Category: FreeBSD/amd64
Anything related to the FreeBSD/amd64 platform.
pkg add chokes on apparantly wrong OS version
I’m experimenting further with ports-mgmt/synth. I let synth create some packages for me and I then removed all installed packages, save the pkg package manager. What a surprise I got when attempting to add my own metaport!
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First experiences with ports-mgmt/synth
I spun up a virtual machine yesterday with the intent of learning how to use ports-mgmt/synth.
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Boot menu changes in base/head r325694
Update 2017-11-13 r325743 corrected the mistakes. The below no longer applies. Remove /boot/loader.rc.local if you created it. /boot/loader.rc used to be copied from base/head/sys/boot/i386/loader/loader.rc on FreeBSD/amd64. With r325694 this changed to base/head/sys/boot/forth/loader.rc. Nothing was added to base/head/UPDATING, explaining this change. As instructed in /boot/loader.rc, to regain our beloved boot menu, we must create and edit […]
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The two old 4GB memory sticks were replaced by two new sticks of Kingston HyperX Savage DDR3 2133MHz 16GB, P/N HX321C11SRK2/16. ZFS’ ARC has never been happier.
Read More → New memory for this serverportupgrade uninstall error, broken pipe
I too was bitten by the portupgrade uninstall error, due to broken pipes, on my laptop running FreeBSD/amd64 stable/10. Others have identified the file 5.26 utility as the culprit, introduced in stable/10 as r298920. Watch PR 209211 for any progress. base/head was corrected at r299234, and stable/10 will follow soon.
Read More → portupgrade uninstall error, broken pipeMemory leaks in recent stable/10 kernel
All FreeBSD systems under my care got upgraded last Friday to fix some NTP bugs. That upgrade introduced a new bug in the kernel. The bug first appeared at r298004 in base/head, and later at r298134 in base/stable/10. The i386-based systems were more notably affected than the amd64-based systems, as the former typically has less […]
Read More → Memory leaks in recent stable/10 kernelReplacing drives on AMANDA server
I spent some days last week converting our 32-bit AMANDA server to a 64-bit counterpart using spare but aged hardware. The former AMANDA server ran on very aged hardware in comparison. Going 64-bit also ment turning to ZFS-based storage. Today, I replaced the two 320 GB first generation SATA drives with two 1 TB third […]
Read More → Replacing drives on AMANDA serverFreeBSD’s UEFI boot loader now supports ZFS pools
As of r294999 it’s possible to boot FreeBSD/amd64 stable/10 from ZFS pools on systems running UEFI firmware. Up until now I have booted my UEFI ZFS laptop using the older boot1.efi boot loader with /boot located on a UFS partition. Earlier today I updated my EFI System Partition (ESP), put /boot back where it belongs, […]
Read More → FreeBSD’s UEFI boot loader now supports ZFS poolsDell PowerEdge R320, JBOD, mfi(4), and gpart(8)
One of the old webservers at work, a Dell PowerEdge R200, crashed a couple of weeks ago. I suspect the six year old motherboard finally gave up.
Read More → Dell PowerEdge R320, JBOD, mfi(4), and gpart(8)Ascertaining installed ports for a specific architecture
When upgrading from one major version of FreeBSD to another, in my case from FreeBSD/amd64 stable/9 to FreeBSD/amd64 stable/10, it’s customary to upgrade the installed ports afterwards, beginning with ports-mgmt/pkg. I forcefully upgraded all installed ports using portupgrade -afpv, but the upgrade of lang/ruby21 failed miserably. I removed all traces of Ruby 2.1, i.e. ports-mgmt/portupgrade […]
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