Correct fdisk info for ext2fs?

2024-05-30 Thread nisp1953
OpenBSD 7.5 GENERIC.MP#82 amd64 Hi all: I formatted a 2TB USB Hard Drive under Linux and get the following from fdisk: # fdisk sd1 Disk: sd1 geometry: 243201/255/63 [3907029167 Sectors] Offset: 0 Signature: 0x0 Starting Ending LBA Info: #: id C H

Re: Correct fdisk info for ext2fs?

2024-05-31 Thread nisp1953
Brian: Thanks so much. I ended up formatting it in OpenBSD 's ffs file system. Too many issues with Linux. If I need to transfer data from the Linux computer, then I will ssh into OpenBSD. On Thu, May 30, 2024 at 11:04 PM Brian Conway wrote: > > On Thu, May 30, 2024, at 6:02 PM, nis

Re: I wrote this about packages and ports in 2023, hopefully still useful to some who come here

2024-08-31 Thread nisp1953
On Sat, Aug 31, 2024 at 3:26 AM Peter N. M. Hansteen wrote: > > After answering some too-basic questions about installing packages on > OpenBSD earlier earlier here, I remembered that back in 2013 I wrote a > piece about ports and packages that looks like it is still mostly usable. > It's very we

Re: I wrote this about packages and ports in 2023, hopefully still useful to some who come here

2024-08-31 Thread nisp1953
On Sat, Aug 31, 2024 at 9:16 AM Mihai Popescu wrote: > > Hello, > > If your intention is/was to help a new OpenBSD user to install > packages, then my feedback is a simple no. This article is far from > helping a beginner to easily install packages. > Peter's explanation is no more complicated th

GUI for MariaDB

2024-09-02 Thread nisp1953
I am using: OpenBSD 7.5 AMD 64 Can anyone recommend a GUI interface for MariaDB? I have MariaDB working satisfactorily on my OpenBSD laptop. Thanks in advance, Jonathan

Re: GUI for MariaDB

2024-09-02 Thread nisp1953
On Mon, Sep 2, 2024 at 10:27 AM Lars Noodén wrote: > > On 9/2/24 19:23, nisp1953 wrote: > > I am using: OpenBSD 7.5 AMD 64 > > > > Can anyone recommend a GUI interface for MariaDB? I have MariaDB working > > satisfactorily on my OpenBSD laptop. > > > >

OpsnBSD on ASUS VivoBook

2024-09-11 Thread nisp1953
Have any of you been able to run OpenBSD on an Asus Vivobook? I am thinking of getting one and thought I would ask. -- Kind regards, Jonathan

Re: laptop recommendation

2024-10-09 Thread nisp1953
On Wed, Oct 9, 2024 at 12:24 PM Lyndon Nerenberg (VE7TFX/VE6BBM) < lyn...@orthanc.ca> wrote: > It's time to buy a laptop for OpenBSD. I > > * X Windows at 1920x1080 resolution (my vision cannot cope with > anything higher) > * 14 inch screen > * *light* *weight* > * Functional Wifi (don't need

The py3-scipy port

2024-10-21 Thread nisp1953
I see that py3-scipy is broken. https://openports.pl/path/math/py-scipy,python3 Does anyone know when it might be fixed? I am using OpenBSD 7.6 on AMD64. -- Thanks in advance, Jonathan

How safe are Co language module downloads?

2024-10-22 Thread nisp1953
OpenBSD 7.6 AMD64 Hi Folks: I was going through a Go language tutorial and invoked the command: $ go get rsc.io/quote To my surprise it downloaded the modules to a newly created directory ~/go. I thought pledge and unveil were supposed to stop this kind of behavior? $ ls -lhd /home/cleetus/go/

Re: How safe are Co language module downloads?

2024-10-22 Thread nisp1953
On Tue, Oct 22, 2024 at 5:38 PM Geoff Steckel wrote: > > Pretty much any program can access its current working directory. > If you try and share your desktop through Jitsi, pledge will shutdown your web browser. > I -believe- that go is a port which probably hasn't been sanitized > therefore wou

Re: The py3-scipy port

2024-10-22 Thread nisp1953
On Tue, Oct 22, 2024 at 5:57 AM Stuart Henderson wrote: > > On 2024-10-21, nisp1953 wrote: > > --9592f4062501dcbe > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > > > I see that py3-scipy is broken. > > https://openports.pl/path/math

Re: How safe are Co language module downloads?

2024-10-24 Thread nisp1953
On Thu, Oct 24, 2024 at 11:32 AM Anon Loli wrote: > > > OpenBSD does not do compartmentalization like many would love.. > OpenBSD is not QubesOS. > The 1st time I heard of pledge/unveil, I thought the same thoughts, > In my eyes, OpenBSD is not a secure OS, but that is only because I have needs

Re: disklabel won't write configuration.

2024-10-29 Thread nisp1953
Thanks for the tip! On Tue, Oct 29, 2024 at 1:54 PM Kenneth Gober wrote: > On Tue, Oct 29, 2024 at 3:42 PM nisp1953 wrote: > >> I am usinOpenBSD 7.6 GENERIC.MP#338 amd64 >> >> I have a 1 TB disk I formatted under Linux. I wanted to change the >> disklabel from:

disklabel won't write configuration.

2024-10-29 Thread nisp1953
I am usinOpenBSD 7.6 GENERIC.MP#338 amd64 I have a 1 TB disk I formatted under Linux. I wanted to change the disklabel from: sd1> p OpenBSD area: 64-1953525104; size: 1953525040; free: 0 #size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg] c: 19535251670 unus

Re: How safe are Co language module downloads?

2024-10-23 Thread nisp1953
> >> > as far as untrusted code goes, unlike rust, golang doesn't silently run > untrusted code during the build process, so there is at least that. > > as has been hinted at, pledge/unveil are _tools_. they don't just bolt-on and > magic things into happening. the code has to be written to use the

Re: New file system for OpenBSD?

2025-03-06 Thread nisp1953
> On Mar 6, 2025, at 7:20 AM, Claudio Jeker wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 06, 2025 at 11:25:52AM -, Stuart Henderson wrote: >> On 2025-03-05, nisp1953 wrote: >>> >>> Will OpenBSD get a new file system sometime in the future? >> >> Magic crystal

New file system for OpenBSD?

2025-03-05 Thread nisp1953
Will OpenBSD get a new file system sometime in the future? I read Ted Unangst’s article on ZFS and Tedu basically says it’s too complicated. Do the developers have have a replacement in mind? https://flak.tedunangst.com/post/ZFS-on-OpenBSD