Re: mac mini -> virtualbox -> openbsd amd64?

2015-03-24 Thread Mikael
2015-03-24 22:17 GMT+05:30 Jeremiah Ford : > On 2015-03-24 11:48, frantisek holop wrote: > >> has anybody tried running openbsd in virtualbox on a >> mac mini? is X11, etc feasable? >> >> -f >> > > Never on a macmini, but I have on imac and many others. If you are > seeking a virtual environment

Re: mac mini -> virtualbox -> openbsd amd64?

2015-03-24 Thread Jeremiah Ford
On 2015-03-24 11:48, frantisek holop wrote: has anybody tried running openbsd in virtualbox on a mac mini? is X11, etc feasable? -f Never on a macmini, but I have on imac and many others. If you are seeking a virtual environment, I do not recommend using OpenBSD as the guest. Aside from th

Re: Mac Mini

2014-11-22 Thread Kyle Cronin
On Thursday, November 20, 2014 at 6:40 PM, Austin Gilbert wrote: > On Nov 20, 2014, at 4:08 PM, bodie mailto:bodz...@openbsd.cz)> wrote: > > > > > What is the date of your bsd.rd and snapshot? They are new most of the time daily. > > Like eg. now 20-Nov-2014 21:40 7.2M > > > > > Perhaps I got burne

Re: Mac Mini

2014-11-20 Thread bodie
On 20.11.2014 23:40, Austin Gilbert wrote: On Nov 20, 2014, at 4:08 PM, bodie wrote: What is the date of your bsd.rd and snapshot? They are new most of the time daily. Like eg. now 20-Nov-2014 21:40 7.2M Perhaps I got burned by cheating? I grabbed install56.iso burned it to a CD and boot

Re: Mac Mini

2014-11-20 Thread Martin Pieuchot
On 20/11/14(Thu) 15:49, Austin Gilbert wrote: > On Nov 20, 2014, at 2:33 PM, Chris Cappuccio wrote: > > > Austin Gilbert [austin.gilb...@gmail.com] wrote: > >>> On Nov 20, 2014, at 1:27 PM, Otto Moerbeek wrote: > >>> > On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 12:37:58PM -0600, Austin Gilbert wrote: >

Re: Mac Mini

2014-11-20 Thread Austin Gilbert
On Nov 20, 2014, at 4:08 PM, bodie wrote: > > What is the date of your bsd.rd and snapshot? They are new most of the time > daily. > Like eg. now 20-Nov-2014 21:407.2M Perhaps I got burned by cheating? I grabbed install56.iso burned it to a CD and booted that. I didn’t verify the bsd.

Re: Mac Mini

2014-11-20 Thread Chris Cappuccio
Austin Gilbert [austin.gilb...@gmail.com] wrote: > > I saw the news about the USB 3 driver in current and was very excited about > that. The first thing I did was grab a snapshot. Sadly, the snapshot BSD.rd > behaves the same as the stable 5.6 release (as of the 16th). xhci is commented out on

Re: Mac Mini

2014-11-20 Thread bodie
On 20.11.2014 22:49, Austin Gilbert wrote: On Nov 20, 2014, at 2:33 PM, Chris Cappuccio wrote: Austin Gilbert [austin.gilb...@gmail.com] wrote: On Nov 20, 2014, at 1:27 PM, Otto Moerbeek wrote: On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 12:37:58PM -0600, Austin Gilbert wrote: I have an amd64 based Mac Mini

Re: Mac Mini

2014-11-20 Thread Austin Gilbert
On Nov 20, 2014, at 2:33 PM, Chris Cappuccio wrote: > Austin Gilbert [austin.gilb...@gmail.com] wrote: >>> On Nov 20, 2014, at 1:27 PM, Otto Moerbeek wrote: >>> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 12:37:58PM -0600, Austin Gilbert wrote: I have an amd64 based Mac Mini which I would like to r

Re: Mac Mini

2014-11-20 Thread Peter Kay
On 20 November 2014 20:13:42 GMT+00:00, Austin Gilbert wrote: >I have no serial ports I can redirect the console to. > >I gather I'm just dead in the water then. I assume the normal OS >developer >would debug under friendlier conditions. ;( I was going to suggest yaifo, but it looks like it's d

Re: Mac Mini

2014-11-20 Thread Chris Cappuccio
Austin Gilbert [austin.gilb...@gmail.com] wrote: > > On Nov 20, 2014, at 1:27 PM, Otto Moerbeek wrote: > > > >> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 12:37:58PM -0600, Austin Gilbert wrote: > >> > >> I have an amd64 based Mac Mini which I would like to run OpenBSD on. > >> > >> With OpenBSD 5.6, the USB keyboar

Re: Mac Mini

2014-11-20 Thread Maurice McCarthy
On 2014-11-20 18:37, Austin Gilbert wrote: I have an amd64 based Mac Mini which I would like to run OpenBSD on. With OpenBSD 5.6, the USB keyboard works at the “boot>” prompt, but not after booting BSD.rd. The Mac Mini has USB 3 ports, I thought perhaps the newly minted USB 3 support in current

Re: Mac Mini

2014-11-20 Thread Dmitrij D. Czarkoff
Austin Gilbert said: > Is there anything I can do at the “boot>” prompt to try > disabling/enabling different device drivers for the USB ports so the > keyboard will work under BSD.rd? Your best bet would probably be to install OpenBSD in unattended mode[1] and get dmesg via ssh. That said, you

Re: Mac Mini

2014-11-20 Thread Austin Gilbert
> On Nov 20, 2014, at 1:27 PM, Otto Moerbeek wrote: > >> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 12:37:58PM -0600, Austin Gilbert wrote: >> >> I have an amd64 based Mac Mini which I would like to run OpenBSD on. >> >> With OpenBSD 5.6, the USB keyboard works at the ?boot>? prompt, but not after booting BSD.rd. Th

Re: Mac Mini

2014-11-20 Thread Otto Moerbeek
On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 12:37:58PM -0600, Austin Gilbert wrote: > I have an amd64 based Mac Mini which I would like to run OpenBSD on. > > With OpenBSD 5.6, the USB keyboard works at the ?boot>? prompt, but not after > booting BSD.rd. The Mac Mini has USB 3 ports, I thought perhaps the newly >

Re: mac mini

2013-11-23 Thread George Hartzell
Doug Hardie writes: > > On 20 November 2013, at 10:09, Friedrich Locke > wrote: > > > Does anyone here run Open/FreeBSD on mac mini ? > > > > Does the OS fully supports macmini hadrwared ? > > I have a couple production servers using Minis running FreeBSD 9.1 > and 9.2. Check the a

Re: mac mini

2013-11-20 Thread dsp
On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 08:09:46PM +0200, Friedrich Locke wrote: > Does anyone here run Open/FreeBSD on mac mini ? > as mike said in the post below there are many models. i also run it on a macppc macmini and everything works like a charm. dmesg included. > Does the OS fully supports macmini hadr

Re: mac mini

2013-11-20 Thread Kenneth R Westerback
On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 04:09:07PM -0200, Friedrich Locke wrote: > Does anyone here run Open/FreeBSD on mac mini ? > > Does the OS fully supports macmini hadrwared ? > > Thank you for the answers. > > Fried. > I'm typing this on OpenBSD on the last generation of powerpc mac mini's if that help

Re: mac mini

2013-11-20 Thread Mike Erdely
There are many generations of Mac Mini. I have a i386 Core Duo (read: old) that ran OpenBSD. I have a macppc (read: older) that also runs OpenBSD quite well. I have wired Ethernet, so I wasn't concerned with wireless. I can't comment on that. On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 1:09 PM, Friedrich Locke w

Re: mac mini

2013-11-20 Thread Jan Stary
On Nov 20 16:09:07, friedrich.lo...@gmail.com wrote: > Does anyone here run Open/FreeBSD on mac mini ? > Does the OS fully supports macmini hadrwared ? It works fine for me. Haven't tried the bwi(4) though. Jan OpenBSD 5.4-current (GENERIC) #79: Thu Nov 14 02:48:44 MST 2013 dera...@

Re: Mac Mini Server

2011-07-13 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2011-07-13, Mehma Sarja wrote: > On 7/13/11 11:15 AM, Francois Pussault wrote: >> hi, >> of course it makes sense, it is done to make you talk about it, so that >> works. >> >> > Try loading an OpenBSD VM on the machine first to see if there are any > surprises. that won't give you much of an

Re: Mac Mini Server

2011-07-13 Thread Mark Solocinski
The MacMini Server is specifically designed to work in low airflow environments. I've had mine sitting in my entertainment center for over a year (it's working as my Media center), with no issues due to heat at all. I've had more problems from the couple drive enclosures than the hardware they put

Re: Mac Mini Server

2011-07-13 Thread Johan Beisser
On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 1:01 PM, Paolo Aglialoro wrote: > Watch out for using apple desktop boxes as servers: apple has always put > "style" in front of reliability and, especially for such "big" boxes when > run 24/7, airflow and heat can become serious issues when you least expect > it. Not exac

Re: Mac Mini Server

2011-07-13 Thread Paolo Aglialoro
Watch out for using apple desktop boxes as servers: apple has always put "style" in front of reliability and, especially for such "big" boxes when run 24/7, airflow and heat can become serious issues when you least expect it. Not exactly what I'd call a workhorse... On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 9:07

Re: Mac Mini Server

2011-07-13 Thread Devin Ceartas
Thanks. The virtual machine is a great idea. No substitute for actual experience, though, which is why I asked if anyone had done it yet. There are times when I really do want to just wipe a system, repurposing the box to new set of configurations/applications and I've always found it easiest to b

Re: Mac Mini Server

2011-07-13 Thread nothingness
Sergey Bronnikov wrote: > What is the sense to buy Mac and install openbsd on it? > You pay for Mac OS when you buy a Mac. So what is the sense > to install another OS on it? > > On 12:05 Wed 13 Jul , Devin Ceartas wrote: > >> Has anyone used OpenBSD on the new mac mini servers which don't have

Re: Mac Mini Server

2011-07-13 Thread Mehma Sarja
On 7/13/11 11:15 AM, Francois Pussault wrote: hi, of course it makes sense, it is done to make you talk about it, so that works. Try loading an OpenBSD VM on the machine first to see if there are any surprises. Mehma

Re: Mac Mini Server

2011-07-13 Thread Francois Pussault
hi, of course it makes sense, it is done to make you talk about it, so that works. I think it should work, if apple let USB PC-CDROM work properly > > From: Sergey Bronnikov > Sent: Wed Jul 13 18:55:21 CEST 2011 > To: Devin Ceartas > S

Re: Mac Mini Server

2011-07-13 Thread Amit Kulkarni
Its his money and his machine. His choice. On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 11:55 AM, Sergey Bronnikov wrote: > What is the sense to buy Mac and install openbsd on it? > You pay for Mac OS when you buy a Mac. So what is the sense > to install another OS on it? > > On 12:05 Wed 13 Jul , Devin Ceartas wrote

Re: Mac Mini Server

2011-07-13 Thread Bryan Irvine
On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 9:55 AM, Sergey Bronnikov wrote: > What is the sense to buy Mac and install openbsd on it? > You pay for Mac OS when you buy a Mac. So what is the sense > to install another OS on it? He wants to? Is another reason necessary? -B

Re: Mac Mini Server

2011-07-13 Thread Sergey Bronnikov
What is the sense to buy Mac and install openbsd on it? You pay for Mac OS when you buy a Mac. So what is the sense to install another OS on it? On 12:05 Wed 13 Jul , Devin Ceartas wrote: > Has anyone used OpenBSD on the new mac mini servers which don't have an > integrated optical drive? Is it po

Re: Mac mini G4

2010-07-04 Thread FUGU
Just to report that after a power failure my mac mini G4 with openBSD 4.7 macppc powered up automagically :) On Fri, Jul 02, 2010 at 11:12:13AM -0400, Bryan Vyhmeister wrote: > On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 2:50 AM, FUGU wrote: > > On my G4 I 've had no probles so far with gem(4). > > I have a 1.25GHz o

Re: Mac mini G4

2010-07-02 Thread Bryan Vyhmeister
On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 2:50 AM, FUGU wrote: > On my G4 I 've had no probles so far with gem(4). > I have a 1.25GHz one. > Maybe we can compare logs on this. > However, my mini is not under any heavy network load. > I have it as a DMZ host with snort enabled and > a simple pf config. Nothing much.J

Re: Mac mini G4

2010-07-01 Thread FUGU
On my G4 I 've had no probles so far with gem(4). I have a 1.25GHz one. Maybe we can compare logs on this. However, my mini is not under any heavy network load. I have it as a DMZ host with snort enabled and a simple pf config. Nothing much.Just testing so far(7 days) On Fri, Jul 02, 2010 at 01:

Re: Mac mini G4

2010-07-01 Thread Bryan Vyhmeister
On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 4:02 PM, FUGU wrote: > Also, while we are at it, does anyone know if openbsd supports > the latest apple usb ethernet adapter? > I see that the AXE(4) driver supports Apple USB Ethernet Adapter A1277 > but no info on the latest one > thanks... I wasn't aware that there was

Re: Mac mini G4

2010-07-01 Thread FUGU
Also, while we are at it, does anyone know if openbsd supports the latest apple usb ethernet adapter? I see that the AXE(4) driver supports Apple USB Ethernet Adapter A1277 but no info on the latest one thanks... On Thu, Jul 01, 2010 at 02:22:50PM -0400, Bryan Vyhmeister wrote: > On Thu, Jul 1, 20

Re: Mac mini G4

2010-07-01 Thread FUGU
I second that On Thu, Jul 01, 2010 at 02:22:50PM -0400, Bryan Vyhmeister wrote: > On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 9:15 AM, Fred Snurd wrote: > > "fu...@safe-mail.net" wrote: > > > >> I have one question: Is the any way to put the mini > >> in "server" mode (make it boot automatically after Power Loss)? >

Re: Mac mini G4

2010-07-01 Thread Bryan Vyhmeister
On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 9:15 AM, Fred Snurd wrote: > "fu...@safe-mail.net" wrote: > >> I have one question: Is the any way to put the mini >> in "server" mode (make it boot automatically after Power Loss)? > > While asking about server mode, is it also possible to run a PPC mini > headless? If y

Re: Mac mini G4

2010-07-01 Thread John Wright
On Thu, Jul 01, 2010 at 06:15:16AM -0700, Fred Snurd wrote: > "fu...@safe-mail.net" wrote: > > > I have one question: Is the any way to put the mini > > in "server" mode (make it boot automatically after Power Loss)? > > While asking about server mode, is it also possible to run a PPC mini > he

Re: Mac mini G4

2010-07-01 Thread Michal
On 01/07/2010 14:15, Fred Snurd wrote: "fu...@safe-mail.net" wrote: I have one question: Is the any way to put the mini in "server" mode (make it boot automatically after Power Loss)? While asking about server mode, is it also possible to run a PPC mini headless? Thanks. Yes there is a h

Re: Mac mini G4

2010-07-01 Thread Fred Snurd
"fu...@safe-mail.net" wrote: > I have one question: Is the any way to put the mini > in "server" mode (make it boot automatically after Power Loss)? While asking about server mode, is it also possible to run a PPC mini headless? Thanks.

Re: Mac mini G4

2010-07-01 Thread fugu1
Thanks., maybe I should have RTFM before I posted :) The following is from: http://www.openbsd.org/41.html "The OpenBSD/macppc platform now automatically turns the machine back on following an unexpected loss of power." So I will have to test(and ruin my uptime) when I get home. Origi

Re: Mac mini G4

2010-07-01 Thread Tasmanian Devil
> I have one question: Is the any way to put the mini > in "server" mode (make it boot automatically after Power Loss)? There's info about how to do this on PPC with Linux on http://www.mythic-beasts.com/support/macminicolo_howto.html - maybe you can translate that to OpenBSD yourself. I don't kno

Re: Mac mini support

2008-09-29 Thread Tasmanian Devil
>> - They need a resistor either in a dongle or build-in to make them >> start without a monitor attached. >> > > ... do you (or anyone else) by any chance know if this also applies to > the Mac Minis with PowerPC CPU? I'm considering buying one as web and > mail server but this could be a bit dist

Re: Mac mini support

2008-09-29 Thread Bryan Vyhmeister
On Sep 29, 2008, at 1:25 PM, Dominik Meister wrote: Sorry to interrupt this thread with this question, but ... Tasmanian Devil [Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 07:49:45PM +0200]: - They need a resistor either in a dongle or build-in to make them start without a monitor attached. ... do you (or anyone

Re: Mac mini support

2008-09-29 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2008-09-29, Dominik Meister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> - They need a resistor either in a dongle or build-in to make them >> start without a monitor attached. >> > > ... do you (or anyone else) by any chance know if this also applies to > the Mac Minis with PowerPC CPU? I'm considering buying

Re: Mac mini support

2008-09-29 Thread Dominik Meister
Bryan Vyhmeister [Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 02:15:38PM -0700]: > I have two Mac mini G4's running OpenBSD at the moment and all they > need is to put the DVI to VGA adapter that the machine comes with on > the DVI port and everything works just fine. Thanks, Brian. I'm very glad to hear that. br, Domi

Re: Mac mini support

2008-09-29 Thread Dominik Meister
Sorry to interrupt this thread with this question, but ... Tasmanian Devil [Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 07:49:45PM +0200]: > - They need a resistor either in a dongle or build-in to make them > start without a monitor attached. > ... do you (or anyone else) by any chance know if this also applies to the

Re: Mac mini support

2008-09-29 Thread Tasmanian Devil
> I look for a quiet, small, energy saving and well cooled machine to > make a webserver. I need i386 or amd64. I thought about an apple mac > mini (i know...apple...). How the latest models (core 2 duo) are > supported under openbsd (integrated nic, bsd.mp...) ? Mac minis run OpenBSD just fine. M

Re: Mac Mini (intel) status

2007-01-03 Thread Tom Cosgrove
(I'm posting this for the archives.) Thanks to a donation from Steven Fettig we have fixed the problem with using the keyboard at the boot> prompt. This is in CVS, and in the latest snapshots. The keyboard does work under OpenBSD (including the installer), as long as ACPI is used. The keyboard

Re: Mac Mini (intel) status

2006-12-05 Thread Theo de Raadt
>> Not working for me. I get this far: >> >> CD_ROM: 90 >> Loading /CDBOOT >> probing: pc0 com0 mem(699K 991M a20=on) >> disk: hd0+* cd0 >> boot> c >> >> and there it stays forever. I suspect the "c" following the boot prompt >> is left over from "hold c to boot from cd". The keyboard at this p

Re: Mac Mini (intel) status

2006-12-03 Thread Pierre Riteau
On 12/1/06, Marco S Hyman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Not working for me. I get this far: CD_ROM: 90 Loading /CDBOOT probing: pc0 com0 mem(699K 991M a20=on) disk: hd0+* cd0 boot> c and there it stays forever. I suspect the "c" following the boot prompt is left over from "hold c to boot from cd

Re: Mac Mini (intel) status

2006-12-03 Thread MikeM
On 12/1/2006 at 9:51 AM Jason Dixon wrote: |You can pick up cheap VLAN-capable switches on eBay. I have a Dell |3024 at home which works fine and runs $100-150 used. I'd never use |these in an "enterprise" environment, but they're fine for home testing. = Quick comment: the Del

Re: Mac Mini (intel) status

2006-12-02 Thread Tasmanian Devil
> Hmm... sounds like I shouldn't update my source tree (it's still from > Nov. 12, 2006). I had no crashes at all here so far. Are you running stock Nov. 12, 2006 or that code plus patches? My kernel and kernel sources are from Nov. 12, 2006, there's no important kernel patch since that date

Re: Mac Mini (intel) status

2006-12-02 Thread Marco S Hyman
Miod Vallat writes: > > I've a config file that works, but I'm still tweaking it. When I'm > > finished I'll post it. The biggest issue is that option SMALL_KERNEL > > cant be used with the ACPI devices so, to make space, you have to > > remove many of the unused devices. I wound up removi

Re: Mac Mini (intel) status

2006-12-02 Thread Miod Vallat
> I've a config file that works, but I'm still tweaking it. When I'm > finished I'll post it. The biggest issue is that option SMALL_KERNEL > cant be used with the ACPI devices so, to make space, you have to > remove many of the unused devices. I wound up removing just about > everything that

Re: Mac Mini (intel) status

2006-12-02 Thread Marco S Hyman
"Tasmanian Devil" writes: > Hmm... sounds like I shouldn't update my source tree (it's still from > Nov. 12, 2006). I had no crashes at all here so far. Are you running stock Nov. 12, 2006 or that code plus patches? As for creating a bsd.rd that works with the mini... The easiest way to do tha

Re: Mac Mini (intel) status

2006-12-02 Thread Tasmanian Devil
No, building an ACPI enabled bsd.rd was quite easy. It took more tries to build a working bsd for the running system -- just adding ACPI and MP to the generic kernel does NOT work with -current code -- than it did to get a working bsd.rd. However, the system dies under load. Took be about 4 tr

Re: Mac Mini (intel) status

2006-12-02 Thread Marco S Hyman
"Tasmanian Devil" writes: > > Well, at least theoretically, one could just replace the install script > > by one that does whatever you want it to, without asking any questions. > > Maybe that's easier than building an ACPI enabled bsd.rd? No, building an ACPI enabled bsd.rd was quite easy.

Re: Mac Mini (intel) status

2006-12-02 Thread Tasmanian Devil
Any ideas? I'd really like to get OpenBSD up on this beasty. There could be another way to install OpenBSD if you can't make the USB keyboard work while installing, I saw that in this post: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=116432931720765&w=2 Well, at least theoretically, one co

Re: Mac Mini (intel) status

2006-12-01 Thread Tasmanian Devil
I'm not being so lucky :-( I'm sure you will not give up, it's worth it! :-) > Some recent CD: The 4.0 release CD and snapshots from Nov. 12, 2006 or > later should boot fine, a few snapshots between that didn't work. You > don't need a -current boot CD to install a -current (or snapshot) f

Re: Mac Mini (intel) status

2006-12-01 Thread Marco S Hyman
> Ah, yes, booting from CD. Maybe I was really a little bit lucky with > that because it worked quite well here right from the beginning. ;-) I'm not being so lucky :-( > Boot Camp: No, it's not required, it works fine with a usual > OpenBSD-only configured internal harddisk, at least with >

Re: Mac Mini (intel) status

2006-12-01 Thread Brian Keefer
On Dec 1, 2006, at 8:25 AM, J.C. Roberts wrote: On Thursday 30 November 2006 15:34, Tasmanian Devil wrote: Boot Camp: No, it's not required, it works fine with a usual OpenBSD-only configured internal harddisk, at least with Boot-ROM-Version MM11.0055.B05 and Boot-ROM-Version MM11.0055.B08. Of

Re: Mac Mini (intel) status

2006-12-01 Thread Tasmanian Devil
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-sparc&m=116483175532387&w=2 It may be possible to do something similar with the mini? Maybe, yes. Interesting! :-) At least Macs can do a netboot. Though you'd probably need an EFI guru to make that work... Bsically there might even be a more easy way to

Re: Mac Mini (intel) status

2006-12-01 Thread J.C. Roberts
On Thursday 30 November 2006 15:34, Tasmanian Devil wrote: > Boot Camp: No, it's not required, it works fine with a usual > OpenBSD-only configured internal harddisk, at least with > Boot-ROM-Version MM11.0055.B05 and Boot-ROM-Version MM11.0055.B08. Of > course you can only upgrade if you install a

Re: Mac Mini (intel) status

2006-12-01 Thread bofh
- Original message - You can pick up cheap VLAN-capable switches on eBay. I have a Dell ... Bleh - the last time I messed with them (2-3 years ago), they were crap. On 12/1/06, Jason Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Dec 1, 2006, at 1:16 AM, Antoine Jacoutot wrote: > On Thu, 30 Nov 2006, J

Re: Mac Mini (intel) status

2006-12-01 Thread Jason Dixon
On Dec 1, 2006, at 1:16 AM, Antoine Jacoutot wrote: On Thu, 30 Nov 2006, Jason Dixon wrote: Yes, too bad it only includes 1 ethernet adapter. That's what VLANs are for. Just make sure your switch doesn't allow hopping. :) Ah yes ;-) Although, playing with the mini as a server looks more

Re: Mac Mini (intel) status

2006-11-30 Thread Tasmanian Devil
>> Yes, too bad it only includes 1 ethernet adapter. > > Um, no, there are two ethernet adapters included, the Marvell Yukon > and the wifi adapter: Since when is a wireless adapter an ethernet adapter? Ah yes, sorry. You're right! Tas.

Re: Mac Mini (intel) status

2006-11-30 Thread Antoine Jacoutot
On Thu, 30 Nov 2006, Jason Dixon wrote: Yes, too bad it only includes 1 ethernet adapter. That's what VLANs are for. Just make sure your switch doesn't allow hopping. :) Ah yes ;-) Although, playing with the mini as a server looks more like something I would do at home where I don't have

Re: Mac Mini (intel) status

2006-11-30 Thread Antoine Jacoutot
On Fri, 1 Dec 2006, Tasmanian Devil wrote: Yes, too bad it only includes 1 ethernet adapter. Um, no, there are two ethernet adapters included, the Marvell Yukon and the wifi adapter: Since when is a wireless adapter an ethernet adapter? -- Antoine

Re: Mac Mini (intel) status

2006-11-30 Thread Jason Dixon
On Nov 30, 2006, at 5:43 PM, Antoine Jacoutot wrote: On Thu, 30 Nov 2006, Marco S Hyman wrote: Thank you. The goal is to have the mini replace my dying sparc64 as a web server. Small, low power draw, quiet: I like that. Yes, too bad it only includes 1 ethernet adapter. That's what VLANs

Re: Mac Mini (intel) status

2006-11-30 Thread Tasmanian Devil
> Thank you. The goal is to have the mini replace my dying sparc64 > as a web server. Small, low power draw, quiet: I like that. Yes, too bad it only includes 1 ethernet adapter. Um, no, there are two ethernet adapters included, the Marvell Yukon and the wifi adapter: $ dmesg | grep ath ath

Re: Mac Mini (intel) status

2006-11-30 Thread Tasmanian Devil
I don't have a bluetooth keyboard to play with. I can, however, make a bsd.rd that has ACPI it that's what it takes. Time to play some more. Yes, that should work if you can build the bsd.rd just like the bsd.mp with ACPI enabled, even configuring the network while installing should work the

Re: Mac Mini (intel) status

2006-11-30 Thread Marco S Hyman
> Some recent CD: The 4.0 release CD and snapshots from Nov. 12, 2006 or > later should boot fine, a few snapshots between that didn't work. You > don't need a -current boot CD to install a -current (or snapshot) file > set. The CD I tried was a home grown snapshot of -current from October Tha

Re: Mac Mini (intel) status

2006-11-30 Thread Tasmanian Devil
Stupid question number eleventy seven... is boot camp required? I tried booting a someone recent i386 CD by holding down the C key while powering on and got to the OpenBSD cd boot -- where the system seemed to hang. Guess: it needs a keyboard, doesn't recognize the USB keyboard, I need boot camp.

Re: Mac Mini (intel) status

2006-11-30 Thread Luca Losio
Your comment on its own is of little value since most of us are already aware of the pricing of the Mini, or we can easily find out if we aren't. Oh sorry for ruining your day with this...

Re: Mac Mini (intel) status

2006-11-30 Thread Tasmanian Devil
Yeah, I saw that one. Since the server won't live in my pocket it'll be something that I add to rc.local. Or earlier in the boot process, like in /etc/rc.securelevel. I was even a bit more adventurous, I've put this right after the mount commands and this lines: # pick up option configuration

Re: Mac Mini (intel) status

2006-11-30 Thread Antoine Jacoutot
On Thu, 30 Nov 2006, Marco S Hyman wrote: Thank you. The goal is to have the mini replace my dying sparc64 as a web server. Small, low power draw, quiet: I like that. Yes, too bad it only includes 1 ethernet adapter. -- Antoine

Re: Mac Mini (intel) status

2006-11-30 Thread Breen Ouellette
Luca Losio wrote: Thank you. The goal is to have the mini replace my dying sparc64 as a web server. Small, low power draw, quiet: I like that. Quite expensive also When you compare its price/performance versus something like a Soekris, it looks pretty good and is still a reasonably s

Re: Mac Mini (intel) status

2006-11-30 Thread Luca Losio
Thank you. The goal is to have the mini replace my dying sparc64 as a web server. Small, low power draw, quiet: I like that. Quite expensive also

Re: Mac Mini (intel) status

2006-11-30 Thread Tasmanian Devil
as a web server. If your server will not be near by, this post might also be interesting for you: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=116443142317676&w=2 :-) Tas.

Re: Mac Mini (intel) status

2006-11-30 Thread Marco S Hyman
> Yes, works really fine on my mini. :-) Last time I installed a Thank you. The goal is to have the mini replace my dying sparc64 as a web server. Small, low power draw, quiet: I like that. // marc

Re: Mac Mini (intel) status

2006-11-30 Thread Tasmanian Devil
What is the status of the Mac Mini? I saw some messages and patches regarding the mini flowing by a week or three ago but didn't own one at that time so wasn't paying attention. Are the patches in CVS? Yes, works really fine on my mini. :-) Last time I installed a snapshot (from Nov. 24, 2006

Re: Mac Mini, next question

2006-04-24 Thread Keith Richardson
Install worked fine for me by following the INSTALL doc. I faced the same issue you mentioned and the section that Antoine quoted is what made my whole disk available to me. Please post to ppc@ in the future. -Keith Perhaps I'm wrong and didn't do it correctly. Any comments from other mac

Re: Mac Mini, next question

2006-04-24 Thread Aaron Poffenberger
I just had that problem with a Powerbook. Basically you have to edit the disk size manually. I don't know how with pdisk (I used an MBR rather than HFS partition scheme) but in fdisk do the following: 1> print [note the number of sectors ] 1> edit 3 Partition id ('0' to disable) [0 -

Re: Mac Mini, next question

2006-04-24 Thread Aaron Poffenberger
I tried that and didn't find it helpful. The steps I just sent were suggested on somebody's website (I've lost the URL). The problem is that by the time you get to disklabel (I think) the OpenBSD partition is set to it's maximum size and the b option only maximizes its use of that space. Pe

Re: Mac Mini, next question

2006-04-24 Thread Antoine Jacoutot
Selon [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Anyway, I now have it booted up but I discovered that something I felt during > install turned out to be fact. I didn't get the whole hard drive. The drive > is a 40 gig. It reports as: > wd0 16 sector PIO LBA48 38154MB 78140160 sectors > When I do the re-install fdi

Re: Mac Mini as Firewall

2005-11-01 Thread Frank Denis \(Jedi/Sector One\)
On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 11:32:32AM +0100, Antoine Jacoutot wrote: You may want to have a look at the hard drive which is slow and might be a bottleneck... The Mac Mini hard drive can easily be replaced by a 7200 RPM drive. Mine is running with a Hitachi 7K100 drive and it is way faster than th

Re: Mac Mini as Firewall

2005-11-01 Thread Antoine Jacoutot
Bruno S. Delbono wrote: - VPN Router (With X509/PSK) - Firewall with QoS - Squid Proxy - Mail Server - About 2000/mails a day and 5 account - Web Server - Dynamic content [ Mambo and gallery2 ]. - DNS/DHCP Server You will not have any problem running those. I'm running that kind of setup on mu

Re: Mac Mini as Firewall

2005-10-31 Thread Otto Moerbeek
On Mon, 31 Oct 2005, Bruno S. Delbono wrote: > Hi All, > > I am considering getting a Mac Mini (1.4 Ghz, Bluetooth, Airport Extreme) > version and want to use it as firewall with OpenBSD (+ an extra USB NIC). I've > checked the macppc port webpage and see it's supported. > > I am soliciting opin