Category: FreeBSD
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BSD vs Linux
Brandon J. Wandersee’s recent post on the FreeBSD Questions mailling list pointed me to Matthew Fuller‘s BSD vs Linux. Enjoy! You should replace every mention of “CVS”, “CVSup”, and “pkg_*” with “Subversion” (SVN), “SVNup”, and “pkg *”, respectively. I.e., the command pkg_add becomes the command pkg add (with no underscore), etc.
Read More → BSD vs LinuxKBDMUX_DFLT_KEYMAP is available for base/head and base/stable/10
Finally, KBDMUX_DFLT_KEYMAP is available for those of us using keyboard layouts different from the US/UK keyboard layout. This is very handy when running in single-user mode.
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Hidden properties in ZFS
I learned ZFS hides certain filesystem and pool properties from normal view. You need to know their names and specify them explicitly to get their values. Use the option -p to get the raw value of the filesystem properties. E.g. zfs get -p createtxg.
Read More → Hidden properties in ZFSReplacing 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 serversecurity/gnupg breaks when deselecting NLS option
GnuPG 2.1.11 was recently added to the FreeBSD ports collection, in r409152. Deselecting the NLS option breaks the building of GnuPG.
Read More → security/gnupg breaks when deselecting NLS optionUpgrading PostgreSQL 9.4.6 to 9.5.1
All commands were done as the root user unless indicated.
Read More → Upgrading PostgreSQL 9.4.6 to 9.5.1graphics/py-pygraphviz renamed from graphics/py-graphviz
graphics/py-graphviz was renamed to graphics/py-pygraphviz in r408353. Run these two commands to get back on track:
Read More → graphics/py-pygraphviz renamed from graphics/py-graphvizFreeBSD’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 poolsBootstrapping MySQL 5.7 on FreeBSD
I tried a fresh install of MySQL 5.7 using ports on FreeBSD stable/10 the other day. All went smoothly until I needed to access the DBMS. The DBMS wouldn’t let me in, demanding a password I hadn’t set myself.
Read More → Bootstrapping MySQL 5.7 on FreeBSDDell 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.
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