I am aware of _no way_ to do a complete system upgrade under any of the Free/Net/Open BSDs without visiting the box and taking it down to single user mode to "make world" the whole thing.
No single-user mode necessary:
# cvsup cvsupfile.src
# cd/usr/src
# make buildworld
# make buildkernel
# make installkernel
# make installworld
# mergemaster
# reboot
Now, take the same situation with, say, Debian or RedHat. I want to upgrade a package? apt-get or rpm it. That particular program will be down for precisely the amount of time it takes the package manager to replace the appropriate files, which would be a minute or two, TOPS.
# pkg_add -r packagename
or, better yet,
# pkg_add -r portupgrade
# pkg_update packagename
...which will handle all dependencies as well. Portupgrade is an awesome package!
"SMPng (next-generation symmetric multi-processing) and KSE (kernel scheduler entities)"
MFC is Merge From Current, describing the process by which code is taken from the -CURRENT branch, where new development is done, and applied to the -STABLE branch.
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Unless you've got a terminal in your lavatory, you can't read the ezine in the can. The print magazine works nicely there, and in any number of other places without live internet access.
In addition, a paper version is yet another forum for getting BSD information to those who may not have it. Not everyone reads websites or surfs around, or has the leisure of doing that whenever they want. You don't have to pay by the minute or by the byte to read a magazine.
You can also fetch and run CVSup very quickly and easily (as root) by issuing pkg_add -r cvsupit, which will go get the CVSupit package (a CVSup wrapped for easy installation and use), install it, and prompt you for what to do next.
Although these instructions are specific to FreeBSD, CVSup is an excellent tool for dealing with any source tree, including the other BSDs.
This merger has implications for all the other BSDs as well as Linux, since:
Most of the BSD/OS code will be available to open source projects.
BSD now has a commercial backer on the same scale, or at least potentially so, as some of the Linux backers.
A more competitive BSD means that Linux will have to respond to an increased rate of BSD improvements (just as BSD has had to respond to a faster rate of Linux improvements!), forcing general innovation.
Handykey has a terrible return policy, though. I asked, prior to a possible purchase, and received this response from Chris George, :
"Once you buy it, it is yours. There is no return for a refund. We will repair/replace for 3 years after purchase at no charge, if there is a malfunction."
Since I have never used a one-handed keyboard, and thus cannot know whether I am compatible with such a device, I require a much saner return policy than that. Especially for a $200 product.
Not much is more valuable than open-sourcing the human genome, especially with Celera attempting to patent genes! _Nobody_ should "own" human genetic sequences. The HGP gets my vote for certain.
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I am aware of _no way_ to do a complete system upgrade under any of the Free/Net/Open BSDs without visiting the box and taking it down to single user mode to "make world" the whole thing.
/usr/src
No single-user mode necessary:
# cvsup cvsupfile.src
# cd
# make buildworld
# make buildkernel
# make installkernel
# make installworld
# mergemaster
# reboot
Now, take the same situation with, say, Debian or RedHat. I want to upgrade a package? apt-get or rpm it. That particular program will be down for precisely the amount of time it takes the package manager to replace the appropriate files, which would be a minute or two, TOPS.
# pkg_add -r packagename
or, better yet,
# pkg_add -r portupgrade
# pkg_update packagename
...which will handle all dependencies as well. Portupgrade is an awesome package!
HTH.
All subscribers were emailed a notice of the shipping situation. If you didn't get yours, perhaps you didn't give a valid email address when you ordered? If you want to correct it, mail sales@daemonnews.org with your correct contact information (and a way to correlate it with the info already in the database).
Unless you've got a terminal in your lavatory, you can't read the ezine in the can. The print magazine works nicely there, and in any number of other places without live internet access.
In addition, a paper version is yet another forum for getting BSD information to those who may not have it. Not everyone reads websites or surfs around, or has the leisure of doing that whenever they want. You don't have to pay by the minute or by the byte to read a magazine.
You can also fetch and run CVSup very quickly and easily (as root) by issuing pkg_add -r cvsupit, which will go get the CVSupit package (a CVSup wrapped for easy installation and use), install it, and prompt you for what to do next.
Although these instructions are specific to FreeBSD, CVSup is an excellent tool for dealing with any source tree, including the other BSDs.
HTH!
- Most of the BSD/OS code will be available to open source projects.
- BSD now has a commercial backer on the same scale, or at least potentially so, as some of the Linux backers.
- A more competitive BSD means that Linux will have to respond to an increased rate of BSD improvements (just as BSD has had to respond to a faster rate of Linux improvements!), forcing general innovation.
(disclaimer: I work for Daemon News, and wrote the merger article)I guess changing their name to Beaver College, from Beaver Female Seminary , just wasn't good enough.
Handykey has a terrible return policy, though. I asked, prior to a possible purchase, and received this response from Chris George, :
"Once you buy it, it is yours. There is no return for a refund. We will repair/replace for 3 years after purchase at no charge, if there is a malfunction."
Since I have never used a one-handed keyboard, and thus cannot know whether I am compatible with such a device, I require a much saner return policy than that. Especially for a $200 product.
Telenet Systems, www.tesys.com, has great 1U rackmounts. Check them out.
Not much is more valuable than open-sourcing the human genome, especially with Celera attempting to patent genes! _Nobody_ should "own" human genetic sequences. The HGP gets my vote for certain.