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Building FreeBSD Media With Custom Packages
Building FreeBSD Media With Custom Packages Building a FreeBSD release can be as simple as executing: # cd /usr/src # make buildworld # cd release # make release # PKG_TREE=$pkg_dir...
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So You Want A New FreeBSD Boot Loader Option…
Creating A New FreeBSD Boot Loader Option The Use Case There are multiple kernels installed on the FreeBSD host and an option to boot to this kernel is necessary. Prerequisites This post assumes...
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FreeBSD kernel panic in udp_input()
FreeBSD kernel panic in udp_input() The Problem Running FreeBSD 8.3, this kernel panic was produced under UDP load: Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode cpuid = 4; apic id = 08 fault virtual...
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MeetBSD California 2012
I am a fairly recent newcomer to the FreeBSD community and had the opportunity to attend my first BSD related conference. This is the account of my experience at MeetBSD California 2012. MeetBSD...
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FreeBSD: Computing kern.maxfilesperproc and kern.maxfiles
Computing kern.maxfilesperproc and kern.maxfiles Many thanks to Julien Charbon, a colleague of mine, for providing this information. This is specific to releng/8.3 because we currently utilize this...
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FreeBSD Partitions and Filesystems With GPART
FreeBSD Partitions and Filesystems With GPART The Problem Installing FreeBSD 8.x on a machine with two disk volumes of 100GB and slightly more than 3TB. The quantity of cylinders on the 3TB volume is...
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FreeBSD Ports Batch Install
FreeBSD Ports Batch Install Many ports interactively prompt for various configuration options when installing. This is both annoying and time consuming. Fortunately, it can also be avoided. `make...
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mfsroot starts sysinstall how?
mfsroot starts sysinstall how? I’ve been compelled to attempt to ascertain how sysinstall(8) is started from mfsroot[.gz] on multiple occasions. For various reasons, I never actually discovered the...
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Installing FreeBSD via Cobbler
Summary In earlier posts, I describe processes for unattended FreeBSD 8.x installs and PXE booting into a FreeBSD installation. We bring both topics together to include newer iterations of...
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vBSDCon: Oct 25 – 27, 2013
vBSDCon Announcement Save the date as Verisign, Inc. is proud to announce the inaugural biennial vBSDCon to be held October 25 – 27, 2013 at the Dulles Hyatt in Dulles, VA. Please stay tuned as...
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vBSDcon website is up!
vBSDcon Website Is Up! In April 2013, Verisign announced the inaugural biennial vBSDcon event in Dulles, VA to occur October 25 – 27, 2013. In the weeks since the initial announcement, the vBSDcon...
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BSDCan 2013
I blogged my experience at MeetBSD 2012 a few months ago and recently attended BSDCan for the first time. Since I blogged my experience at MeetBSD, I also wanted to blog my experience at BSDCan. I...
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Upcoming Changes to hostileadmin Blog
hostileadmin.com has experienced a hardware failure in a colocation facility that is geographically difficult to reach in a timely manner. The hostileadmin blog is affected by this outage in the area...
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Images are back…
A few weeks ago, the node that hosts hostileadmin.com experienced a catastrophic hardware failure. The hostileadmin blog was affected by this outage in the area of images and downloadable files....
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vBSDcon Website Update…
vBSDcon Website Update… In April 2013, Verisign announced vBSDcon, a BSD-related conference, in Dulles, VA to occur October 25 – 27, 2013. In the weeks following the announcement, the vBSDcon website...
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Apache/Plesk php Exploit
While reviewing web server logs recently, I spotted the following attack… 216.237.113.27 – - [07/Aug/2013:08:12:14 -0400] “POST /%70%68%70%70%61%74%68/%70%68%70?%2D%64+%61%6C%6C%6F...
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vBSDcon 2013 Registrations Now Open!
vBSDcon Registrations Now Open! In April 2013, Verisign announced vBSDcon 2013 to be held October 25 – 27, 2013 in Dulles, VA. The conference, formatted to resemble an unConference concept, will...
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Reminder: vBSDcon Registrations Are Open!
vBSDcon Registrations Still Open! With approximately six (6) weeks until the event, Registrations for vBSDcon 2013 remain open until October 23rd, 2013. Register now for this BSD conference scheduled...
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vBSDcon Registrations Remain Open, Join Us In Celebrating 20 Years of FreeBSD!
vBSDcon Registrations Still Open! As many of you are aware, the social aspect of BSD-related conferences is very important and offers opportunities to meet and socialize with one another. Maintaining...
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vBSDcon Registrations Only Open For 30 More Days!
vBSDcon Registrations Only Open For 30 More Days! There are only 30 more days left to register for Verisign’s vBSDcon. Online registrations will become unavailable October 23, 2013. For those...
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