Re: Problems installing 6.5 on Supermicro X11SDV-8C-TP8 motherboard - can't see/find network interfaces

2019-05-19 Thread Don Jackson
On 2019-05-19 04:33, Hrvoje Popovski wrote: > On 19.5.2019. 3:08, Don Jackson wrote: >> I recently acquired a Supermicro 1019D-FRN8TP server with a X11SDV-8C-TP8 >> motherboard. > > try to install latest snapshot. After installation execute > sendbug -P > 1019D-FRN8

Problems installing 6.5 on Supermicro X11SDV-8C-TP8 motherboard - can't see/find network interfaces

2019-05-18 Thread Don Jackson
I recently acquired a Supermicro 1019D-FRN8TP server with a X11SDV-8C-TP8 motherboard. When i attempt to install 6.5, (via PXE or USB), none of the network interfaces are detected. A dmesg appears below, followed by a dmesg and ifconfig -a from successful attempt installing FreeBSD 12.0 Any ad

Re: Questions about monitoring LAN traffic with openbsd/pf/pflog/pflow

2014-03-20 Thread Don Jackson
On Mar 20, 2014, at 2:14 PM, Giancarlo Razzolini wrote: > Em 20-03-2014 17:12, Don Jackson escreveu: >> I’m attempting to monitor traffic on my LAN, I have inserted a >> non-aggregating network tap between my firewall (not openbsd) and my enet >> switch. >> I wired t

Questions about monitoring LAN traffic with openbsd/pf/pflog/pflow

2014-03-20 Thread Don Jackson
I’m attempting to monitor traffic on my LAN, I have inserted a non-aggregating network tap between my firewall (not openbsd) and my enet switch. I wired the two monitor ports of the network tap to two ethernet interfaces (em2 and em3) on an openbsd machine (running 5.3 at present), em0 on this m

Re: OpenBSD pxe automated install

2013-08-13 Thread Don Jackson
On Aug 13, 2013, at 9:48 AM, Marian Hettwer wrote: > > I believe it's save to assume that a DHCP server is around, since this one is needed anyways to pxeboot the box. > So after the boot of our netboot.rd kernel, we need to figure out which interface was used for pxe config and then do a dhclient

Re: OpenBSD pxe automated install

2013-08-13 Thread Don Jackson
On Aug 12, 2013, at 11:37 PM, Loïc BLOT wrote: > 3. What i want is something like this: > https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Preseed or this > https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5 > /html/Installation_Guide/ch-kickstart2.html > > Then i ask @misc to

Re: Troubles compiling 4.8-stable userland on amd64

2010-11-23 Thread Don Jackson
sh script incorrect, which then failed when DESTDIR suppport during userland builds changed? Thank you so much for pointing out a workaround to my problem, I've been stuck on this for days! Don On Nov 23, 2010, at 9:32 PM, Don Jackson wrote: > On Nov 23, 2010, at 3:06 PM, Stuart He

Re: Troubles compiling 4.8-stable userland on amd64

2010-11-23 Thread Don Jackson
it: Make sure all the appropriate directories are created. # cd /usr/src/etc && env DESTDIR=/ make distrib-dirs http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq5.html#BldUserland I will try this without setting DESTDIR. > > > > On 2010-11-23, Don Jackson wrote: >> Hello,

Troubles compiling 4.8-stable userland on amd64

2010-11-23 Thread Don Jackson
Hello, In general, I run/track stable. I periodically rebuild the OS from source. I've done this successfully probably about 50 times over the past N years. I have a set of shell scripts I use to set up the various directories, pull from CVS, build kernel, build userland, build release, etc, so m

Re: suggestion for a new/additional OpenBSD release media option

2010-10-31 Thread Don Jackson
>> Here is an idea for an additional release media product: >> >> DVD-ROM, including complete release and packages for i386 and amd64, and >> source > > This will be a lot more work for me to make. Understood, and maybe this is reason enough to not do this. > >> I would happily pay more for

suggestion for a new/additional OpenBSD release media option

2010-10-31 Thread Don Jackson
Hello, I happily and dutifully purchase each CD-ROM release. Many of us receive these CDs prior to the official release date. It is my understanding/experience that many of the binary packages are not available on the CD, and I must wait for them to be released, and then copy them down to my loc

Re: How do I enable bsd.mp kernel in 4.4/i386?

2009-05-03 Thread Don Jackson
On May 3, 2009, at 9:15 AM, Thomas Pfaff wrote: On Sun, 3 May 2009 08:45:55 -0700 "J.C. Roberts" wrote: Thirdly, it should be removed. The new installer destined for 4.6 already does the right thing, so the i386\amd64 specific etc/ boot.conf hack is redundant and leads to confusion. Hmm, h

Re: apache-based mp3 managers for openbsd

2008-12-10 Thread Don Jackson
It isn't apache, but Stuart Henderson recently posted a port of the SlimDevices/Logitech SqueezeCenter to the ports mailing list. SqueezeCenter is a very nice MP3 manager On Dec 10, 2008, at 9:38 AM, Vivek Ayer wrote: Hey guys, Just wondering if openbsd had a program to manage mp3s via

Re: PF and the old SIP issue

2008-11-19 Thread Don Jackson
On Nov 19, 2008, at 6:39 PM, Girish Venkatachalam wrote: Slightly off topic but since many people do not like the horrible Asterisk code and design ( no offense meant) and of course the sucky GPL license, whatever is happening on a BSD licensed Asterisk implementation? I mean an EPABX in sof

question about useradd command on 4.4

2008-11-16 Thread Don Jackson
My system installation script (similar to install.site, run right after the system was installed, and before first boot) attempts to configure a user account using sometime pretty much like this: /usr/sbin/useradd -mv -b /home -c "name of user" -u 2002 -g wheel -s /bin/ksh -p 'encrypted-password'

Re: Experiences running named and rndc on 4.4 vs 4.3 - Solved/Explained

2008-11-12 Thread Don Jackson
sure my install scripts do a better job of maintaining the ownership/permissions... Don On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 6:17 AM, Woodchuck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 11 Nov 2008, Don Jackson wrote: > > > Today I began testing named on a freshly installed OpenBSD 4.4 amd64 >

Experiences running named and rndc on 4.4 vs 4.3

2008-11-11 Thread Don Jackson
Today I began testing named on a freshly installed OpenBSD 4.4 amd64 machine, using my old named.conf file from 4.3 (which was still running named version 9.4.2) When the machine first boots after the install, /etc/rc determines there is no rndc.key, and generates one: rndc-confgen: generating ne

Re: Serial ATA RAID ctrl on PCI

2008-10-28 Thread Don Jackson
s what I suspect), then IMHO, OpenBSD's support for Areca cards is not as awesome as its support for LSI Megaraid boards > > > > On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 4:24 PM, Don Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> On Oct 28, 2008, at 5:46 AM, Claudio Jeker wrote: >>>

Re: Serial ATA RAID ctrl on PCI

2008-10-28 Thread Don Jackson
On Oct 28, 2008, at 5:46 AM, Claudio Jeker wrote: Have a look at the man -k RAID output. Especially arc(4) and ami(4) are great SATA RAID controllers on OpenBSD. Does OpenBSD's arc(4) driver support any method to report RAID status and/or failures? If not, then how is an admin supposed

Re: firNAS (flexible, inexpensive, reliable Network Area Storage)

2008-10-17 Thread Don Jackson
On Oct 17, 2008, at 3:55 PM, Anathae Townsend wrote: I've looked at a local retailer of computer equipment (they have good prices) and noticed that the least expensive of the four drive NAS appliances without drives was around $470 cdn. I pieced together a mother board, processor, memory, CF

Re: DHCPD on 4.3 not passing options

2008-10-09 Thread Don Jackson
One extreme workaround is to use the OpenBSD port of ISC dhcpd 3.1.0 (in the 4.3 ports repository ) If you do, you can declare custom option values symbolically, like this: option openbsd-install-script code 225 = text ; and then later: option openbsd-install-

SUMMARY: How to add new modules to httpd?

2008-09-25 Thread Don Jackson
attempting to compile/load a module into httpd, use apxs to build the shared library. If you need Apache2, build that port, and load the libtools package, and use apxs2 to build your shared lib. Best regards, Don On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 4:20 PM, Don Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I

Re: How to add new modules to httpd?

2008-09-22 Thread Don Jackson
:35 PM, Don Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I'd like to use an Apache module, mod_proxy_http to build a reverse-proxy, > see: > > http://www.apachetutor.org/admin/reverseproxies > > This module requires the inclusion of several others, eg: > &

How to add new modules to httpd?

2008-09-22 Thread Don Jackson
Hello, I'd like to use an Apache module, mod_proxy_http to build a reverse-proxy, see: http://www.apachetutor.org/admin/reverseproxies This module requires the inclusion of several others, eg: LoadModule proxy_module modules/mod_proxy.so LoadModule proxy_http_module modules/mod_prox

Panic booting 4.3/amd64 after install

2008-05-15 Thread Don Jackson
I just installed 4.3 on a machine, a clean install (not an upgrade). Here is what happens when I attempt to boot after the install finishes, any advice? booting hd0a:/bsd: 4411696+1062081+747032+0+557080 [80+389616+243431]=0xb12c40 entry point at 0x1001e0 [7205c766, 3404, 24448b12, 9ba0a304]?

problems building xenocara in 4.2 stable inside lndir'ed shadow directory when actual source is read only?

2008-03-06 Thread Don Jackson
Hello, I try to keep one tree of stable source (on a NAS), and build releases for various architectures from that source tree. I've learned the hard way that the best(only) way to build a release is to create a shadow directory for the src using lndir, which makes symlinks to the target files in

pxeboot and tftpd questions

2008-02-25 Thread Don Jackson
I try and always install my new OpenBSD (i386 and amd64) machines using pxeboot. I have the basic process down cold, but I am looking for a bit more flexibility, hence these questions. In my environment, I have a mix of i386 and amd64 machines, and it is conceivable that I would want to install di

Serial console questions on i386 and amd64

2008-02-25 Thread Don Jackson
I use serial consoles on all my OpenBSD servers for remote serial access to the machines, both during initial install via pxeboot, and later on in regular use after the install. I'm currently running either 4.2 or 4.1 on all my machines. The FAQ states: Only the first serial port (com0) is

Re: kernel naming proposal

2008-02-25 Thread Don Jackson
ell people to change boot.conf instead of renaming the kernel files, to prevent others from overloading /bsd and the default kernel. Thanks for your help! Don On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 11:25 AM, Matthew Dempsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2/25/08, Don Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&g

Re: kernel naming proposal

2008-02-25 Thread Don Jackson
The issue is that when building and installing new kernels (eg, when a new security patch is released), it is not totally obvious to the (automated) build script what the file /bsd really is, is it the uniprocessor kernel, or a link to the multiprocessor kernel? If the latter, than blindly copying

kernel naming proposal

2008-02-25 Thread Don Jackson
OpenBSD kernel support on some architectures (I'm familiar with i386 and amd64) includes both a uniprocessor and multiprocessor version of the kernel. Currently the uniprocessor kernel is named bsd and the multiprocessor kernel is named bsd.mp It seems to me that /bsd is currently overloaded to m

Re: More questions on building a release with a read only source tree

2008-02-25 Thread Don Jackson
reated by having link trees back to the virgin source. Best regards, Don Jackson > On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 11:27:31PM -0800, Don Jackson wrote: > > The FAQ describes two ways to build the kernel ( > > http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq5.html#BldKernel ), > > > >

Re: More questions on building a release with a read only source tree

2008-02-25 Thread Don Jackson
ree!) and do it there. If unset, the Makefile could continue to pollute the source tree with its builds, if that is what you want. Questions: Is there any other way (a better way?) to do what I am looking for? What other compiles does "make release" perform that involve writing into the

More questions on building a release with a read only source tree

2008-02-24 Thread Don Jackson
The FAQ describes two ways to build the kernel ( http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq5.html#BldKernel ), # cd /usr/src/sys/arch/i386/conf # config GENERIC # cd ../compile/GENERIC # make clean && make depend && make or Variation on above process: Read-only source tree Som

Re: Performance problem with CF card on AMD CS5536 IDE

2007-11-30 Thread Don Jackson
Here are some results using the Lexar Professional UDMA 300x CF drives. My favorite CF<->IDE and CF<->SATA converters are from Addonics http://www.addonics.com/products/flash_memory_reader/adidecf.asp Here are some typical boot messages from one of my servers with the Lexar/Addonics combo: wd0 at

Where/how can I set the flags for savecore during boot?

2007-11-30 Thread Don Jackson
I'm running OpenBSD 4.2/amd64 on an Opteron machine. I boot off of wd0, which is a flash disk. I also have sd0, which I use for more frequently writable partitons (swap, var, tmp, etc) (sdo is really a set of raid disks managed by an areca disk controller) Here is my /etc/fstab: # more /etc/fst

How can I get alarms about my arc/Areca raid controller?

2007-11-30 Thread Don Jackson
Hello, I have an Opteron machine running OpenBSD 4.2/amd64 I have an Areca ARC-1110 RAID controller in this machine. I'd like to be able to query or get notified of alarms on the raid controller, how can I do that? I can do: # bioctl -v -q sd0 sd0: , serial 000591171972 # bioc

Questions about bioctl and arc/Areca

2007-11-30 Thread Don Jackson
Hello, I am have an Opteron machine running OpenBSD 4.2/amd64. This machine has an Areca AC-1110 raid controller. Among other things, I would like to either query or ideally be notified if the controller goes into alarm. How can I do that? I can do: # bioctl -v -q sd0 sd0: , serial

Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but ..

2007-11-08 Thread Don Jackson
interesting introduction to Xen: http://www.acmqueue.org/modules.php?name=Content&pa=printer_friendly&pid=443&page=1 Best regards, Don On 10/25/07, Don Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wanted to add my 2 cents to this thread. > > Ignoring the debate/flamage on

Issues with "pkg_add wget" on 4.2

2007-11-02 Thread Don Jackson
In my install42.site file, I add several packages to a machine that I'll want later. In this case, I execute pkg_add wget, and here is the result: Installing package: wget ldconfig: /var/run/ld.so.hints: No such file or directory libiconv-1.9.2p3: complete Can't install gettext-0.14.6p0: lib no

SUMMARY: Still unable to get Cyclades Z serial ports working with OpenBSD

2007-10-25 Thread Don Jackson
Hello, The OpenBSD web site states that Cyclades-Z series multiport serial cards are supported via the cz driver: Serial Ports Cyclades-Z series multiport serial boards (cz) (G) I am running OpenBSD 4.1 stable, on i386. I installed a Cyclades Ze PCI card, and hooked it up to the externa

Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but ..

2007-10-25 Thread Don Jackson
I wanted to add my 2 cents to this thread. Ignoring the debate/flamage on this thread regarding the security merits/risks of virtualization, I beleive there are a number of us who would like the option to run OpenBSD as a guest under various virtual machine frameworks. Even if it is less secure t

Re: How do I configure Cyclades Z serial ports with OpenBSD?

2007-09-04 Thread Don Jackson
p 4 21:15:18 log01 /bsd: cz0: polling mode, 20 ms interval (2 ticks) But I don't see any /dev/ttyZ?? ports. What do I do next? Thanks! Don On 9/2/07, Martin Reindl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Don Jackson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello, > &g

Re: How to use (compact) flash cards with OpenBSD

2007-09-03 Thread Don Jackson
, and inspiring me to go try and find a UDMA CF card. And appologies to Nick and everyone for the poorly worded subject line on my original message. Don On 7/30/07, Don Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a Tyan S2881 Thunder K8SR motherboard (Opteron), and wd0 is a > SATA h

How do I configure Cyclades Z serial ports with OpenBSD?

2007-09-02 Thread Don Jackson
Hello, I am running OpenBSD 4.1 stable. I installed a Cyclades Ze PCI card, and hooked it up to the external 1U box. When my machine boots, I see: "Cyclades Cyclom-Z" rev 0x01 at pci1 dev 9 function 0 not configured So the OS/driver does see the card. How do I get from where I am to fu

How to use (compact) flash cards with OpenBSD

2007-07-30 Thread Don Jackson
I have a Tyan S2881 Thunder K8SR motherboard (Opteron), and wd0 is a SATA hard disk (Western Digital), but I want to boot and run off a flash card. I have an Addonics SATA to CF adaptor, Model ADSACF) http://www.addonics.com/products/flash_memory_reader/adsacf.asp The OpenBSD 4.1 installer (bo

How can I build a release without writing into the /usr/src tree?

2007-06-05 Thread Don Jackson
Hello, I try to studiously follow the "STABLE" branch. I carefully follow the directions in the FAQ. When I build my new kernel, I use the alternate instructions: Variation on above process: Read-only source tree Sometimes, you may wish to ensure your /usr/src/sys directory remains untouc

How can I build a release without writing into the /usr/src tree?

2007-06-05 Thread Don Jackson
Hello, I try to studiously follow the "STABLE" branch. I carefully follow the directions in the FAQ. When I build my new kernel, I use the alternate instructions: Variation on above process: Read-only source tree Sometimes, you may wish to ensure your /usr/src/sys directory remains unto