Re: how to find dependencies when building a new kernel

2011-11-30 Thread David Riley
On Nov 30, 2011, at 12:15 PM, Torsten Valentin wrote: >> dmesg is the lazy way to get this info, the same info is written to >> /var/log/messages during boot. Are you saying your system is so >> stripped down you don't even log anything? > > Yep. And because the only persistent memory is Flash (3

Re: Something similar to Soekris boards, for server applications

2011-11-30 Thread David Riley
On Nov 30, 2011, at 1:12 PM, Bentley, Dain wrote: > I second that. I run an atom 330 with two gigs of RAM and two 500gig drives in > a raid for development server at home is a 1u case. It performs great and its > low power My router runs an Atom Mini-ITX board. Nothing heavy duty, but it's a dua

Re: Something similar to Soekris boards, for server applications

2011-11-30 Thread David Riley
On Nov 30, 2011, at 2:18 PM, Mehma Sarja wrote: > I'm putting a Supermicro Atom D510 in the field as a SSD-based firewall and boot server for 158 users. And a Supermicro D525 as a file server with a 1 TB drive. Where they are going, they have power issues and low-power systems, with a UPS, might j

Re: Narcicism?

2011-12-01 Thread David Riley
On Dec 1, 2011, at 10:25 AM, John Tate wrote: > On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 7:20 PM, Scott McEachern wrote: > >> On 12/01/11 02:28, John Tate wrote: >> >>> I think I've found a bug in the OpenBSD crowd. They bug the hell out of me >>> and my little mistakes. >>> >>> I am not talking about people who a

Re: Narcicism?

2011-12-01 Thread David Riley
On Dec 1, 2011, at 2:39 PM, Dmitrij Czarkoff wrote: > On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 4:25 PM, John Tate wrote: >> I'm 24 years old. I was a Linux hacker since I was 13. >> <...> >> At 13 I didn't just start learning Linux I started learning C++ as well. > > Are You sure? You wrote C++ Linux kernel code

Re: Narcicism?

2011-12-02 Thread David Riley
On Dec 2, 2011, at 3:45 PM, Dmitrij Czarkoff wrote: > On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 9:09 PM, David Riley wrote: >> On Dec 1, 2011, at 2:39 PM, Dmitrij Czarkoff wrote: >> >>> On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 4:25 PM, John Tate wrote: >>>> I'm 24 years old. I was a Linux

Re: Narcicism?

2011-12-02 Thread David Riley
On Dec 2, 2011, at 4:20 PM, Dmitrij Czarkoff wrote: > On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 10:11 PM, David Riley wrote: >> one has to know C before knowing C++ > > Well, I don't know how it happens in US or Canada, but in Russia > ordinarily people first learn C++, and then (may

Re: RAM seen vs. RAM available HP ML 570 G2

2011-12-07 Thread David Riley
On Dec 7, 2011, at 10:05 AM, Nomen Nescio wrote: >> Yes, exactly. OpenBSD supports >4GB RAM only on 64-bit architectures. > > Isn't that a limitation of Intel x32 rather than an OpenBSD limitation? Yes and no; higher-end Intel 32-bit parts from the Pentium Pro upward supported Physical Address Ex

Re: OpenBSD recommendation

2011-10-23 Thread David Riley
On Oct 23, 2011, at 9:41 PM, Daniel Villarreal wrote: > Zantgo, > Just to get you started, I recommend just installing OpenBSD 4.9 for now, on > a dedicated hard drive, so you can get a basic setup going. > > Let me know how it goes. > > take care, > Daniel Villarreal I'll echo that; you would do

Re: ThinkPad 600 screen size.

2011-11-04 Thread David Riley
On Nov 4, 2011, at 12:59 PM, Stefan Unterweger wrote: > * David Walker on Fri, Nov 04, 2011 at 07:20:43PM +1030: >> This BIOS is ... sad. >> It's mouse driven - the cursor is a bird that flaps its wings. :[ > > Some people at IBM really had too much time at their hands... Reminds me actually of t