Life on the edge of /dev/null

Tag: freebsd

  • The operation can’t be completed because you don’t have permission to access some of the items

    I decided to make the topic the error message, since it’s what people often are searching for when experiencing a problem :-). Problem scenario: You’ve downloaded a file from t3h intranetz on your Snow Leopard MacBook, and opens the file (possibly a PDF or DMG file) using the Mac. Then you try to copy the…

  • FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE, ready for consumption – omnomnom!

    Finally, after a few days of mirror syncing and documentation preparation, The FreeBSD Release Engineering (RELENG) Team finally decided to announce the availability of FreeBSD 8.0! The source code for 8.0 was got it’s final touches during the weekend, and on Sunday I had the oportunity to upgrade my server to the latest and greatest.…

  • freebsd-questions: When a System Dies; Getting back in operation again

    This post is fetched from the freebsd-questions mailinglist, and is a perfect example on how I consider the Linux/BSD world to be superior to Windows, at least in terms of systems administration. On Unix, it’s all just files, devices and bitstreams… From: n j To: Martin McCormick <martin@dc.cis.[obfuscateddomain].edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org When a System Dies; Getting…

  • Upgrade FAIL

    Upgrading server and not keeping /var/db/mysql (amongst other things) spells epic fail. Well, no worries. Nothing very dear has been lost, and just a great argument for revitalizing this blog. Stay [auto]tuned!