amd64 FreeBSD 6.0 problem

2006-05-22 Thread YTResearch
Please let me know if this is not the right list to ask this. I have a Tyan 4882 4 CPU (dual core) Opteron, running amd64 FreeBSD 6.0 Release, 8 gig ram (all recognized), SCSI 15K Seagate ST373454LC drives. BIOS is running all stock settings. It's job is to run Apache (ran 2.1 now latest 2.

Re: min disk size for (useful) desktop

2006-05-27 Thread YTResearch
I don't build desktops so I don't know what people normally do for swap size but it's good to remember at build time if you have small drives. What I think about when sizing a server drive is memory, swap and dumps. You didn't mention how much memory you have, but if it's large, you may fin

Re: troubleshooting network settings

2006-05-28 Thread YTResearch
Do you have the firewall enabled in rc.conf (ipfw)? On May 28, 2006, at 5:34 PM, Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: I am running freeBSD v6.0 security on a home network behind an adsl router. I cannot connect to localhost from a browser (apache is running!) I cannot connect to localhost port 22 (KPack

Re: Recommendation for 1000BASE-SX card?

2006-05-31 Thread YTResearch
We are running the S4882-D and it has the Broadcom GB dual adapter built in (recognized as ASIC rev. 0x2003>). It seems to work without problems and we've run both to two different networks (right now running only one). We are connecting at 100baseT so I don't have experience running at GB

Verizon Wireless PC5740 on FreeBSD?

2006-06-14 Thread YTResearch
Has anyone been successful with using Verizon Wireless on FreeBSD. I have read where the PC5740 card has been successfully used on Linux claiming 160mbps with a ohci-hcd module. If that's true, I was thinking this should be possible on FreeBSD. I have a mix of Darwin and FreeBSD and it seem

FreeBSD and VMWare

2006-06-23 Thread YTResearch
I noticed that someone asked questions concerning VMware on FreeBSD which was my first realization that the two even go together. I have the opportunity to advocate FreeBSD as a possible replacement to run that software as a parting shot in the next week prior to finally retiring from that