Archive | January, 2009
Free like FreeBSD (incl photos)
Here’s an interesting account of a move from Windows Server 2008 to FreeBSD … The most important thing for the server should be file storage. Secure file storage! Well, using Windows Server allowed me to use the onboard RAID0/1 controller to create a mirror of 2x 1TB drives. Nice, but.. I wanted to go to RAID5 and [...]
Continue reading...FreeBSD Status Report: October – December 2008
30. January 2009
The FreeBSD 2008 Quarterly Status Report is now available (Oct – Nov): This quarter included some very exciting work including the release of FreeBSD 6.4 and the much anticipated release of FreeBSD 7.1. We also launched our own official FreeBSD Forums. The first Bugathon of the year will be held this weekend, see below for more information and how [...]
Continue reading...Mount ReiserFS partitions in FreeBSD (howto)
30. January 2009
My desktop dual boots Gentoo Linux and FreeBSD. When I installed Gentoo at the time I decided on splitting certain directories in distinct partition, so the I created a partition strictly for portage and opted for the ReiserFS filesystem. Today I wanted to cut down on the bandwith and decided to copy over a needed distfile [...]
Continue reading...Open source NAS device using FreeNAS and iSCSI drives (howtos & video))
29. January 2009
Dave Lawlor has put together some really easy-to-follow instructions on how to install and configure FreeNAS. FreeNAS is a free NAS (Network-Attached Storage) server, supporting: CIFS (samba), FTP, NFS, AFP, RSYNC, iSCSI protocols, S.M.A.R.T., local user authentication, Software RAID (0,1,5) with a Full WEB configuration interface. FreeNAS takes less than 32MB once installed on Compact Flash, [...]
Continue reading...Updated: FreeBSD events and conferences calendar
28. January 2009
I’ve updated my FreeBSD Events & Conference Calendar and added: FreeBSD Network Hackaton pfSense Hackaton ‘09 BSD Certification dates. Please note, that there won’t be any BSDA exams taken at Fosdem 2009 this year. Did you know being BSDA certified gives you an edge? TAO Security is looking to hire a BSDA certified FreeBSD systems administrator. If you’re aware of any FreeBSD [...]
Continue reading...Released: NVidia driver 180.22 (x86) for FreeBSD
28. January 2009
NVidia has announced the availability of the new 180.22 grapics drivers for FreeBSD. Release Highlights: Added support for the following GPUs: Quadro FX 2700M GeForce 9400M G GeForce 9400M GeForce 9800 GT GeForce 8200M G GeForce Go 7700 GeForce 9800M GTX GeForce 9800M GT GeForce 9800M GS GeForce 9500 GT GeForce 9700M GT GeForce 9650M GT GeForce 9500 GT Added initial support for PureVideo-like features via the new VDPAU API (see [...]
Continue reading...pfSense 1.2.3 testing snapshots
28. January 2009
Scott Ullrich of the pfSense project announced the switch of the builder system over to FreeBSD 7.1. Currently version is 1.2.3-PRERELEASE-TESTING. Daily builds can be downloaded here.
Continue reading...Freebsd mount a NAS via SMB / CIFS (howto)
28. January 2009
Qestion: I want to use our NAS server to store backups. Our NAS supports FTP and CIFS / SMB sharing technology. How do I mount and store files on NAS using FreeBSD? How do I automate entire procedure using a shell script? Is that doable? If so, what’s the easiest solution ftp or CIFS? Answer. The [...]
Continue reading...FreeBSD development-related books, papers, slides
28. January 2009
Danger@, a FreeBSD developer, is planning to maintain a list on the FreeBSD Forums of books, slides, tutorials, videos and other multimedia resources which are related to FreeBSD development. Check out the current list of resources
Continue reading...Available: x.org 7.4 for FreeBSD (ports)
28. January 2009
X.org 7.4 is now available for FreeBSD (23/01/2009). The X.Org project provides an open source implementation of the X Window System. The development work is being done in conjunction with the freedesktop.org community. Happy upgrading.
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30. January 2009
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