Is that normal to have a signature of "0x0" reported by fdisk?
On my other disks, signature is 0xAA55.
Thanks for your help!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Xavier Mertens
Sent: jeudi 3 janvier 2008 2:28
To: misc@openbsd.org
Subject: Re: ne
Erik WikstrC6m <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> configuration using RAIDframe or something similar. If this is possible,
> will it buy me any additional protection against dataloss, or is it more
> likely that my disk crashes all together?
As others have pointed out, when a disk fails, just what dat
Nick Holland wrote:
> Nicolas Letellier wrote:
>> Hello misc@,
...
> Let's say you plan on implementing a new machine today.
> Install -current.
> Really. In May, upgrade to the 4.3, and sit there for six months. In
> November, upgrade to 4.4. IF you are using some third party
> apps which have
Hello Richard,
After reading this thread, I was interested to see what your list
recommendation really was, because I have never actually seen it!! So
I headed over fsf.org which leads me to this page when trying to find
out your list of recommended OS list:
http://www.gnu.org/links/links.html
I
On Thu, Jan 03, 2008 at 01:29:38AM +0100, Erik Wikstr??m wrote:
> I am setting up a OpenBSD box to act as a router/file-server for my
> parents, the box consists mostly of old parts and I try to not spend any
> extra money on it. One of my biggest worries is, since it will act as a
> file-server wh
Hi, all.
Thanks Joerg, but it doesn't work yet.
I copied all openldap-client files to chrooted apache dir, but it
shown the same error.
Am i missing something?
Files i copied:
# pkg_info -L openldap-client | grep -v '/man/' | \
grep -v '/share/' | \
grep '^/usr/local/'
/usr/local/bin/l
Chris is very much on point. But if --for what ever reasons-- it has to
be a one hard drive (hd) solution then understand that bad power and
heat and then shock are your hd's enemies.
Use a ups with o/s graceful sync/shutdown signalling enabled. If not a
full ups, then an active line-conditioner
Ok,
I fixed the disk partitions:
# fdisk wd1
Disk: wd1 geometry: 30515/255/63 [490234752 Sectors]
Offset: 0 Signature: 0x0
Starting EndingLBA Info:
#: id C H S - C H S [ start:size ]
-
On 2008/01/03 01:29, Erik Wikstrvm wrote:
> The preferable way to solve this would probably be to use two disks but
> that is not an option for me. So I was wondering if it is possible to
> instead split the disk in two parts, the first is used to install
> OpenBSD on, and the rest is split in two
Indeed, this test was bad...
But the same occurs with an offset of 63 sectors :(
Same with fdisk:
fdisk: 1> edit 3
Starting EndingLBA Info:
#: id C H S - C H S [ start:size ]
-
This issue has been address by mglocker@ by modifying the behavior of
pf_normalize_tcpopt() in current's pf_norm.c.
Thank you again Marcus!
On 12/27/07, Daniel Melameth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> pgt, for me, has proven to be more reliable than ral, but this
> annoying scrubbing/mss issue is s
On 1/2/08, Xavier Mertens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 16 partitions:
> #size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg]
> a:481950 4.2BSD 2048 16384 16
your partition is not properly offset from the beginning of the disk,
where all the goodies li
2008/1/3, Xavier Mertens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> When I create some partitions, write them to the disk, restart fdisk, I'm back
> to the same empty config. Is my disk physically dead? :(
http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq4.html#Install
4.5.2:
"On platforms which use fdisk, it is important that the fir
Good thing OpenBSD only runs on one platform and one type of computer,
eh?
Xavier Mertens wrote:
...
>
> 16 partitions:
> #size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg]
> a:481950 4.2BSD 2048 16384 16
> c:4902347520
Erik Wikstrvm wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am setting up a OpenBSD box to act as a router/file-server for my
> parents, the box consists mostly of old parts and I try to not spend any
> extra money on it. One of my biggest worries is, since it will act as a
> file-server which will contain stuff with some em
Erik WikstrC6m wrote:
Hi
I am setting up a OpenBSD box to act as a router/file-server for my
parents, the box consists mostly of old parts and I try to not spend any
extra money on it. One of my biggest worries is, since it will act as a
file-server which will contain stuff with some emotional v
Strange... fdisk wd1 reports:
# fdisk wd1
Disk: wd1 geometry: 30515/255/63 [490234752 Sectors]
Offset: 0 Signature: 0x180
Starting EndingLBA Info:
#: id C H S - C H S [ start:size ]
---
On Jan 2, 2008, at 4:29 PM, Erik Wikstrvm wrote:
The preferable way to solve this would probably be to use two disks
but
that is not an option for me. So I was wondering if it is possible to
instead split the disk in two parts, the first is used to install
OpenBSD on, and the rest is split in tw
Hi *,
I'm trying to build a new FS on an IDE disk.
All newfs commands end with:
# newfs /dev/rwd1a
..
..
newfs: cg 0: bad magic number
newfs: fsinit1 failed
Here is the disk info:
# disklabel wd1
# /dev/rwd1c:
type: ESDI
disk: ESDI/IDE disk
label: Maxtor 6B250R0
flags:
bytes/sector: 512
sectors
Hi
I am setting up a OpenBSD box to act as a router/file-server for my
parents, the box consists mostly of old parts and I try to not spend any
extra money on it. One of my biggest worries is, since it will act as a
file-server which will contain stuff with some emotional value, data- loss.
The p
On Jan 2, 2008 4:57 PM, Ingo Schwarze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Matheus,
>
> Nenhum_de_Nos wrote on Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 01:42:01PM -0300:
>
> > my OBSD routers are usually old PII boxes
> > and doing this kind of upgrade on them is not trivial.
>
> Saying "this kind of upgrade", you refer to
Hi Nicolas,
please also read the FAQ on www.openbsd.org.
Nicolas Letellier schrieb am Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 10:50:43PM +0100:
> If I want the last packages/ports, I use a -current system, with
> -current ports tree. Last updates of softwares are in -current.
Right.
> On the other hand, they're
Nicolas Letellier wrote:
Hello misc@,
I have a question :
If I want the last packages/ports, I use a -current system, with
-current ports tree. Last updates of softwares are in -current. On the
other hand, they're developpement versions,
Might be better to say they are what is going to beco
2008/1/2, Nicolas Letellier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Why does OpenBSD team not make a -stable branch of the port tree ? It's
Search the archives.
Basically you are not paying the team enough.
Best
Martin
On Wed, 02 Jan 2008 10:59:27 +0800
Michael Bibby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, all.
>
> I use OpenBSD 4.2 -release and the default chrooted apache.
>
> I copied all files python needed, and it works. but the modules
> py-ldap doesn't work.
>
>
> # tail -f /var/www/logs/error_log
> Trace
On Saturday 29 December 2007 00:34, Nick Holland wrote:
>And...just start at chapter 1 and start reading. :) Odds are, you
>didn't catch it all the first time, even things that didn't change
>will mean something to you now when it didn't the last time you
>looked.
Exactly. About once a year i go
Russell Gadd wrote:
>
> I was going to ask for assistance as my new install of OBSD wouldn't
> recognise the cdrom. However after much investigation I fixed it by changing
> the "physical" position of the device from IDE slave on the secondary IDE
> interface to master (in dmesg speak, from ch
Hello misc@,
I have a question :
If I want the last packages/ports, I use a -current system, with
-current ports tree. Last updates of softwares are in -current. On the
other hand, they're developpement versions,
If I want a *very* stable system (in production for example), I use
-release o
On 2008-01-02, Russell Gadd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So maybe there is a minor bug in how hardware is recognised. Does anyone
> want a more detailed description with dmesg output? (before and after). I
> have to admit not looking for any similar bug reports, but I will if the
> folks here who k
I am a complete novice regarding OpenBSD. However...
I was going to ask for assistance as my new install of OBSD wouldn't
recognise the cdrom. However after much investigation I fixed it by changing
the "physical" position of the device from IDE slave on the secondary IDE
interface to master (in d
Hi!
Recently i started project ``CDMA modem control utility''. Currently it
partially supports two C-motech modems (CCU-550, CCU-650U). These two modems
are popular here at Ukraine (people.net.ua).
The program can do the following:
- Change/set/enable/disable PIN code.
- Send/receive SMS
- Manage
Marco Peereboom writes:
> > -Nix Fan. (Fvwm, IMHO is ugly..)
>
> Fluxbox is fugly, fvwm is awesome.
>
> this discussion is very useful!
cwm (with the changes I've made :-) is looking nicer and nicer! I hope
to see these changes in the tree, soon.
// marc
Hi Matheus,
Nenhum_de_Nos wrote on Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 01:42:01PM -0300:
> my OBSD routers are usually old PII boxes
> and doing this kind of upgrade on them is not trivial.
Saying "this kind of upgrade", you refer to the official upgrade
process, i presume?
The official upgrade process is com
On Jan 2, 2008, at 10:17 AM, Nick Golder wrote:
I inherited a system that is attempting (poorly) to QoS traffic going
across a tun interface (which is being used by OpenVPN). Examples,
books, and ML suggest to tag on the internal interface ingress traffic
and QoS on the external interface egres
On Wed, 2 Jan 2008 11:13:26 -0600
Vijay Sankar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On December 31, 2007 06:59:06 am Vijay Sankar wrote:
> >
> > env CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/include/db4 -I/usr/local/include/sasl" \
> > LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/lib/db4 -L/usr/local/share/libtool/libltdl
> > -L/usr/local/lib/sas
Can we please stop this discussion?
Nothing is going to change in base X. All the other things you guys are
so called "proposing" are in packages/ports. Use them; that's why they
are there for.
Base is fine, leave it alone.
On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 09:19:06AM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> On
On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 12:40:40PM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> There has to be a way without CD. Can't you put the 4.2 rd kernel on
> the root filesystem and boot that then run the installer, pulling the
> install sets via ftp? I suppose for remote units you need some sort of
> remote shell
I inherited a system that is attempting (poorly) to QoS traffic going
across a tun interface (which is being used by OpenVPN). Examples,
books, and ML suggest to tag on the internal interface ingress traffic
and QoS on the external interface egress traffic.
Since the traffic that I want to QoS do
* Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
[...]
> I also forgot that Enlightenment seems to be under a suitable licence,
> although probably too big to put in base.
enlightnment is development code that does not run stable. It is not
usable for "production" or "every day use" machines.
>
> Doug.
>
- Marc B
> Richard, you are too stupid to go and learn FACTS before you open
> your big fat lying mouth.
>
> I am sure the readers can judge for themselves whether I am stupid.
> They will certainly see I am not perfect. I had learned the facts
> about OpenSolaris, but that was months before. By
On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 01:42:01PM -0300, Nenhum_de_Nos wrote:
> On Dec 27, 2007 11:17 AM, new_guy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I would like to install OpenBSD *once* and keep it patched and secured for
> > many years there after (5 - 7 years) in a production environment. Would it
> > be feasible
* Nenhum_de_Nos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-01-02 17:49]:
> On Dec 27, 2007 11:17 AM, new_guy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I would like to install OpenBSD *once* and keep it patched and secured for
> > many years there after (5 - 7 years) in a production environment. Would it
> > be feasible to get
On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 01:42:01PM -0300, Nenhum_de_Nos wrote:
> I have quite the same problem. my OBSD routers are usually old PII
> boxes and doing this kind of upgrade on them is not trivial. other, I
> have some remote routers I cant do this, so They run FBSD. I'd rather
> use OBSD on my router
On Tue, Jan 01, 2008 at 10:46:43PM -0800, Unix Fan wrote:
> Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
>
> > To satisfy my own curiosity, looking at
>
> > www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Free_X_window_managers which
> > provides links to 45 window managers for which there are wiki pages,
> > I looked at the lice
On December 31, 2007 06:59:06 am Vijay Sankar wrote:
> On December 30, 2007 08:03:09 pm Stuart Henderson wrote:
> > > > > On December 29, 2007 11:23:19 am Daniel wrote:
> > > > > > Hi (again, sorry, now with Subject)!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Anyone experiencing or experienced segfaults with openlda
On Dec 27, 2007 11:17 AM, new_guy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I would like to install OpenBSD *once* and keep it patched and secured for
> many years there after (5 - 7 years) in a production environment. Would it
> be feasible to get a snapshot today and follow -current for many years w/o
> havin
2008/1/2, Marco Peereboom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> Don't mix endianess on filesystems. It won't work.
Thanks. Surely saved some time for me.
On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 12:34:52PM +0100, Seth Brundle wrote:
> > Hello list & happy new year,
> >
> > due to some problems with a x86 machine I got her
Don't mix endianess on filesystems. It won't work.
On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 12:34:52PM +0100, Seth Brundle wrote:
> Hello list & happy new year,
>
> due to some problems with a x86 machine I got here I have the problem of
> accessing data on one of its hard discs. The machine runned OpenBSD 4.2,
On Tue, Jan 01, 2008 at 10:46:43PM -0800, Unix Fan wrote:
> Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> > To satisfy my own curiosity, looking at
> > www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Free_X_window_managers which provides
> > links to 45 window managers for which there are wiki pages, I looked at
> > the licence fo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> I'm looking for a basic router/firewall configuration
>
> http://home.nuug.no/~peter/pf/en/
There's also this one:
Firewalling IPv6 with OpenBSD's pf (packet filter)
https://solarflux.org/pf/pf+IPv6.php
IPv6 will be required in a number of governments starting this
On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 07:24:49PM +1100, Chris wrote:
> I upgraded from 4.1 to 4.2 with X and upgraded gnash. Now when I go to
> certain sites using Firefox I get the following in STDOUT -
Did you upgrade your other packages as well or only gnash? How did you
upgrade gnash?
> /usr/local/bin/gna
I have a serial console set up on that box, and can make it drop to
ddb... But what next? I am still/again trying to figure out what's
happening when rtorrent is run, and the otherwise stable box does stop
responding after a while... But I need some help on how to get more
useful info out of the bo
Hello misc,
the mainboard I am currently using has a Winbond W83627EHF Super-I/O
chip which is accessed via address 0xa10 on the isa bus. This patch
brings that chip into the kernel config files for i386 and amd64, below
is the dmesg output (amd64, if needed I could provide the i386 dmesg
for
Hello list & happy new year,
due to some problems with a x86 machine I got here I have the problem of
accessing data on one of its hard discs. The machine runned OpenBSD 4.2, and
its first (system) HD died. I have a 500GByte SATA drive connected to it on
a dedicated controller, which contains a lo
On 2008/01/02 21:22, Chris wrote:
> I got a test box at home I'm trying to setup sendmail in. I bought a
> domain and host a website on that box. I get dynamic IP from my ISP
> which gets updated via DynDNS for the website. I added the MX for my
> domain with Google and it's been working fine (I ca
I got a test box at home I'm trying to setup sendmail in. I bought a
domain and host a website on that box. I get dynamic IP from my ISP
which gets updated via DynDNS for the website. I added the MX for my
domain with Google and it's been working fine (I can send receive
mail). But I want to setup
Richard, you are too stupid to go and learn FACTS before you open
your big fat lying mouth.
I am sure the readers can judge for themselves whether I am stupid.
They will certainly see I am not perfect. I had learned the facts
about OpenSolaris, but that was months before. By the time I d
On 1 January 2008, Daniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Vijay Sankar mrta:
[...]
> >> there's support in 2.4 but iirc it's not a simple thing to
> >> backport.
> Why should we backport the db4.6 support? We just need to use 2.4.
[...]
(1) Historically, upgrading existing OpenLDAP databases to new f
I upgraded from 4.1 to 4.2 with X and upgraded gnash. Now when I go to
certain sites using Firefox I get the following in STDOUT -
/usr/local/bin/gnash: can't load library 'libavcodec.so.8.0'
/usr/local/bin/gnash: can't load library '/usr/local/lib/libcurl.so.5.0'
Child process exited with status
On Jan 2, 2008 2:54 AM, Richard Stallman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Here is the real issue, Richard. You go off and endorse OpenSolaris
> without knowing the facts. You get confronted with them and you change
> history. Sound familiar?
>
> What sounds familiar is the nasty spin you
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