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Happy nameday, FreeBSD!
FreeBSD is approaching 20 years! I guess it all depends on what you regard as FreeBSD’s true birth. The baptism, the first commit to the CVS repository, the first release, or something else? The first commit to the CVS repository was done on “Sat Jun 12 14:49:13 1993 UTC”. That’s 20 years and 6 days […]
Read More → Happy nameday, FreeBSD!What to do when you need files off the root file system of a zpool?
If you store files in the root file system of a zpool, it’s probably not so straightforward to access them from a different system, e.g. a live CD/DVD. Don’t panic. Here’s how.
Read More → What to do when you need files off the root file system of a zpool?CARP on FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT
I’ve been experimenting with carp(4) on FreeBSD/i386 10.0-CURRENT and FreeBSD/amd64 10.0-CURRENT for the past year or so. carp(4) is no longer a pseudo-interface, but rather accessible on every conceivable interface.
Read More → CARP on FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENTUpgrading PostgreSQL from 9.1.5 to 9.2.0
Today, I decided to upgrade PostgreSQL from 9.1.5 to 9.2.0 on one of my computers. Ironically, PostgreSQL 9.2.1 was released today, but until the FreeBSD ports hierarchy catches up, the most recent version available is 9.2.0, unless of course you want to do everything yourself.
Read More → Upgrading PostgreSQL from 9.1.5 to 9.2.0Making your own FreeBSD Subversion repository mirror
Not long ago it was announced that the FreeBSD ports tree will cease exporting its Subversion repository to CVS, and subsequently any use of CVSup for updating the ports tree will be discontinued by February 28th 2013. FreeBSD’s main source tree repository has been served by Subversion since late May 2008 with every commit done […]
Read More → Making your own FreeBSD Subversion repository mirrorWhen to create a ZFS filesystem?
Someone named “Edward M” posted on the freebsd-questions mailing list a question of when should we create a ZFS filesystem. I didn’t reply to any of the messages, but I decided to write this post expressing my view. In short, whenever a part of the filesystem hierarchy exhibits different characteristics, create one or more ZFS […]
Read More → When to create a ZFS filesystem?endofepoch.c
Jeg børstet støvet av noen tilårskomne filer forleden dag. Jeg fant et lite program som jeg skrev en gang i 2000. Programmet teller ned til slutten av Unix-epoken. Den opprinnelige definisjonen av datatypen time_t, 32-bit heltall med fortegn, vil få overflyt i midten av januar 2038. Moderne 64-bit OS som FreeBSD/amd64 9.0 har for lengst […]
Read More → endofepoch.cZFS Delegated Administration in FreeBSD
If you trust your users well, you might feel slightly less anxious and allow your users to create new filesystems below their own home directories.
Read More → ZFS Delegated Administration in FreeBSDNot enough room for wired pages?
One of my systems is running FreeBSD/amd64 9.0-STABLE and is using ZFS for all its worth. The amount of installed memory in this system is 8 gibibytes, which should be enough to please even ZFS’ ARC. After a few hours of uptime not everyone are happy, and one of those unhappy guys are GnuPG.
Read More → Not enough room for wired pages?Resizing mirrored ZFS root pool
George Mamalakis was having trouble with ZFS not detecting and utilizing his resized GPT freebsd-zfs partitions. Marco van Tol came to the rescue with a corrective procedure. Credit goes to George Mamalakis for raising the issue and to Marco van Tol for the solution. I’m just a simple bystander in comparison to these two, fine […]
Read More → Resizing mirrored ZFS root pool