: > > Our church and most protestant churches do not accept purgatory. > > I do not accept the moon - it's just the backside of the sun. > Also I don't accept gravity as its "effects"

Re: BSD logo

I am having fun too! And I had seen the quote on the bible of the number of the beast: http://egomania.nu/gates.html How about the Koran/Quran? Does it have something like this? Does the Book of Mormon have something related? I don't want to ask a priest/pastor about Beastie :( But yes we are

Re: BSD logo (a moderate opinion)

On 7/29/10, Jerry McAllister wrote: > On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 12:20:24PM -0500, Paul Schmehl wrote: > >> --On Thursday, July 29, 2010 11:03:07 -0400 Jerry McAllister >> wrote: >> > >> >Actually, the OP said logo and made no mention of mascott. >> >I am the one way back in this thread that introdu

Re: ok, i give up...

On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 10:15:53PM -0400, Glenn Sieb wrote: > On 7/28/10 10:04 PM, Gary Kline wrote: > > guys, i've been searching for a calender/reminder prog than i had YEARS > > ago. cannot find. > > http://www.roaringpenguin.com/products/remind > > Would it be Remind? > > Best, > --Glenn

Re: BSD logo (a moderate opinion)

On Thursday 29 July 2010 19:45:02 Antonio Olivares wrote: > I am sorry but I am now confused, the BSD Logo : > > http://www.freebsd.org/layout/images/logo-red.png > > is the sex toy right? > > Because Beastie just has his pitchfork > Well, don't forget that sado-masochists would find tons of

Re: ok, i give up...

On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 9:49 PM, Gary Kline wrote: > On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 10:15:53PM -0400, Glenn Sieb wrote: >> On 7/28/10 10:04 PM, Gary Kline wrote: >> > guys, i've been searching for a calender/reminder prog than i had YEARS >> > ago.  cannot find. >> >> http://www.roaringpenguin.com/produc

Re: ok, i give up...

On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 08:37:27PM -0700, Chip Camden wrote: > Quoth Gary Kline on Wednesday, 28 July 2010: > > guys, i've been searching for a calender/reminder prog than i had YEARS > > ago. cannot find. > > > > it had a ~/.datafile that was ascii. things like > > > > > > > > # Bill's bir

Re: ok, i give up...

On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 11:04 PM, Gary Kline wrote: > guys, i've been searching for a calender/reminder prog than i had YEARS > ago.  cannot find. > > it had a ~/.datafile that was ascii.  things like > > > > # Bill's birthday: > 08 08 echo "Send Bill a birthday card. > > # watch one-time broadca

Re: BSD logo (a moderate opinion)

Quoth Mario Lobo on Thursday, 29 July 2010: > On Thursday 29 July 2010 19:45:02 Antonio Olivares wrote: > > I am sorry but I am now confused, the BSD Logo : > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/layout/images/logo-red.png > > > > is the sex toy right? > > > > Because Beastie just has his pitchfork > >

Re: BSD logo (a moderate opinion)

--On Thursday, July 29, 2010 14:34:49 -0400 Jerry McAllister wrote: On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 12:20:24PM -0500, Paul Schmehl wrote: --On Thursday, July 29, 2010 11:03:07 -0400 Jerry McAllister wrote: > > Actually, the OP said logo and made no mention of mascott. > I am the one way back in thi

Re: BSD logo (a moderate opinion)

On Thursday 29 July 2010 20:22:26 Chip Camden wrote: > Quoth Mario Lobo on Thursday, 29 July 2010: > > On Thursday 29 July 2010 19:45:02 Antonio Olivares wrote: > > > I am sorry but I am now confused, the BSD Logo : > > > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/layout/images/logo-red.png > > > > > > is the

Re: BSD logo (a moderate opinion)

On 29/07/2010 20:45:02, Antonio Olivares wrote: > I am sorry but I am now confused, the BSD Logo : > > http://www.freebsd.org/layout/images/logo-red.png > > is the sex toy right? Someone really should *make* some of these -- polybutadiene rubber (you know -- like those super-bouncy balls) in tra

Upgraded cups - no cups printer in firefox after the upgrade

When updating the cups port my cups networked printer tends to fall out from firefox, epdfview etc. Last time I found a webpage with some cups related ports that had to be rebuilt for it to work. But I forgot to bookmark it. Now I can not find this page and I can`t piece together which ports it

Re: Upgraded cups - no cups printer in firefox after the upgrade

This one? http://www.freebsdwiki.net/index.php/CUPS#CUPS_and_Gnome_Warning Cheers, Antonio On 29/07/2010 23:41, Kenneth Hatteland wrote: When updating the cups port my cups networked printer tends to fall out from firefox, epdfview etc. Last time I found a webpage with some cups related ports

Re: Booting from floppy to install 8.1

On 29 July 2010 10:17, Roland Smith wrote: > On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 12:50:12AM -0700, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: > > I'm trying to solve a chicken-egg problem. > > > Is there a reasonable way to build the proper boot/loader file for > > an 8.1 boot floppy using a 6.x or 7.x system? > > Instal

Re: BSD logo (a moderate opinion)

On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 11:03:07AM -0400, Jerry McAllister wrote: > On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 10:15:27AM -0400, Bob Hall wrote: > > Beastie is the mascot, and the sex toy is the logo. It is only the > > mascot that the OP objected to. He didn't mention any objections to the > > logo. > > Actually, t

Re: Why am I getting mail rejects?

- Original Message - From: "Greg Larkin" To: "Grant Peel" Cc: Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 11:53 AM Subject: Re: Why am I getting mail rejects? -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Grant Peel wrote: - Original Message - From: "Greg Larkin" To: "Grant Peel" Cc:

Re: upgrading from 6.3 to 7.3

Hi, > 2. What upgrade sequence should I use: 6.3 -> 6.4 -> 7.0 -> 7.3 or 6.3 I successfully upgraded 6.4 to 7.3 (sorry I don't have machine with 6.3 anymore) As I always upgrade from source, I cannot reply about freebsd-update. Best s, olivier ___ f

Re: ok, i give up...

Frank Shute wrote: > On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 07:04:51PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > guys, i've been searching for a calender/reminder prog > > than i had YEARS ago. cannot find. > > > > it had a ~/.datafile that was ascii. things like > > > > > > > > # Bill's birthday: > > 08 08 echo "Sen

Re: BSD logo

Antonio Olivares wrote: But yes we are in difficult times and then the 2012 saga, will the world end? I have it on good AUTHORITY: $dig @daleco.biz daleco.biz | grep AUTHORITY: ;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1 That we're perfectly OK:

Re: ok, i give up...

> "Gary" == Gary Kline writes: Gary> guys, i've been searching for a calender/reminder prog than i had YEARS Gary> ago. cannot find. Gary> it had a ~/.datafile that was ascii. things like Gary> Gary> # Bill's birthday: Gary> 08 08 echo "Send Bill a birthday card. Gary> # watch one-ti

AHCI and Gigabyte GA-G31M-ES2L

The Gigabyte GA-G31M-ES2L has an ICH7, one PATA port, and four SATA ports. This one now has the latest BIOS, F10. Is it possible to run AHCI on this motherboard and chipset? With FreeBSD 8-stable, the terrible BIOS set to "Enhanced" mode, one SATA drive connected, and ahci_load="YES" in loade

Re: AHCI and Gigabyte GA-G31M-ES2L

On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 9:29 PM, Warren Block wrote: > The Gigabyte GA-G31M-ES2L has an ICH7, one PATA port, and four SATA ports. > This one now has the latest BIOS, F10. > > Is it possible to run AHCI on this motherboard and chipset? > > With FreeBSD 8-stable, the terrible BIOS set to "Enhanced

Why can't I write to freebsd-questions?

If you can read this message, the problem has been solved. Thanks Peter ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.o

Re: BSD logo (a moderate opinion)

In freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 321, Issue 11, Message: 20 On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:20:24 -0500 Paul Schmehl wrote: > --On Thursday, July 29, 2010 11:03:07 -0400 Jerry McAllister > > wrote: > > > > Actually, the OP said logo and made no mention of mascott. > > I am the one way back in thi

Re: Why can't I write to freebsd-questions?

Peter, I can read it . You have solved a problem. Regards, Antonio On 7/29/10, Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote: > If you can read this message, > > the problem has been solved. > > Thanks > > Peter > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http

Re: Why can't I write to freebsd-questions?

Thanks, for some reason I could read all messages from this list, but couldn't reply. I just unsubscribed and resubscribed. Strange, but seems to work. Greetings Peter. Am Donnerstag, den 29.07.2010, 23:07 -0500 schrieb Antonio Olivares: > Peter, > > I can read it . You have solved a problem

Re: ok, i give up...

On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 07:20:41PM -0700, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: > > "Gary" == Gary Kline writes: > > Gary> guys, i've been searching for a calender/reminder prog than i had YEARS > Gary> ago. cannot find. > > Gary> it had a ~/.datafile that was ascii. things like > > Gary> > > Gar

Re: BSD logo (a moderate opinion)

On 7/28/10, Chuck Robey wrote: > Dale Scott wrote: >> Personally, I enjoy our mascot Beastie, as well as the Beastie-influenced >> official logo. I also smile when I see Casper, Wendy andHotStuff. >> However, I also accept there are individuals who understand these symbols >> differently than me,

Re: Firewire RAM access

On 07/27/10 07:38, EforeZZ wrote: Hi, I was playing around with fwcontrol and its "-m" switch. I connected my FreeBSD 7.2 notebook to Win7 PC Via firewire and attempted to access Win7's RAM through the /dev/fwmem interface. I failed. The question is.. Should this always work? As far as I kno

Re: AHCI and Gigabyte GA-G31M-ES2L

On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 08:29:37PM -0600, Warren Block wrote: > The Gigabyte GA-G31M-ES2L has an ICH7, one PATA port, and four SATA > ports. This one now has the latest BIOS, F10. > > Is it possible to run AHCI on this motherboard and chipset? Only some ICH7 chipsets are able to run with AHCI.