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    cracauer@ replied to the thread Old hardware porn.
    Love me some old SPARCs.
  • SirDice
    SirDice replied to the thread bectl default - Not Any More.
    The only proper solution.
  • SirDice
    There's no "default" version.
  • Crivens
    Crivens replied to the thread Old hardware porn.
    Maybe here is an answer?
  • DutchDaemon
    DutchDaemon replied to the thread UFS chflags.
    </cleanup> Hey, can we all return to the issue at hand and stop the sniping and bickering?
  • K
    kpedersen replied to the thread Appimage.
    Aww, those poor little sweethearts have never had to do cross platform development before. They just call into a "clever" C library (through various bindings) that does this difficult work for them. So its fair that they wouldn't know or...
  • B
    balanga replied to the thread IP address of DHCP Server.
    Do you have a link on how it does that?
  • Kaminar
    If I'm not mistaken, VirtualBox 6.x is still the default version in the ports. Why is that?
  • B
    balanga replied to the thread IP address of DHCP Server.
    I was hoping that I could configure a specific rc.conf for a specific host but don't see how to do that.
  • FzZzT
    FzZzT replied to the thread I Tried "Vibecoding".
    I think "vibe coding" generally means using AI to create an app, without touching code. You interact with the AI and it writes, builds, tests, and does everything else (these days it can also deploy, debug, and a lot more). IME the generated...
  • Zare
    Zare replied to the thread IP address of DHCP Server.
    Well the problem is your workstations have their own root, and then you remote mount the server root to /net. When the same workstation does PXE boot, it doesn't have root, and it will mount that export to its root. Therefore you have server...
  • serjsk8
    serjsk8 replied to the thread Post some hardware porn.
    Nice!!! 😄
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  • Zare
    Zare reacted to atax1a's post in the thread IP address of DHCP Server with Thanks Thanks.
    except that happens all the way at the end of startup, so you'll start network services without having network and they'll be very sad about that. what possible reason do you have for not configuring your DHCP server statically?
  • serjsk8
    serjsk8 reacted to Alain De Vos's post in the thread Post some hardware porn with Thanks Thanks.
    https://archive.org/details/windows-3.11-sgvm
  • B
    balanga replied to the thread diskless.
    I was just trying to found out how to set up an rc.conf for a specific host. Don't know where to find an example. I thought there would be something in the file referenced in the manpage but it doesn't exist.
  • MG
    MG replied to the thread diskless.
    The diskless manpage admits that at the end. I think it's not really clear. It seems to miss the TFTP server requirement but it does mention it. Also, the text doesn't identify itself really good. It's about PXE-booting. Why is it called...
  • B
    balanga replied to the thread diskless.
    Maybe the manpage needs some review...
  • B
    balanga posted the thread Sound control in Multimedia/Gaming.
    When watching YouTube videos I am unable to get the same max volume as I do listen to music. Can someone explain if this is normal behaviour or if I can change things? I've always stayed away from messing with sound controls and have left...
  • B
    balanga posted the thread diskless in Web and Network Services.
    According to diskless:- I don't have anything in this directory /usr/share/examples/diskless/ I'm running FreeBSD 15.0. Should I expect to have something in this directory?
  • B
    One thing I'd like to have is an rc.conf specific to a particular client. Is this possible?
  • tembun
    tembun replied to the thread HOWTO: Use Vim as a manpager.
    Thank you all for your suggestions. The solution above is only for tcsh, but I use sh as my shell. I made a simple patch for man, where introduced an additional environment variable, that can decrease the resulting screen width, when MANWIDTH...
  • tembun
    tembun reacted to freethread's post in the thread HOWTO: Use Vim as a manpager with Like Like.
    I have this in my global 'common.tcshrc' sourced in all my $HOME/.cshrc for [man #----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Manual page settings...
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    balanga replied to the thread IP address of DHCP Server.
    In my homelab I have /etc/exports with / -mapall="root and all my workstations mount this to /net. I'm sure it's bad practice but it's my playground. The problem is that I have just discovered that if I boot a computer diskelessly it uses the...
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    balanga replied to the thread IP address of DHCP Server.
    No offers are sent. Maybe dhcp servers ignore requests from the same MAC address that they are on.
  • serjsk8
    serjsk8 reacted to lgrant's post in the thread Post some hardware porn with Like Like.
    I always think of slide rules as the assembly language of math. There are all these special quirks, like if you want the sine, but it's a really small angle, you use the SRT scale instead of the S scale, and on some scales, if the angle is...
  • serjsk8
    serjsk8 reacted to balanga's post in the thread Post some hardware porn with Thanks Thanks.
    My first laptop. Unfortunately it isn't working currently, and probably hasn't been for over 35 years. But I keep telling myself I will get it fixed.
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    serjsk8 reacted to balanga's post in the thread Post some hardware porn with Like Like.
    The most expensive computer I ever bought. The last time I got it working was by giving it a sharp slap on the top like you needed to do with old TV sets. It's another in my queue for reviving.
  • serjsk8
    serjsk8 replied to the thread Post some hardware porn.
    😄 The worst thing that can be done is to upgrade the MS Windows. If I were a Windows user, I would stop at Windows XP.
  • epopen
    Hi SirDice I have same requirement and tested as follows in /bin/sh Test 1:# export PACKAGESITE='NOTEXIST' # pkg bootstrap # pkg upgrade --dry-run zip Test 2: env PACKAGESITE=NOTEXIST pkg bootstrap # pkg upgrade --dry-run zip But both not any...
  • cracauer@
    It's not foolish at all to stick to some installation and make it do what you want. It is how you learn. Nothing is learned from constantly reinstalling on the first difficulty. Learn rsync is my recommendation.
  • B
    balanga reacted to Phishfry's post in the thread IP address of DHCP Server with Thanks Thanks.
    If you wanted to run a script two minutes later after bootup you could do a /etc/rc.local script to assist. sleep 120 ifconfig em0 up sleep 10 dhclient em0
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    balanga reacted to Phishfry's post in the thread IP address of DHCP Server with Like Like.
    Yes and you could just as easily do it on the command prompt with no settings at all. ifconfig em0 up && dhclient em0
  • Zare
    Zare replied to the thread IP address of DHCP Server.
    ARP/MAC level to simplify, call it wire. Everything that is wired on the local Ethernet will get the broadcast packet from the switch, generated by that dhclient. No, the system networking stack doesn't spread this request. The dhclient, like...
  • B
    balanga replied to the thread IP address of DHCP Server.
    Does that mean that I can run dhclient em0 once the server is up and running?
  • B
    balanga reacted to Phishfry's post in the thread IP address of DHCP Server with Like Like.
    Yup just bring up interface and do not assign IP stuff. Then bringup dhclient later.. ifconfig_em0="up"
  • B
    balanga replied to the thread IP address of DHCP Server.
    What would happen if I had ifconfig_em0="dhcp" in /etc/rc.conf and there was no dhcp server?
  • B
    balanga replied to the thread IP address of DHCP Server.
    The setup is quite straightforward, nothing fancy. I have a dhcp server which works and it has a static IP address. I'm trying figure out if it can have a dynamic IP address provided by the server it is running on. A static IP address can be...
  • MG
    MG replied to the thread IP address of DHCP Server.
    Dhclient sends a request on UDP to everything that's connected on ARP/MAC level? So, the system networking stack spreads a DHCP request to everything that's known as networking device, as I understand, (I'm only slightly aware of the 90's TCP...
  • B
    After checking /var/log/daemon on my DHCP server I find very strange results which I cannot explain. Maybe someone else can. I recently ran iocage start xxx on my ThinkPad X61 (192.168.1.28)on which I created two jails but an unable to start...
  • Zare
    Zare replied to the thread IP address of DHCP Server.
    Just to add to mer's description, the UDP does not require a TCP/IP state machine, so the port can be actually unconfigured as it is prior to DHCP client's task. The dhclient will fail if it cannot open a raw packet connection. I have trouble...
  • Zare
    Zare replied to the thread IP address of DHCP Server.
    mer the dhcpd's interface binding is from rc.conf, as the daemon opens the raw socket. I don't think it is necessary to have IP on this interface, and dhcpd will not perform any sort of checks to see whether its subnet definition matches the...
  • B
    balanga reacted to mer's post in the thread IP address of DHCP Server with Like Like.
    DHCP conversation is started by a client. Inital packet is broadcast, basically raw IP (UDP) sent to 255.255.255.255 usually port 67. A DHCP server is listening on that port and sends back a reply. So in theory if you have a listener on port 67...
  • freethread
    freethread replied to the thread HOWTO: Use Vim as a manpager.
    I have this in my global 'common.tcshrc' sourced in all my $HOME/.cshrc for [man #----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Manual page settings...
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    balanga replied to the thread IP address of DHCP Server.
    Of course it is easier. but is it possible to do what I want. I have my reasons.
  • MG
    MG replied to the thread IP address of DHCP Server.
    Just curious. What kind of signal does dhclient send to what if there's no TCP/IP network at all? Does 1 device with a MAC-address somehow get priority to send hardware-layer signals with? If you create a bridge or tap device and give it an ip...
  • B
    balanga reacted to Zare's post in the thread IP address of DHCP Server with Like Like.
    DHCP is a Layer 2 service thus below IP, runs on a raw network interface, and actually doesn't need any IP address assigned to that interface at all to operate. Yes it is possible. Understand that it is the MAC address that is king in the...
  • Zare
    Zare replied to the thread IP address of DHCP Server.
    DHCP is a Layer 2 service thus below IP, runs on a raw network interface, and actually doesn't need any IP address assigned to that interface at all to operate. Yes it is possible. Understand that it is the MAC address that is king in the...
  • MG
    MG replied to the thread IP address of DHCP Server.
    I think you need to have at least 1 network interface up, and the (local) DHCP client must assume this is the network to expect a DHCP server on. Not sure, though. I kind of never tried this situation. Even a softrouter has its ip and gateway...
  • cy@
    PMTU discovery uses the do not fragment bit in the TCP header. A router will return ICMP needfrag if a packet is too big. Unfortunately too many sites take M$'s advice to block all ICMP (there is some history to M$'s recommendation). This causes...
  • robroy
    robroy reacted to MG's post in the thread Post some hardware porn with Like Like.
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