Having a problem with ldomctl

2017-12-01 Thread Eric S Pulley
Hello, I'm trying to breath some life into some Sun T5120's that no longer have oracle support for by switching them to OpenBSD6.2. The issue I'm having is when I go to dump the contents of the NVRAM config into the current working directory to copy for my new config, the ldomctl dump command nev

Re: Having a problem with ldomctl

2018-01-03 Thread Eric S Pulley
roduces I saved them off and loaded 6.2. I was then able to create and load my own ldom config into NVRAM. Happy to say I now have a few T5120's that are running 8 ldoms each. (8x8 cpuxram). Should now get a couple more years life out of these expensive wind tunnels. On Fri, 1 Dec 2017 1

Re: lcamtuf on the recent xz debacle

2024-04-04 Thread Eric S Pulley
I says quite clearly in the second article you posted it can only work in Linux... "...Linux distributions add a patch to link sshd to systemd, a program that loads a variety of services during the system bootup. Systemd, in turn, links to liblzma, and this allows xz Utils to exert control over s

Re: UEFI

2013-11-06 Thread Eric S Pulley
th Windows 8 and sorta put up with Linux. -- | _ ASCII Ribbon Eric S Pulley | ( ) Campaign Against

Re: Sparc t5120 firmware problem

2015-02-01 Thread Eric S Pulley
On Sun, 1 Feb 2015 23:21:25 +0100 Stefan Johansson wrote: > Hello! > > I have a Sun Sparc t5120 that cannot start ldomd after a firmware > upgrade. It’s possible to start ldomd before I have divided the > machine into several guest domains. Afterwards it just hangs when > trying to start ldomd a

Re: Sunfire v120 question

2015-03-22 Thread Eric S Pulley
On Sat, 21 Mar 2015 11:26:39 + (UTC) Stuart Henderson wrote: > On 2015-03-21, Riccardo Mottola wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Brian McCafferty wrote: > >> Just a serial cable, then you can use tip(1). The connections and > >> other info are in the V120 user guide which you can download from > >> Or

Re: Millions of files in /var/www & inode / out of space issue.

2013-02-19 Thread Eric S Pulley
> On 02/19/13 05:47, MJ wrote: >> Which app are you running that is generating millions of tiny files >> in a single directory? Regardless, in this case OpenBSD is not the >> right tool for the job. You need either FreeBSD or a Solaris variant >> to handle this problem because you need ZFS. >> >>

Re: Pre-orders for 5.3

2013-03-18 Thread Eric S Pulley
eve. I've seen Sun monitors on fire off the side of the multimedia lab. I've seen NTU lights glitter in the dark near the Mail Gate. All these things will be lost in time, like the root partition last week. Time to die. ---------- -

Re: Why does OpenBSD use CVS?

2013-04-21 Thread Eric S Pulley
> On 2013-04-20, Alokat MacMoneysack wrote: >> Hi, >> >> first, I don't want to start a flame war about why is CVS better or not >> better than X - it's just a question. >> >> If you say, we use it because it just works - it's okay. :) >> >> So why does OpenBSD still uses CVS and don't migrate to

Re: UEFI "secure boot" and dual boot question

2013-05-03 Thread Eric S Pulley
u purchase. Hopefully there will still be some in a few years. -- | _ ASCII Ribbon Eric S Pulley | ( ) Campaign Against

Re: UEFI "secure boot" and dual boot question

2013-05-03 Thread Eric S Pulley
ing to the already installed Windows 8 to switch it on and off. Swap out or copy the HD and test if you are worried since Lenovo doesn't provide media or an easy way to reinstall if you hose the drive. I bought a second HD and threw the Windows 8 drive in a box in case I get rid of the thing down the road. -- | _ ASCII Ribbon Eric S Pulley | ( ) Campaign Against

Thank you OpenBSD

2012-04-02 Thread Eric S Pulley
I'd just like to take a moment to thank everyone involved in releases of OpenBSD for having a nice clear and concise release schedule and version system. It's fantastic. I use FreeBSD on my file-server to take advantage of ZFS and all their convoluted versions/branches are just... a pain. So tha

Re: Anyone see anything overtly obvious in this panic?

2006-02-24 Thread Eric S. Pulley
--On February 24, 2006 11:04:12 PM -0700 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi everyone. I've been trying to bring up an old Sun Enterprise > Ultra 150, with the following results. I keep thinking that > there's something obvious staring me in the face, but I don't see > it. Can anyone help? > > Thank

Re: Some secure way of updating sources?

2010-05-18 Thread Eric S. Pulley
> Having read the FAQ, I learned there are 3 ways to sync sources. Among them, only AnonCVS can be transmitted in a secure channel when using SSH transport. The other two, namely CVSup and CVSync, are transferred in clear text with no server identity authentication. However, even the AnonCVS host k

Re: Can command-line options be specified in any place?

2011-06-22 Thread Eric S Pulley
On Tue, June 21, 2011 5:39 pm, vadi...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi, > > I'm considering migrating my desktop from Linux to OpenBSD but the > main feature that > kept me away from *BSD world for over a decade since I've first tried > FreeBSD was the > one that options must only be specified after command

Re: Which netbook for OpenBSD

2010-06-28 Thread Eric S Pulley
On Mon, June 28, 2010 12:41 am, b...@brodewicz.pl wrote: > Hi. > > I'm planning to buy a netbook and I wonder which one is the best choice > for > running OpenBSD? > Any sugestion? > > Thanks > -- > Rafal Brodewicz > > Acer Aspire One AOD-150 after replacing the broadcom WiFi mini PCIe card with a

Re: Donation issues with OpenBSD…

2010-07-04 Thread Eric S Pulley
--On Saturday, July 03, 2010 10:21:00 +0800 Brent Shumacher wrote: http://www.trollaxor.com/2010/06/why-i-almost-gave-openbsd-10-didnt.h tml Please stop posting links to this completley FAKE website (for gods sake people it has the word troll right in the URL). Look for the disclaimer

Re: Silent boot?

2010-07-05 Thread Eric S Pulley
--On Tuesday, July 06, 2010 02:43:42 +0400 Ilya Ilembitov wrote: Just ran across this post about NetBSD:http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/bx/blosxom.cgi/nb_20100430_2300.html Turns out, they have a special boottime option that lets the OS boot (almost) without any messages. Which I found even more

Re: 4.6 arriving

2009-10-09 Thread Eric S Pulley
Got my copy on the 7th here in Utah. Just did my first new install. Have to say I think the new install process is really nice. I think OpenBSD might just be the fastest installing (new)OS out there, I didn't actually time it but it felt less than five minutes to up, configured and running (no

Re: Architeture Choose

2010-11-07 Thread Eric S Pulley
--On November 5, 2010 9:47:20 AM -0300 Felipe Mesquita de Oliveira wrote: Hi All, I'm long time far from OpenBSD world, but planning to come back. The plan is to buy an old machine, but, maybe try an new platform, if the investment worths... I have these options, all in the same price range:

Re: Architeture Choose

2010-11-09 Thread Eric S Pulley
On Tue, November 9, 2010 8:55 am, Scott Stanley wrote: > I've heard a lot of praise for Sparc gear on this thread. Do many of > you have much experience with Sun's amd gear? > > When using the "I'm only referring to Sparc" disclaimer, what's being > implied here (because I know nobody's saying that

Re: Architeture Choose

2010-11-10 Thread Eric S Pulley
On Wed, 2010-11-10 at 23:47 +0100, Henning Brauer wrote: > * Scott Stanley [2010-11-09 16:58]: > > I've heard a lot of praise for Sparc gear on this thread. Do many of > > you have much experience with Sun's amd gear? > > avoid at all cost > > > Anyway, I was considering buying a Sun Fire V20z

Re: The choice was: Sun V20z. And Now?

2010-11-17 Thread Eric S Pulley
On Wed, November 17, 2010 9:43 am, Felipe Mesquita de Oliveira wrote: > Hi all, > > I've asked sometime ago about an "Architeture Choose" Ok, I've choose > the Sun Fire V20z (2xAMD Opteron). > > As someone said, the fans are really loud... I've seen some articles about > upgrading the BIOS can