McKusick books "4.4" vs. "FreeBSD" from an OpenBSD point of view?

2006-08-28 Thread stillmostcluelessopenbsdfan
Having read all the OpenBSD specific books I could get my hands on I intend to dig a bit deeper now. After checking the list on http://www.openbsd.org/books.html I intended to buy The Design and Implementation of the 4.4 BSD Operating System by McKusick et al. (ISBN 0-2015-4979-4) from 1996 but

SOLVED: Re: McKusick books "4.4" vs. "FreeBSD" from an OpenBSD point of view?

2006-08-28 Thread stillmostcluelessopenbsdfan
After some hints I searched the archives again and found the following (after some digging - I wonder why this missed my screen before). http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/openbsd/2006-04/2146.html Thanks to all who replied. And to Theo for clarifying this in advance. ;-) On 28 Aug 2006 at

X issue on FSC AMILO Pro V2055

2006-10-31 Thread stillmostcluelessopenbsdfan
I use OpenBSD 3.8 on a Fujitsu Siemens (FSC) AMILO Pro V2055 Notebook. Problem occurred right after installing from the CD set. After starting X the virtual consoles are no longer accessible. Some "trying to switch screens" happens but then the X screen is back and then the mouse cursor hangs. W

Re: OpenBSD as a PDC on a windows network

2006-11-02 Thread stillmostcluelessopenbsdfan
You might be willing to look at man vnconfig for hints regarding encrypted partitions. I do not agree with "nobody will steal your file server". But surely I am that sort of admin who prefers password protection for single user shells at the console of servers in locked rooms. Just being paran