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( [59.93.243.180]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id 14sm545214wrl.2005.09.08.06.41.34; Thu, 08 Sep 2005 06:41:36 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <43203F88.9060006@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 19:11:28 +0530 From: Subhro User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (Windows/20050716) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Deepak Naidu References: <20050908112503.42486.qmail@web41014.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20050908112503.42486.qmail@web41014.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD - Questions Subject: Re: Porting from LInux to FreeBSD 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: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 13:41:42 -0000 Deepak Naidu sat at his 'puter and typed on 9/8/2005 16:55: >Hey Subhro thanx for the info. I used Reiserfs in >linux, bcos its reads and writes smaller files faster >like file size of 1-5 Mb, basically for mailing >solution. I dont know where iam wrong. > >I have read regarding XFS, in freebsd any info ?. >So ok FreeBSD supports UFS1/2, dos, fat, fat32, ext2 >reiserfs read only, ok cool... > >So how do i enable Reiserfs in kernel, and do the >partion at install time... > >http://people.freebsd.org/~rodrigc/xfs/index.html > > XFS is supported in FBSD. For infomration regarding enabling various stuff in the kernel have a look at /usr/src/sys/conf/NOTES. BTW, your mail client incorrectly marks the replies. Why dont u use thunderbird? Its a really cool client IMHO. Also send a cc to freebsd-questions@freebsd.org. Thanks S. > >--- Subhro wrote: > > > >>Deepak Naidu sat at his 'puter and typed on 9/8/2005 >>15:16: >> >> >> >>>Hi, >>> >>> >>> >>> >>Hello :-), >> >> >> >>> I am trying to migrate my mail servers from >>> >>> >>Fedora >> >> >>>core 3 to FreeBSD 5.4, due to performance issue. >>> >>> >>> >>Cool! Go for it :-) >> >> >> >>>1)Which is the suitable filesystem ie UFS2, Ext2 >>>etc... >>>for mailing server. I used raiserfs in linux. >>> >>> >>Which >> >> >>>File System's are supported in FreeBSD 5.4 and >>> >>> >>which >> >> >>>is stable for mailing system. How do i enable them >>> >>> >>in >> >> >>>kernel. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>The native filesystem for FreeBSD 5.x and above is >>UFS2 which performs >>exceptionally well IMHO. Reiserfs also has support >>in FBSD although >>readonly only. Just something off topic, did you >>have any reasons for >>using ReiserFS in Linux and not use EXT2/3? >> >> >> >>>2)How to i find memory, cpu information in freebsd, >>>apart from TOP. In linux we have free and >>>/pro/cpuinfo. I dont see any files under /proc >>> >>> >>> >>> >>what information do you need that top does not >>provide? You can try >>sysctl -a | more and analyse all the kernel runtime >>variables. >> >> >> >>>3) Is SMP support enabled in FreeBSD 5.4, or should >>> >>> >>I >> >> >>>recompile the kernel for the support(what kernel >>>arguments should I use). >>> >>> >>> >>> >>No SMP by default is not there in the stock kernel. >>However you can boot >>up your SMP box with the stock kernel and cimpile >>SMP support in it. >>Refer to the handbook for the kernel parameters. >>Also have a look at /usr/src/sys//conf/GENERIC >>and >>/usr/src/sys//conf/NOTES for examples where >> is your >>architecture (i386,amd64,etc) >> >>Welcome to the world of FreeBSD. >> >>Thanks >>S. >> >>-- >> >> >> >-----------------+------------------------------------------------- > > >> | Subhro Sankha Kar >> \ / | GSM: +919831064613 Egold: >>2078232 >> \./ | MSN:subhro@subhro.org -- Yahoo: >>subhro82 >> (0Y0) | ICQ: 203567534 -- AIM: >>bsdboy1982 >> >> >> >--ooO--(_)--Ooo--+------------------------------------------------- > > >> >> >> > > > > >___________________________________________________________ >Does your mail provider give you FREE antivirus protection? >Get Yahoo! 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