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Just created an XFS volume:

```
lvcreate -L 64G -n xfs M247-X10E-9N-vg
mkdir /mnt/xfs
apt-get install xfsprogs
mkfs.xfs /dev/mapper/M247--X10E--9N--vg-xfs

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> @Not_Oles said:
> I asked Google Gemini whether the Linux kernel caching was independent of the file system in use. Gemini's response was:
>
> > Yes, dm-cache i…

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[Announcing NetBSD 10.1](https://www.netbsd.org/releases/formal-10/NetBSD-10.1.html)

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> @cmeerw said:
> I have updated my NetBSD images to now use such an additional host route for the gateway instead of widening the subnet mask:
>
> [NetBSD 10.0](htt…

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> @Crab said:
> > @cmeerw said:
> > NetBSD 10.1 seems to be [just around the corner](https://mail-index.netbsd.org/source-changes/2024/12/16/msg154861.html)
> <…

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NetBSD 10.1 seems to be [just around the corner](https://mail-index.netbsd.org/source-changes/2024/12/16/msg154861.html)

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> @jcn50 said:
> > [@cmeerw said](/discussion/comment/198613/#Comment_198613): Maybe the value could be that this fine server is not on any blacklist so far
> A shadowsocks …

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> [@jcn50 said](/discussion/comment/198578/#Comment_198578): I really doubt anyone would ask access Hosteroid' server to hack the Pentagon considering the amount of VPN/proxy offers out there alre…

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> @WSS said:
> I would track down what, and why they're deemed necessary - as X11 is not a requirement for wireshark. It runs on OpenWRT. Afraid I don't care enough to delve deeper.

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> @cmeerw said:
> > @Not_Oles said:
> > I had some fun looking at
> >
> > ~~~
> > linveo# pwd
> > /etc/rc.d
&…

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> @Not_Oles said:
> I had some fun looking at
>
> ~~~
> linveo# pwd
> /etc/rc.d
> linveo# cat -n resize_root
> [ . . . ]<…

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I think I am actually already done with my changes. Here is what I did:

- Log into the serverforge portal - this has some rescue options, but I couldn't really figure out what those wo…

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> @cmeerw said:
> > @cmeerw said:
> > @Not_Oles those kernel messages don't look like they should be expected (maybe that's a change with NetBSD HEAD?)
> > <…

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> @cmeerw said:
> @Not_Oles those kernel messages don't look like they should be expected (maybe that's a change with NetBSD HEAD?)
>
> BTW, `Not resizing $rootmp: l…

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@Not_Oles those kernel messages don't look like they should be expected (maybe that's a change with NetBSD HEAD?)

BTW, `Not resizing $rootmp: logging unsupported` should be the message…

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> @cmeerw said:
> > [@Not_Oles said](/discussion/comment/198118/#Comment_198118): Thanks! I will try to try it tomorrow. Sleep now. Zzzzz!
>
> This should work:

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> [@Not_Oles said](/discussion/comment/198118/#Comment_198118): Thanks! I will try to try it tomorrow. Sleep now. Zzzzz!

This should work:

- reboot into single user m…

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> @Not_Oles said:
> > @Crab said:
> > Can you enable VNC, reboot and add '-a' boot flag and put '/rescue/init' as the init path. All the tools at /rescue are statically l…

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> [@Not_Oles said](/discussion/comment/198069/#Comment_198069): I'm looking forward to your upcoming weekend adventures!

Thanks, I'll try to mainly work on it from around 16:00 UTC…

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> @localhost said:
> > @cochon said:
> > > @localhost said:
> > > > @localhost said:
> > > > @hostsailor
> > > &…

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> [@hostsailor said](/discussion/8780/hostsailor-12-12-mega-deal-get-your-kvm-vps-nvme-at-90-recurring-discount-forever): VSwap 1TB

that's a lot

but what is VSwap any…

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Absolutely fine for me to reboot now @Hosteroid

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> [@Not_Oles said](/discussion/comment/197725/#Comment_197725): What I'm going to do is reset the root password to the original, then I will PM you the IPMI login details, and you can work on the …

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@Not_Oles what would you think about using `btrfs` or `xfs` for `/home` partition (or another partition)?

As Haiku says in their [dev documentation](https://www.haiku-os.org/guides/bui…

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Installed a few more [dev packages](https://www.haiku-os.org/guides/building/pre-reqs):

```
sudo apt-get install nasm texinfo gawk unzip zip libzstd-dev xorriso gcc-multilib

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Thanks so much.

Just did some basic setup tasks to add a user account and generate a few more locales, i.e.

```
adduser cmeerw
adduser cmeerw sudo
d…

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Seems pretty quiet around here... so maybe there is a chance for me to get an account on this fine server?

While I do currently have sufficient VPS capacity for most stuff, I don't rea…

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So some malware got into your VPS that used your bandwidth last month, resulting in the network being suspended. You waited a month, network got unsuspended and the same malware (still running on you…

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I am using my own tools for monitoring - it's not about just uptime, but about whether all services are really working correctly, so that might include SMTP, LDAP, XMPP, DNS, warning about soon to be…

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BTW, a coworker was just wondering whether big endian ARM was just a hypothetical architecture or something real. Well, it's properly supported by NetBSD 10.0 and works out of the box on a Raspberry …

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> @cmeerw said:
> And on NetBSD the command to add that out-of-subnet host route would be:
>
> ```
> route add -inet6 -net 2607:5300:1234:12ff:ff:ff:ff:ff/…

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> @yoursunny said:
> > @cmeerw said:
> > > @Hosteroid said:
> > > > @cmeerw said:
> > > > 3 - BRUSSELS
> > >

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> @Hosteroid said:
> > @cmeerw said:
> > 3 - BRUSSELS
>
> Congratz you are a winner!

Great, what did I actually win? =)

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3 - BRUSSELS

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> [@huntercop said](/discussion/comment/195975/#Comment_195975): NetBSD - https://cdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-10.0/images/

I would usually use the [boot.iso](https://cdn.netbsd…

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I keep all emails indefinitely, going back to 1995 (with attachments removed)

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