From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 9 18:40:40 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08F9C106566C for ; Sun, 9 May 2010 18:40:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from ethic.thought.org (plato.thought.org [209.180.213.209]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AED058FC16 for ; Sun, 9 May 2010 18:40:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by ethic.thought.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o49IeXKu057794 for ; Sun, 9 May 2010 11:40:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Sun, 9 May 2010 11:40:33 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 9 May 2010 11:40:33 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: FreeBSD Mailing List Message-ID: <20100509184030.GA8783@thought.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 23 years of service to the Unix community. X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.4 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00, GUARANTEED_100_PERCENT, J_CHICKENPOX_32, NORMAL_HTTP_TO_IP, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=no version=3.3.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.0 (2010-01-18) on ethic.thought.org Cc: Subject: a clue.... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 09 May 2010 18:40:40 -0000 guys, me-thinks siomebody is messing with us. i append something i just got from mpcustomer.com. 'host' and 'whois' don't tell very much:: tao# host 208.43.146.75 75.146.43.208.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer secure.mpcustomer.com. tao# whois !$ whois 208.43.146.75 SoftLayer Technologies Inc. SOFTLAYER-4-6 (NET-208-43-0-0-1) 208.43.0.0 - 208.43.255.255 Hosting Services Inc. NET-208-43-146-64 (NET-208-43-146-64-1) 208.43.146.64 - 208.43.146.95 # ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2010-05-08 20:00 # Enter ? for additional hints on searching ARIN's WHOIS database. # # ARIN WHOIS data and services are subject to the Terms of Use # available at https://www.arin.net/whois_tou.html -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Return-Path: Received: from secure.mpcustomer.com (secure.mpcustomer.com [208.43.146.75]) by ethic.thought.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o49IEFAV057633 for ; Sun, 9 May 2010 11:14:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bruce@cran.org.uk) Received: by secure.mpcustomer.com (Postfix, from userid 99) id 0E9B22781AF; Sun, 9 May 2010 13:14:15 -0500 (CDT) To: Gary Kline Subject: [#24488295] Re: magic cmd[s]?? Date: Sun, 9 May 2010 13:14:15 -0500 From: Bruce Cran Reply-To: support@mpcustomer.com Message-ID: <67eac0cc7ff8d25c79c2f86922bbed28@secure.mpcustomer.com> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: PHPMailer (phpmailer.sourceforge.net) [version 2.0.4] X-Uberinst: uber_phase-support X-Mailer: Ubersmith MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.4 required=3.6 tests=BAYES_00, GUARANTEED_100_PERCENT,J_CHICKENPOX_32 autolearn=no version=3.3.0 X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.0 (2010-01-18) on ethic.thought.org Content-Length: 2397 Lines: 62 Hello, This is an automated response to inform you that your question has been entered into our system, and will be reviewed shortly. Your ticket has been submitted into the "General Support" department. We will respond to you as soon as possible. ============== Please keep this information, and use it when refering to your ticket: Ticket subject: Re: magic cmd[s]?? Ticket number: 24488295 Ticket link: https://secure.mpcustomer.com/ticket.php?ticket=24488295 Ticket body: On Sun, May 09, 2010 at 10:47:31AM +0100, Bruce Cran wrote: > On Sunday 09 May 2010 03:54:43 Gary Kline wrote: > > for some reason, i am having trouble burning 80-release. i did > > get the oc-bsd dvd d/loaded And burned ... and my '05 thinkpad > > recognized the dvd and installed. i have failed several times to > > d/l the 8.0-R torrent. the checksums are valid. but usinng k3b > > only 50% of the task is burned. is there some magic command or > > procedure that i'm missing in burning the iso file from my > > torrent dir to the dvd? > > > > also, how do i erase the several dvd discs that i would like to > > reuse? there are dvd-rw. > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/creating-dvds.html has a good > explanation of how to write and erase DVDs. > Gaaaak. more than i needed to know! it isn't 'erase'; rather 'blank'; moreover, it seems that i can just overwrite the dvd+rw. my thinkpad optical device =is=, surprisingly, good. my old 5.3 install CD works, so if i torrent either the boot or the 8.0-'all' data, i should have something that boots and also has all of 8.0-R. [[anybody know if i'm right/wrong/just-hoping?]] i found the cvsup stuff on pc-bsd, and it looks very much like my 7.3 files and directories here. has anybody tried to install 8.0-release FreeBSD on top of pc-bsd? [in other words: will it work, or am i likely to see smoke coming from my boat-anchor?] > -- > Bruce Cran -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix The 7.83a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php http://journey.thought.org 99 44/100% Guaranteed Novel _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" ==============