Re: system/6586: rdist (file larger than 2GB) times out but will not die -- Testers needed

2011-04-09 Thread Steven R. Gerber
Hi folks. Current rdist will timeout with files >2GB, log as finished, but will not die. The bug (system/6586) was originally noted by IBM (AIX) in 2006: https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY85396 I have patches for the client rdist and server rdistd. I have tested i386 and

system/6586: rdist (file larger than 2GB) times out but will not die -- Testers needed

2011-04-07 Thread Steven R. Gerber
Hi folks. Current rdist will timeout with files >2GB, log as finished, but will not die. The bug (system/6586) was originally noted by IBM (AIX) in 2006: https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY85396 I have patches for the client rdist and server rdistd. I have tested i386 and

Upgrade i386 to amd64

2011-04-06 Thread Steven R. Gerber
Ran the upgrade from CD. Want to be sure that packages are OK. Is "pkg_add -u" sufficient? (It looks like nothing changed.) Thanks, Steven

Re: rdist times out but will not die

2011-03-23 Thread Steven R. Gerber
On 3/20/2011 2:07 PM, Steven R. Gerber wrote: > I want to do local/remote mirror/backup (or should that be local-mirror > / offsite-backup). > So a two-part question: > 1.Even if there is a timeout, shouldn't the

rdist times out but will not die

2011-03-20 Thread Steven R. Gerber
I want to do local/remote mirror/backup (or should that be local-mirror / offsite-backup). So a two-part question: 1. Even if there is a timeout, shouldn't the job/process exit? ** rdist@thedump: thedump: /mnt/mirror2/

Re: OpenBSD 4.8 RAID 0+1 or 1+0 or 5

2011-02-16 Thread Steven R. Gerber
On 2/16/2011 10:50 AM, Joel Sing wrote: > On Wednesday 16 February 2011, Steven R. Gerber wrote: >> Sorry for cross posting? >> I am trying to setup a decent RAID (0+1 or 1+0 or 5) and there SEEMS to >> be no approved method. (4 disks -- I usually like stripe on top of >

Re: OpenBSD 4.8 RAID 0+1 or 1+0 or 5

2011-02-15 Thread Steven R. Gerber
On 2/15/2011 5:52 PM, Marco Peereboom wrote: > it isn't supported so don't do it. it is in the pipeline to do stacked > raid sets but it is all talk for now. > > On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 02:45:13PM -0500, Steven R. Gerber wrote: >> Sorry for cross posting? >> I a

OpenBSD 4.8 RAID 0+1 or 1+0 or 5

2011-02-15 Thread Steven R. Gerber
Sorry for cross posting? I am trying to setup a decent RAID (0+1 or 1+0 or 5) and there SEEMS to be no approved method. (4 disks -- I usually like stripe on top of mirrors.) I believe that I have done my homework. What are my options? softraid (bioctl) cannot handle stripe on mirrors: I can easil