sysadmin madness, in relative perspective
Operating System
So, for a project I needed to get something running in order to insure memcached would keep on running. The (for me) natural choice for this was daemontools (0.76 at time of writing). There are a couple of things you have to pay attention to, in order to get this going on RHEL 6. (and … Read More “daemontools on redhat enterprise 6.0” »
The FreeBSD developers are clearly stepping up the pace with the second RC for 7.1 out in almost no time after the first one hit. What’s next guys? -RELEASE before new years? 😉
One day, you’re bouncing all over the place because there’s an official 7.1-RC1, the next, there’s already two security advisories. To sum them up: I noticed that the -RC2 branch is in place too now. Almost there…. must … be … patient …
You got to love the way they write the release announcements: “Gee. Did we really implement that new interface that way? That needs a bit more work.” So, it’s now the last few legs of the release cycle, and I’m looking forward to it. DO read the release announcement or /usr/src/UPDATING, specialy if you currently … Read More “And FreeBSD 7.1-RC1 official” »
We’re only a little bit removed from the next major FreeBSD release. The branch has been tagged, and the ports-tree is (thank God!) unfrozen once again. The first Release Candidate has hit the FTP servers. I’ve been running -PRERELEASE for a while now, and haven’t found any problems so far, not on real-steal hardware, nor … Read More “gearing up for FreeBSD 7.1” »
Some historical firsts are quite newsworthy. Net Applications reports that for the first time ever, Windows market share has dropped below 90%. According to sources, this is mainly because Mac OS X is grabbing a stronger footing in the global OS market with 8.87% share. Linux, the iPhone and the PS3 gain a bit too, … Read More “Windows market share drops below 90%” »
First of all: do not panic Second: get some coffee Finaly: rm /var/db/pkg/pkgdb.db I think this comes from upgrading portupgrade somewhere along the line, and accidentaly switching between database formats (hash, or bdb4 btree). The strangest thing is that I’ve searched high and low with Google, but no results anywhere. (not even any of the … Read More “FreeBSD portupgrade / portversion dumps core” »
I like HP servers. True enough, I like Supermicro better, but big companies tend not to like Supermicro due to the fact you have to assemble them yourself, and there’s no real support / SLA agreement possible with them (for now – I hear it’s in the works). Most people in the ISP world know … Read More “HP has clue, but not quite enough (yet)” »