Updating Ports in a good maner.

Have a look at Ports managment by Warren Block. Nicely done!

Wireless on Zotac H55ITX-C-E with FreeBSD

Got the wireless card to work at last.

Read on http://forums.freebsd.org/showpost.php?p=55365&postcount=60.
Get the source with git
* git clone git://repo.or.cz/ralink_drivers/rt2860_fbsd8.git
* Then "make" and kldload rt3860.ko

Done.
Of course you have to search for the wireless AP and so on. But this recognizes the card.

How the h*ll do you get a 4096B sector disk to work with FreeBSD

To get a 4096B sector disk(WD 1TB 10EARS) to work with FreeBSD... follow
http://forums.freebsd.org/showpost.php?p=76148&postcount=38

Hint to ALL Western Digital Engineers. THINK before you code. Or at least provide info for us non windows people.

Yeaa! A new NAS in the house...

So the delivery man came on Friday with my bits and pieces.
Build the NAS on Friday evening. Started by installing Ubuntu 10.10 64-bit. Everything worked except the wireless network card. But after a quick googlea and installation of Ubuntu 10.10 32-bit everything worked.

Next step is to install FreeBSD 8.1 and start the fun part.

Adding som pictures of the beast:

Silent NAS/router based on Lian Li PC-Q08

I´m going to build myself a NAS/router based on a Li Lian PC-Q08.
Going to use FreeBSD as OS. (ZFS?... don´t know yet)

This is my reference blueprint.
http://www.silentpcreview.com/Silent_Home_Server_Build_Guide

I have ordered:
* Lian Li PC-Q08B
* Cooler Master Silent Pro 600W
* Corsair 4GB (2x2GB) Value Select DDR3 1333MHz
* Intel Core i3 540, 3.06GHz
* Zotac H55-ITX Mini-ITX-C-E



And yes, I will disable the blue led in the fan.

DVD rip script for mencoder in FreeBSD

Found this on the FreeBSD forum:

I've got a little script that does all the annoying things like calculating the bitrate to reach a target size.

From the user kamikaze.
All credits to him.

http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=740

Scratching My Needs: FreeBSD - How to setup & configure jail with ezjail

Scratching My Needs: FreeBSD - How to setup & configure jail with ezjail

So nice to read about how easy it is to setup and manage FreeBSD jails.
Try it.

I better start to write in english so other readers can benefit from what I discovery on my way to a techtrouble free paradise.